महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-77, verse-9

कानिचिद्यानि दुर्गाणि दुष्कृतानि कृतानि च ।
तरन्ति चैव पाप्मानं धेनुं ये ददति प्रभो ॥९॥

9. kānicidyāni durgāṇi duṣkṛtāni kṛtāni ca ,
taranti caiva pāpmānaṁ dhenuṁ ye dadati prabho.

9. kānicit yāni durgāṇi duṣkṛtāni kṛtāni ca
taranti ca eva pāpmānam dhenum ye dadati prabho

9. prabho ye dhenum dadati kānicit yāni durgāṇi
duṣkṛtāni kṛtāni ca taranti ca eva pāpmānam

9. O Lord! Those who give a cow overcome whatever difficulties and misdeeds (duṣkṛtāni) they have committed, and indeed, they transcend sin.

Words meanings summery:

• कानिचित् (kānicit) - whatever (things) (whatever, some, any)

• यानि (yāni) - whatever (deeds/difficulties) (which, whatever, those which)

• दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - difficulties (difficulties, misfortunes, inaccessible places, fortresses, sins)

• दुष्कृतानि (duṣkṛtāni) - misdeeds (duṣkṛtāni) (misdeeds, evil deeds, sins)

• कृतानि (kṛtāni) - committed (done) (done, performed, made, deeds)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तरन्ति (taranti) - they overcome / transcend (they cross over, they overcome, they pass through)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

• पाप्मानम् (pāpmānam) - sin (sin, evil, wickedness, vice)

• धेनुम् (dhenum) - a cow (cow, milch-cow)

• ये (ye) - those who (those who, which (plural))

• ददति (dadati) - they give (they give, they grant)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O master)

Words meanings and morphology

कानिचित् (kānicit) - whatever (things) (whatever, some, any)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of kānicit

kānicit - some, any, whatever

Indeclinable form of 'kaścid' in neuter plural.

Note: Used with 'yāni'.

यानि (yāni) - whatever (deeds/difficulties) (which, whatever, those which)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what, that, who, whatever

Note: Used with 'kānicit'.

दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - difficulties (difficulties, misfortunes, inaccessible places, fortresses, sins)

(noun)

neuter, plural of durga

durga - difficult, inaccessible, fortress, difficulty, distress, sin

Compound of 'dur' (bad, difficult) + 'ga' (going).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+ga)

• dur – bad, evil, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• ga – going, moving, moving to
  adjective (neuter)
  From root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

दुष्कृतानि (duṣkṛtāni) - misdeeds (duṣkṛtāni) (misdeeds, evil deeds, sins)

(participle)

neuter, plural of duṣkṛta

duṣkṛta - evil deed, sin, misdeed, badly done

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'duṣ' (bad) + 'kṛta' (done).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+kṛta)

• dus – bad, difficult, evil
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• kṛta – done, made, performed, deed, action
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृतानि (kṛtāni) - committed (done) (done, performed, made, deeds)

(participle)

neuter, plural of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, deed, action

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' "to do, make".

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तरन्ति (taranti) - they overcome / transcend (they cross over, they overcome, they pass through)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Root 'tṛ' (class 1, often with 'ā').

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'ye' (implied).

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

पाप्मानम् (pāpmānam) - sin (sin, evil, wickedness, vice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāpman

pāpman - sin, evil, wickedness, vice, crime

धेनुम् (dhenum) - a cow (cow, milch-cow)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhenu

dhenu - cow, milch-cow, female animal in general

Root: dhī (class 1)

ये (ye) - those who (those who, which (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yat

yat - which, what, that, who, whatever

Relative pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'dadati' and 'taranti'.

ददति (dadati) - they give (they give, they grant)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Root 'dā' (class 3, reduplicated).

Root: dā (class 3)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, mighty, powerful

From 'pra' (forth) + root 'bhū' (to be).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

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