महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-49, verse-55

जातं जातं स गर्भं तु पुनरेव जघान ह ।
अरक्षंश्च सुतान्कांश्चित्तदा क्षत्रिययोषितः ॥५५॥

55. jātaṁ jātaṁ sa garbhaṁ tu punareva jaghāna ha ,
arakṣaṁśca sutānkāṁścittadā kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ.

55. jātam jātam saḥ garbham tu punar eva jaghāna ha
arakṣan ca sutān kānścit tadā kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ

55. saḥ jātam jātam garbham tu punar eva jaghāna ha
ca tadā kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ kānścit sutān arakṣan

55. He repeatedly killed every child (garbha) that was born. And then, he did not protect some of the sons of the Kshatriya women.

Words meanings summery:

• जातम् (jātam) - every child born (referring to each successive birth) (born, produced, occurred)

• जातम् (jātam) - every child born (referring to each successive birth) (born, produced, occurred)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Paraśurāma) (he, that)

• गर्भम् (garbham) - child, offspring (embryo, fetus, child, womb, interior)

• तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the action (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly (again, anew, back)

• एव (eva) - certainly, emphasizing the action (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• जघान (jaghāna) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

• ह (ha) - indeed, emphasizing the certainty of the action (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• अरक्षन् (arakṣan) - did not protect (did not protect, did not guard)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons (sons, offspring)

• कान्श्चित् (kānścit) - some (some, any)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• क्षत्रिययोषितः (kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ) - of the Kshatriya women (of Kshatriya women)

Words meanings and morphology

जातम् (jātam) - every child born (referring to each successive birth) (born, produced, occurred)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, occurred

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born, to produce) with kta suffix.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used twice in apposition to emphasize repetition or 'every one'.

जातम् (jātam) - every child born (referring to each successive birth) (born, produced, occurred)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, occurred

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born, to produce) with kta suffix.

Root: jan (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - he (Paraśurāma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Paraśurāma.

गर्भम् (garbham) - child, offspring (embryo, fetus, child, womb, interior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, child, womb, interior

Note: Object of jaghāna.

तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the action (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly (again, anew, back)

(indeclinable)

From punaḥ (visarga becomes r before a vowel or soft consonant).

एव (eva) - certainly, emphasizing the action (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

जघान (jaghāna) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of han

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect form of han.

Root: han (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, emphasizing the certainty of the action (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

अरक्षन् (arakṣan) - did not protect (did not protect, did not guard)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of rakṣ

Imperfect Active

3rd plural imperfect from rakṣ. 'a' is a negative prefix here.

Prefix: a

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: The 'a' is a negative prefix.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सुतान् (sutān) - sons (sons, offspring)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, offspring

Past passive participle from sū (to beget, to produce), used as a noun.

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of arakṣan.

कान्श्चित् (kānścit) - some (some, any)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

Formed from kim + cit.

Note: Qualifies sutān.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From tad with dā suffix.

Note: Refers to the time after killing the children.

क्षत्रिययोषितः (kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ) - of the Kshatriya women (of Kshatriya women)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kṣatriyayoṣit

kṣatriyayoṣit - Kshatriya woman

Compound of kṣatriya (warrior class) and yoṣit (woman).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatriya+yoṣit)

• kṣatriya – belonging to the warrior class, a warrior
  noun (masculine)
• yoṣit – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)

Note: Possessive, describing the source of the sutān.