महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-96, verse-13

भग्नशस्त्रो विपन्नाश्वश्छिन्नज्यो हतवाहनः ।
चिकित्स्यः स्यात्स्वविषये प्राप्यो वा स्वगृहान्भवेत् ।
निर्व्रणोऽपि च मोक्तव्य एष धर्मः सनातनः ॥१३॥

13. bhagnaśastro vipannāśvaśchinnajyo hatavāhanaḥ ,
cikitsyaḥ syātsvaviṣaye prāpyo vā svagṛhānbhavet ,
nirvraṇo'pi ca moktavya eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

13. bhagnaśastraḥ vipanna-aśvaḥ chinna-jyaḥ
hata-vāhanaḥ cikitsyaḥ syāt svaviṣaye
prāpyaḥ vā svagṛhān bhavet nirvraṇaḥ
api ca moktavyaḥ eṣaḥ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

13. bhagnaśastraḥ vipannāśvaḥ chinnajyaḥ hatavāhanaḥ (ca) svaviṣaye cikitsyaḥ syāt,
vā svagṛhān prāpyaḥ bhavet.
nirvraṇaḥ api ca moktavyaḥ.
eṣaḥ sanātanaḥ dharmaḥ.

13. A combatant whose weapon is broken, whose horses are dead, whose bowstring is cut, or whose vehicle is destroyed should be attended to (i.e., given medical care or spared) within one's own territory, or should be allowed to return to their own homes. Even an uninjured one should be released. This is the eternal natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• भग्नशस्त्रः (bhagnaśastraḥ) - a combatant whose weapon is broken (having a broken weapon)

• विपन्न-अश्वः (vipanna-aśvaḥ) - a combatant whose horses are dead (having perished horses, whose horses are dead)

• छिन्न-ज्यः (chinna-jyaḥ) - a combatant whose bowstring is cut (having a cut bowstring)

• हत-वाहनः (hata-vāhanaḥ) - a combatant whose vehicle is destroyed (having a killed vehicle/mount)

• चिकित्स्यः (cikitsyaḥ) - should be attended to (i.e., given medical care or spared) (to be treated, to be healed, curable)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be (should be, may be, would be)

• स्वविषये (svaviṣaye) - within one's own territory (in one's own territory, in one's own sphere, in one's own subject)

• प्राप्यः (prāpyaḥ) - should be allowed to reach (to be reached, to be attained, obtainable)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• स्वगृहान् (svagṛhān) - to their own homes (to one's own homes)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (allowed to reach) (should be, may be, would be, should become)

• निर्व्रणः (nirvraṇaḥ) - even an uninjured one (unwounded, uninjured, without a wound)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, too)

• मोक्तव्यः (moktavyaḥ) - should be released (to be released, to be set free, to be abandoned)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (this, this one)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, religion)

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting)

Words meanings and morphology

भग्नशस्त्रः (bhagnaśastraḥ) - a combatant whose weapon is broken (having a broken weapon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagnaśastra

bhagnaśastra - having a broken weapon

Bahuvrīhi compound: bhagna (broken) + śastra (weapon).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhagna+śastra)

• bhagna – broken, shattered, defeated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bhañj 'to break'.
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• śastra – weapon, tool, knife
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śas (class 2)

विपन्न-अश्वः (vipanna-aśvaḥ) - a combatant whose horses are dead (having perished horses, whose horses are dead)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipannāśva

vipannāśva - having perished horses, whose horses are dead

Bahuvrīhi compound: vipanna (perished) + aśva (horse).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vipanna+aśva)

• vipanna – perished, fallen, failed, dead
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √pad 'to go' with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: pad (class 4)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

छिन्न-ज्यः (chinna-jyaḥ) - a combatant whose bowstring is cut (having a cut bowstring)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chinnajya

chinnajya - having a cut bowstring

Bahuvrīhi compound: chinna (cut) + jya (bowstring).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+jya)

• chinna – cut, torn, broken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √chid 'to cut'.
  Root: chid (class 7)
• jya – bowstring, mother earth
  noun (feminine)

हत-वाहनः (hata-vāhanaḥ) - a combatant whose vehicle is destroyed (having a killed vehicle/mount)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hatavāhana

hatavāhana - having a killed vehicle or mount

Bahuvrīhi compound: hata (killed) + vāhana (vehicle/mount).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+vāhana)

• hata – killed, struck, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √han 'to strike, kill'.
  Root: han (class 2)
• vāhana – vehicle, mount, bearer
  noun (neuter)
  From √vah 'to carry'.
  Root: vah (class 1)

चिकित्स्यः (cikitsyaḥ) - should be attended to (i.e., given medical care or spared) (to be treated, to be healed, curable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cikitsya

cikitsya - to be treated, curable, to be medically assisted

Gerundive (-ya)

Gerundive of the desiderative stem of √kit 'to cure' (often related to √kṛ).

Root: kit (class 10)

Note: Implies 'should be treated' or 'should be spared/taken care of'.

स्यात् (syāt) - should be (should be, may be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

optative mood, 3rd person singular

From root √as 'to be'.

Root: as (class 2)

स्वविषये (svaviṣaye) - within one's own territory (in one's own territory, in one's own sphere, in one's own subject)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svaviṣaya

svaviṣaya - one's own territory, one's own domain, one's own subject

Tatpuruṣa compound: sva (own) + viṣaya (territory/subject).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+viṣaya)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• viṣaya – territory, domain, object, subject matter
  noun (masculine)
  From √si 'to bind' with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: si (class 5)

प्राप्यः (prāpyaḥ) - should be allowed to reach (to be reached, to be attained, obtainable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpya

prāpya - to be reached, obtainable, to be attained

Gerundive (-ya)

Gerundive of √āp 'to obtain' with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used with bhavet to imply 'should be enabled to reach'.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

स्वगृहान् (svagṛhān) - to their own homes (to one's own homes)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of svagṛha

svagṛha - one's own house or home

Tatpuruṣa compound: sva (own) + gṛha (house).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+gṛha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)
  From √grah 'to seize'.
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Accusative plural indicates direction 'to homes'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (allowed to reach) (should be, may be, would be, should become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

optative mood, 3rd person singular

From root √bhū 'to be, become'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Often used with gerundives to express obligation/permission.

निर्व्रणः (nirvraṇaḥ) - even an uninjured one (unwounded, uninjured, without a wound)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvraṇa

nirvraṇa - unwounded, uninjured, without a wound

Bahuvrīhi compound: nis (without) + vraṇa (wound).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+vraṇa)

• nis – out, forth, away, without
  indeclinable
• vraṇa – wound, sore, cut
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vraṇ (class 1)

Note: Refers to a combatant.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, too)

(indeclinable)

मोक्तव्यः (moktavyaḥ) - should be released (to be released, to be set free, to be abandoned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moktavya

moktavya - to be released, to be set free, to be abandoned, to be discharged

Gerundive (-tavya)

Gerundive of √muc 'to release'.

Root: muc (class 6)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the preceding statement.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, religion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, cosmic order, religion, intrinsic nature

From √dhṛ 'to uphold, sustain'.

Root: dhṛ (class 3)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting, traditional

From sanā (always) + suffix tana.

Note: Qualifies dharma.