महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-23, verse-13

अग्निरुवाच ।
अधीयानः पण्डितं मन्यमानो यो विद्यया हन्ति यशः परेषाम् ।
ब्रह्मन्स तेनाचरते ब्रह्महत्यां लोकास्तस्य ह्यन्तवन्तो भवन्ति ॥१३॥

13. agniruvāca ,
adhīyānaḥ paṇḍitaṁ manyamāno; yo vidyayā hanti yaśaḥ pareṣām ,
brahmansa tenācarate brahmahatyāṁ; lokāstasya hyantavanto bhavanti.

13. agniḥ uvāca adhīyānaḥ paṇḍitam manyamānaḥ
yaḥ vidyayā hanti yaśaḥ pareṣām
brahman saḥ tena ācarate brahmahatyām
lokāḥ tasya hi antavantaḥ bhavanti

13. agniḥ uvāca brahman yaḥ adhīyānaḥ
paṇḍitam manyamānaḥ vidyayā pareṣām
yaśaḥ hanti saḥ tena brahmahatyām ācarate
hi tasya lokāḥ antavantaḥ bhavanti

13. Agni said: 'O brahmin, a person who, though studying and considering himself learned, harms the reputation of others through his knowledge, indeed commits the sin of killing a brahmin (brahmahatyā). His realms (lokas) will certainly come to an end.'

Words meanings summery:

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire god, fire

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अधीयानः (adhīyānaḥ) - studying, one who studies, having studied

• पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - learned person, scholar, wise

• मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - considering himself, thinking of himself

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• विद्यया (vidyayā) - by knowledge, through learning

• हन्ति (hanti) - harms, destroys, kills

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, reputation, glory

• परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others, belonging to others

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin, O wise one

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तेन (tena) - by that act (of harming reputation) (by that, by him)

• आचरते (ācarate) - commits, performs, practices

• ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - killing of a brahmin, brahmicide

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, regions

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable, having an end

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become, are, exist

Words meanings and morphology

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire god, fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire; the god of fire

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अधीयानः (adhīyānaḥ) - studying, one who studies, having studied

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhīyāna

adhīyāna - studying, having studied, engaged in study

present middle participle

from adhi-ī 'to go over, study'

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - learned person, scholar, wise

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, scholar

मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - considering himself, thinking of himself

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manyamāna

manyamāna - thinking, supposing, considering oneself

present middle participle

from √man 'to think'

Root: man (class 4)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

विद्यया (vidyayā) - by knowledge, through learning

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science

हन्ति (hanti) - harms, destroys, kills

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, reputation, glory

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, reputation

परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others, belonging to others

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, distant

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin, O wise one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - brahmin (member of the priestly class), the Absolute (brahman)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तेन (tena) - by that act (of harming reputation) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आचरते (ācarate) - commits, performs, practices

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ācar

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - killing of a brahmin, brahmicide

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brahmahatyā

brahmahatyā - brahmicide, the murder of a brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+hatyā)

• brahman – brahmin, the Absolute
  noun (masculine)
• hatyā – killing, murder
  noun (feminine)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, regions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, region, people

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable, having an end

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antavat

antavat - having an end, perishable, finite

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become, are, exist

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)