महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-97, verse-3

विशीर्णकवचं चैव तवास्मीति च वादिनम् ।
कृताञ्जलिं न्यस्तशस्त्रं गृहीत्वा न विहिंसयेत् ॥३॥

3. viśīrṇakavacaṁ caiva tavāsmīti ca vādinam ,
kṛtāñjaliṁ nyastaśastraṁ gṛhītvā na vihiṁsayet.

3. viśīrṇakavacam ca eva tava asmi iti ca vādinam
kṛtāñjalim nyastaśastram gṛhītvā na vihiṃsayet

3. gṛhītvā viśīrṇakavacam ca eva tava asmi iti
vādinam ca kṛtāñjalim nyastaśastram na vihiṃsayet

3. Having captured a person whose armor is shattered, who says, "I am yours," who has folded hands, and who has laid down their weapons, one should not harm them.

Words meanings summery:

• विशीर्णकवचम् (viśīrṇakavacam) - one whose armor is shattered/torn

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, also

• तव (tava) - of you, yours

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, (quotation marker)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वादिनम् (vādinam) - speaker, one who says

• कृताञ्जलिम् (kṛtāñjalim) - one who has made a gesture of reverence (folded hands)

• न्यस्तशस्त्रम् (nyastaśastram) - one who has laid down weapons

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having captured

• न (na) - not, no

• विहिंसयेत् (vihiṁsayet) - one should harm

Words meanings and morphology

विशीर्णकवचम् (viśīrṇakavacam) - one whose armor is shattered/torn

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśīrṇakavaca

viśīrṇakavaca - one whose armor is shattered/torn

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśīrṇa+kavaca)

• viśīrṇa – shattered, torn, fallen apart
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śṝ (to shatter) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• kavaca – armor, mail
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies an implied person.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, here reinforcing 'ca'.

तव (tava) - of you, yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Indicative

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वादिनम् (vādinam) - speaker, one who says

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vādin

vādin - speaking, speaker, declaring

Agent noun

From root `vad` (to speak) + suffix `ṇini` (expressing agency).

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied person.

कृताञ्जलिम् (kṛtāñjalim) - one who has made a gesture of reverence (folded hands)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛtāñjali

kṛtāñjali - one who has made a gesture of reverence; having folded hands

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+añjali)

• kṛta – done, made
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• añjali – the hollow of the hands; a gesture of reverence (folded hands)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies an implied person.

न्यस्तशस्त्रम् (nyastaśastram) - one who has laid down weapons

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nyastaśastra

nyastaśastra - one who has laid down weapons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nyasta+śastra)

• nyasta – laid down, placed, thrown down
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root as (to throw) with prefix ni-.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: as (class 4)
• śastra – weapon, knife
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies an implied person.

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having captured

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From root `grah` (to seize, take) + suffix `ktvā`.

Root: grah (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विहिंसयेत् (vihiṁsayet) - one should harm

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hiṃs

Optative Active

From root `hiṃs` (to harm) with prefix `vi-`.

Prefix: vi

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

Note: The negation `na` applies to this verb, so 'one should not harm'.