महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-57, verse-4

वयं हि तान्गुरून्हत्वा ज्ञातींश्च सुहृदोऽपि च ।
अवाक्शीर्षाः पतिष्यामो नरके नात्र संशयः ॥४॥

4. vayaṁ hi tāngurūnhatvā jñātīṁśca suhṛdo'pi ca ,
avākśīrṣāḥ patiṣyāmo narake nātra saṁśayaḥ.

4. vayam hi tān gurūn hatvā jñātīn ca suhṛdaḥ api
ca avākśīrṣāḥ patiṣyāmaḥ narake na atra saṃśayaḥ

4. hi vayam tān gurūn jñātīn ca suhṛdaḥ api ca hatvā,
avākśīrṣāḥ narake patiṣyāmaḥ,
atra saṃśayaḥ na

4. Indeed, having killed those revered elders (guru), kinsmen, and also friends, we shall fall headlong into hell; there is no doubt about this.

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we (we (plural nominative))

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• तान् (tān) - those (those (masculine accusative plural))

• गुरून् (gurūn) - revered elders (guru) (revered elders, teachers, heavy ones)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having struck)

• ज्ञातीन् (jñātīn) - kinsmen (kinsmen, relatives)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends (friends, well-wishers)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, moreover)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अवाक्शीर्षाः (avākśīrṣāḥ) - headlong, head downwards (head downwards, with heads down)

• पतिष्यामः (patiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall fall

• नरके (narake) - into hell (in hell, to hell)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अत्र (atra) - about this (here, in this, on this)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we (we (plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

1st person pronoun

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

particle

तान् (tān) - those (those (masculine accusative plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

demonstrative pronoun

गुरून् (gurūn) - revered elders (guru) (revered elders, teachers, heavy ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual guide (guru), heavy, important, revered elder

u-ending noun

Note: Refers to respected teachers or elders like Bhīṣma and Droṇa.

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having struck)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root √han with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

ज्ञातीन् (jñātīn) - kinsmen (kinsmen, relatives)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jñāti

jñāti - kinsman, relative, family

i-ending noun

Root: jñā

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

particle

सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends (friends, well-wishers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher

compound of su and hṛd

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+hṛd)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अवाक्शीर्षाः (avākśīrṣāḥ) - headlong, head downwards (head downwards, with heads down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avākśīrṣa

avākśīrṣa - head downwards, with heads down

compound of avāc and śīrṣa

Compound type : bahuvrihi (avāc+śīrṣa)

• avāc – downwards, turned downwards, southern
  indeclinable
• śīrṣa – head, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'vayam'.

पतिष्यामः (patiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall fall

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of pat

future tense

1st person plural, future indicative

Root: pat (class 1)

नरके (narake) - into hell (in hell, to hell)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, underworld, infernal region

Root: nṛ

Note: Locative case often indicates 'into' with verbs of motion like 'falling'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

अत्र (atra) - about this (here, in this, on this)

(indeclinable)

adverb of place/manner

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

from saṃ-√śī (to lie down, to doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)