महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-119, verse-3

जानामि पापैः स्वकृतैर्गतं त्वां कीट कीटताम् ।
अवाप्स्यसि परं धर्मं धर्मस्थो यदि मन्यसे ॥३॥

3. jānāmi pāpaiḥ svakṛtairgataṁ tvāṁ kīṭa kīṭatām ,
avāpsyasi paraṁ dharmaṁ dharmastho yadi manyase.

3. jānāmi pāpaiḥ svakṛtaiḥ gatam tvām kīṭa kīṭatām |
avāpsyasi param dharmam dharmasthaḥ yadi manyase

3. kīṭa,
aham jānāmi tvām svakṛtaiḥ pāpaiḥ kīṭatām gatam yadi dharmasthaḥ manyase,
param dharmam avāpsyasi

3. O insect, I know that you have been reduced to the state of an insect due to your own misdeeds. You will attain the highest intrinsic nature (dharma) if you consider yourself to be established in your constitution (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• पापैः (pāpaiḥ) - by sins, by evil deeds

• स्वकृतैः (svakṛtaiḥ) - by one's own done, by one's own actions

• गतम् (gatam) - gone, reached, attained, reduced to

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• कीट (kīṭa) - O insect, worm

• कीटताम् (kīṭatām) - to the state of an insect, to insect-hood

• अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will attain, you will reach

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty

• धर्मस्थः (dharmasthaḥ) - abiding in dharma, established in natural law

• यदि (yadi) - if

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you believe, you consider

Words meanings and morphology

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

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

Root: jñā (class 9)

पापैः (pāpaiḥ) - by sins, by evil deeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad

स्वकृतैः (svakṛtaiḥ) - by one's own done, by one's own actions

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of svakṛta

svakṛta - done by oneself, one's own actions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+kṛta)

• sva – own, oneself
  pronoun
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'pāpaiḥ'.

गतम् (gatam) - gone, reached, attained, reduced to

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tvām'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

कीट (kīṭa) - O insect, worm

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kīṭa

kīṭa - insect, worm

कीटताम् (kīṭatām) - to the state of an insect, to insect-hood

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kīṭatā

kīṭatā - insect-hood, state of being an insect

Derived from 'kīṭa' with suffix -tā

अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will attain, you will reach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of avāp

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Modifies 'dharmam'.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty

Root: dhṛ

धर्मस्थः (dharmasthaḥ) - abiding in dharma, established in natural law

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmastha

dharmastha - standing in dharma, established in natural law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+stha)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ
• stha – standing, situated, abiding
  adjective
  Agentive Suffix
  Derived from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you believe, you consider

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)