महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-39

यद्यहं कारणत्वेन मतो लुब्धक तत्त्वतः ।
अन्यः प्रयोगे स्यादत्र किल्बिषी जन्तुनाशने ॥३९॥

39. yadyahaṁ kāraṇatvena mato lubdhaka tattvataḥ ,
anyaḥ prayoge syādatra kilbiṣī jantunāśane.

39. yadi aham kāraṇatvena mataḥ lubdhaka tattvataḥ
anyaḥ prayoge syāt atra kilbiṣī jantunāśane

39. lubdhaka yadi aham tattvataḥ kāraṇatvena mataḥ
anyaḥ atra jantunāśane prayoge kilbiṣī syāt

39. O hunter, if I am truly considered the cause, then someone else would be guilty here in the act of killing a living being.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the snake) (I)

• कारणत्वेन (kāraṇatvena) - as the cause, in the capacity of the cause (by means of causality, in the capacity of a cause)

• मतः (mataḥ) - considered, believed (considered, thought, believed, approved)

• लुब्धक (lubdhaka) - O hunter (hunter, fowler)

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality (truly, in reality, essentially)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another (person/being) (another, other, different)

• प्रयोगे (prayoge) - in the act, in the case (in the application, in the use, in the act)

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

• अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, in this matter)

• किल्बिषी (kilbiṣī) - guilty (sinful, guilty, wicked)

• जन्तुनाशने (jantunāśane) - in the killing of a living being (in the destruction of creatures/beings, in killing life)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I (the snake) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I (pronoun)

कारणत्वेन (kāraṇatvena) - as the cause, in the capacity of the cause (by means of causality, in the capacity of a cause)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kāraṇatva

kāraṇatva - causality, the state of being a cause

from kāraṇa + tva suffix

मतः (mataḥ) - considered, believed (considered, thought, believed, approved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mata

mata - considered, thought, believed

Past Passive Participle

root man (to think) + kta suffix

Root: man (class 4)

Note: agrees with aham

लुब्धक (lubdhaka) - O hunter (hunter, fowler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lubdhaka

lubdhaka - hunter, fowler

from root lubh (to desire, to hunt)

Root: lubh (class 4)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality (truly, in reality, essentially)

(indeclinable)

from tattva + tas suffix

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another (person/being) (another, other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - another, other

प्रयोगे (prayoge) - in the act, in the case (in the application, in the use, in the act)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prayoga

prayoga - application, use, act, performance

from pra-yu-j (to apply)

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

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

(verb)

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

Optative Mood

root as (to be), vidhiliṅ lakāra, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

from pronoun idam + tral suffix

किल्बिषी (kilbiṣī) - guilty (sinful, guilty, wicked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kilbiṣin

kilbiṣin - sinful, guilty

from kilbiṣa (sin) + in suffix

Note: agrees with anyaḥ

जन्तुनाशने (jantunāśane) - in the killing of a living being (in the destruction of creatures/beings, in killing life)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jantunāśana

jantunāśana - destruction of creatures

Compound type : tatpurusha (jantu+nāśana)

• jantu – creature, living being, man
  noun (masculine)
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• nāśana – destroying, ruin, killer
  noun (neuter)
  from root naś (to perish) in causative + ana suffix
  Root: naś (class 4)