महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-8, verse-4

शत्रून्हत्वा महीं लब्ध्वा स्वधर्मेणोपपादिताम् ।
हतामित्रः कथं सर्वं त्यजेथा बुद्धिलाघवात् ॥४॥

4. śatrūnhatvā mahīṁ labdhvā svadharmeṇopapāditām ,
hatāmitraḥ kathaṁ sarvaṁ tyajethā buddhilāghavāt.

4. śatrūn hatvā mahīm labdhvā svadharmeṇa upapāditām
hatāmitraḥ katham sarvam tyajethāḥ buddhilāghavāt

4. śatrūn hatvā hatāmitraḥ svadharmeṇa upapāditām
mahīm labdhvā katham buddhilāghavāt sarvam tyajethāḥ

4. Having slain your enemies and obtained the earth, which was acquired through your own righteous duty (dharma), how could you, having vanquished your foes, abandon everything due to such folly?

Words meanings summery:

• शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies, foes

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed/slain, after killing

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth, land

• लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained/gained, after acquiring

• स्वधर्मेण (svadharmeṇa) - by one's own righteous duty (dharma), by one's own intrinsic nature (dharma)

• उपपादिताम् (upapāditām) - acquired, caused to be obtained, established

• हतामित्रः (hatāmitraḥ) - one who has killed enemies, vanquisher of foes

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

• त्यजेथाः (tyajethāḥ) - you would abandon/give up

• बुद्धिलाघवात् (buddhilāghavāt) - due to lightness of intellect, due to folly/thoughtlessness

Words meanings and morphology

शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies, foes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed/slain, after killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Absolutive form of root han

Root: han (class 2)

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land, ground, soil

लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained/gained, after acquiring

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Absolutive form of root labh

Root: labh (class 1)

स्वधर्मेण (svadharmeṇa) - by one's own righteous duty (dharma), by one's own intrinsic nature (dharma)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own duty, one's own intrinsic nature, righteous conduct (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+dharma)

• sva – one's own, self, peculiar
  adjective (masculine)
• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, intrinsic nature, virtue (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  from root dhṛ (to hold, support)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

उपपादिताम् (upapāditām) - acquired, caused to be obtained, established

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upapāditā

upapāditā - acquired, provided, accomplished, established, brought about (Past Passive Participle of causative upapad)

Past Passive Participle (Causative)

from causative stem upapādaya- of root pad with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Modifies mahīm

हतामित्रः (hatāmitraḥ) - one who has killed enemies, vanquisher of foes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hatāmitra

hatāmitra - one whose enemies (amitra) are killed (hata)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+amitra)

• hata – killed, slain, destroyed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• amitra – enemy, foe (literally 'not friend')
  noun (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Used here as an adjective, 'everything'.

त्यजेथाः (tyajethāḥ) - you would abandon/give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada form of optative mood.

बुद्धिलाघवात् (buddhilāghavāt) - due to lightness of intellect, due to folly/thoughtlessness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of buddhilāghava

buddhilāghava - lightness of intellect, superficiality of mind, folly, thoughtlessness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (buddhi+lāghava)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, mind, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  from root budh (to know, perceive)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• lāghava – lightness, agility, swiftness, insignificance, frivolity
  noun (neuter)
  abstract noun from laghu (light)

Note: Indicates cause or reason.