महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-6, verse-36

शक्रस्योदस्य चरणं प्रस्थितो जनमेजयः ।
द्विजस्त्रीणां वधं कृत्वा किं दैवेन न वारितः ॥३६॥

36. śakrasyodasya caraṇaṁ prasthito janamejayaḥ ,
dvijastrīṇāṁ vadhaṁ kṛtvā kiṁ daivena na vāritaḥ.

36. śakrasya udasya caraṇam prasthitaḥ janamejayaḥ
dvijastrīṇām vadham kṛtvā kim daivena na vāritaḥ

36. janamejayaḥ śakrasya caraṇam udasya dvijastrīṇām
vadham kṛtvā prasthitaḥ daivena kim na vāritaḥ

36. King Janamejaya, having set forth, after defiantly lifting Indra's foot and committing the slaughter of brahmin women—why was he not prevented by divine power (daiva)?

Words meanings summery:

• शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Indra (of Śakra, of Indra)

• उदस्य (udasya) - having lifted (in defiance or as an insult) (having thrown up, having lifted, having raised)

• चरणम् (caraṇam) - foot (foot, leg, act of moving)

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - having set forth (set out, departed, proceeded)

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - King Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a king, son of Parikṣit))

• द्विजस्त्रीणाम् (dvijastrīṇām) - of brahmin women (of brahmin women, of twice-born women)

• वधम् (vadham) - slaughter (killing, slaughter, murder)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made, having performed)

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

• दैवेन (daivena) - by divine power (daiva) (by fate, by destiny, by divine will)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• वारितः (vāritaḥ) - was prevented (prevented, stopped, restrained)

Words meanings and morphology

शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Indra (of Śakra, of Indra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - powerful, able; a name of Indra

उदस्य (udasya) - having lifted (in defiance or as an insult) (having thrown up, having lifted, having raised)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

from root as- (to throw, cast) with prefix ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Functions as a past participle verb phrase, modifying Janamejaya.

चरणम् (caraṇam) - foot (foot, leg, act of moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot, leg, movement, conduct

Note: Object of the action 'udasya'.

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - having set forth (set out, departed, proceeded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - set out, gone forth, departed, proceeded

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā- (to stand) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies Janamejaya.

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - King Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a king, son of Parikṣit))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king of the Kuru dynasty)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

द्विजस्त्रीणाम् (dvijastrīṇām) - of brahmin women (of brahmin women, of twice-born women)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of dvijastrī

dvijastrī - brahmin woman, woman of the twice-born class

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+strī)

• dvija – twice-born, a brahmin, a bird, a tooth
  noun (masculine)
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

Note: Genitive of object of slaughter.

वधम् (vadham) - slaughter (killing, slaughter, murder)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, murder, destruction

from root vadh- (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Object of the action 'kṛtvā'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made, having performed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

from root kṛ- (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as a past participle verb phrase, modifying Janamejaya.

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

दैवेन (daivena) - by divine power (daiva) (by fate, by destiny, by divine will)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, heavenly; fate, destiny, divine power

from deva (god)

Note: Agent of prevention in the passive construction.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

वारितः (vāritaḥ) - was prevented (prevented, stopped, restrained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vārita

vārita - prevented, stopped, restrained, prohibited

Past Passive Participle

from causative of root vṛ- (to cover, restrain)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective, agreeing with Janamejaya.