महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-49, verse-39

तस्य पुत्राः सुबलिनः शापेनासन्पितुर्वधे ।
निमित्तमवलिप्ता वै नृशंसाश्चैव नित्यदा ॥३९॥

39. tasya putrāḥ subalinaḥ śāpenāsanpiturvadhe ,
nimittamavaliptā vai nṛśaṁsāścaiva nityadā.

39. tasya putrāḥ subalinaḥ śāpena āsan pituḥ vadhe
nimittam avaliptāḥ vai nṛśaṃsāḥ ca eva nityadā

39. tasya subalinaḥ avaliptāḥ nityadā ca nṛśaṃsāḥ
putrāḥ śāpena pituḥ vadhe nimittam āsan vai

39. His very powerful sons, arrogant and perpetually cruel, indeed became the cause of their father's death due to a curse.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• सुबलिनः (subalinaḥ) - very strong, mighty

• शापेन (śāpena) - by a curse

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, they became

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, father's

• वधे (vadhe) - in the killing, in the death, for the killing

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - cause, reason, instrument

• अवलिप्ताः (avaliptāḥ) - arrogant, proud, smeared

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• नृशंसाः (nṛśaṁsāḥ) - cruel, wicked, fierce

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

सुबलिनः (subalinaḥ) - very strong, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of subalin

subalin - very strong, mighty

derived from su + balin

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+balin)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• balin – strong, powerful, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  possessive suffix -in
  Root: bala

शापेन (śāpena) - by a curse

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation

Root: śap (class 1)

आसन् (āsan) - they were, they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

Imperfect past tense, 3rd person plural

Root as, l-laṅ

Root: as (class 2)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, father's

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

वधे (vadhe) - in the killing, in the death, for the killing

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, death

Root: han (class 2)

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, mark, sign

Note: Used adverbially here to mean "as a cause".

अवलिप्ताः (avaliptāḥ) - arrogant, proud, smeared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avalipta

avalipta - arrogant, proud, smeared

Past Passive Participle

From ava + √lip

Prefix: ava

Root: lip (class 6)

Note: Functions as an adjective here.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

नृशंसाः (nṛśaṁsāḥ) - cruel, wicked, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, wicked, fierce, mischievous

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifying particle.

नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

adverb from nitya