महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-98, verse-7

एवं शस्त्राणि मुञ्चन्तो घ्नन्ति वध्यानथैकदा ।
तस्यैषा निष्कृतिः कृत्स्ना भूतानां भावनं पुनः ॥७॥

7. evaṁ śastrāṇi muñcanto ghnanti vadhyānathaikadā ,
tasyaiṣā niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtsnā bhūtānāṁ bhāvanaṁ punaḥ.

7. evam śastrāṇi muñcantaḥ ghnanti vadhyān atha ekadā
| tasya eṣā niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtsnā bhūtānām bhāvanam punaḥ

7. evam śastrāṇi muñcantaḥ ekadā atha vadhyān ghnanti
tasya eṣā kṛtsnā niṣkṛtiḥ bhūtānām punaḥ bhāvanam (asti)

7. In this manner, (warriors) discharging weapons kill those who are destined to be slain. The complete remedy for this (act of killing) is the subsequent nurturing and sustenance of beings.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons, arms

• मुञ्चन्तः (muñcantaḥ) - releasing, discharging, letting go

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike

• वध्यान् (vadhyān) - those to be killed, those who are slayable

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• एकदा (ekadā) - once, at one time

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, for that

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine nominative singular)

• निष्कृतिः (niṣkṛtiḥ) - atonement, expiation, remedy, requital

• कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire, complete, whole

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• भावनम् (bhāvanam) - fostering, causing to be, sustaining, meditating

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons, arms

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, arm, instrument

From root śas (to cut, kill).

Root: śas (class 2)

मुञ्चन्तः (muñcantaḥ) - releasing, discharging, letting go

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muñcat

muñcat - releasing, discharging, abandoning

present active participle

Present active participle from root muc (to release), class 6, parasmaipada.

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Acts as a nominal predicate or describes the implied subject of 'ghnanti'.

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of han

present active third person plural

Root han, class 2 (adādi), present tense, parasmaipada. Ghn- is the strong stem.

Root: han (class 2)

वध्यान् (vadhyān) - those to be killed, those who are slayable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vadhya

vadhya - to be killed, slayable, an enemy

gerundive (future passive participle)

Gerundive from root vadh (to strike, kill).

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Used substantively here, meaning 'the killable ones'.

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

एकदा (ekadā) - once, at one time

(indeclinable)

From eka (one) + dā (suffix for 'time').

तस्य (tasya) - of that, for that

(pronoun)

masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

निष्कृतिः (niṣkṛtiḥ) - atonement, expiation, remedy, requital

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣkṛti

niṣkṛti - atonement, expiation, remedy, requital, accomplishing

Derived from nis- + kṛ (to do).

Prefix: nis

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire, complete, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - all, whole, entire, complete

Note: Agrees with niṣkṛtiḥ.

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

भावनम् (bhāvanam) - fostering, causing to be, sustaining, meditating

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvana

bhāvana - causing to be, producing, fostering, contemplation, meditation (dhyāna)

action noun (from causative of bhū-)

Derived from the causative of root bhū (to be) + -ana suffix.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

(indeclinable)