महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-9, verse-10

किं त्वया पापकं कर्म कृतं पूर्वं सुदारुणम् ।
यस्त्वं श्मशाने मृतकान्पूतिकानत्सि कुत्सितान् ॥१०॥

10. kiṁ tvayā pāpakaṁ karma kṛtaṁ pūrvaṁ sudāruṇam ,
yastvaṁ śmaśāne mṛtakānpūtikānatsi kutsitān.

10. kim tvayā pāpakam karma kṛtam pūrvam sudāruṇam
yaḥ tvam śmaśāne mṛtakān pūtikān atsi kutsitān

10. tvayā pūrvam kim sudāruṇam pāpakam karma kṛtam
yaḥ tvam śmaśāne pūtikān kutsitān mṛtakān atsi

10. What extremely dreadful sinful action (karma) was performed by you previously, that you now eat foul, loathsome corpses in a cremation ground?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, what kind of?

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• पापकम् (pāpakam) - sinful, wicked

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, karma

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, formerly, before

• सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - extremely dreadful, very terrible

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in the cremation ground

• मृतकान् (mṛtakān) - dead bodies, corpses

• पूतिकान् (pūtikān) - foul, stinking

• अत्सि (atsi) - you eat

• कुत्सितान् (kutsitān) - despised, loathed, condemned

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, what kind of?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Used here to introduce a question about the nature of the karma.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Instrumental case of yuṣmad.

पापकम् (pāpakam) - sinful, wicked

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpaka

pāpaka - sinful, wicked, bad

from pāpa (sin) + ka suffix

Note: Adjective qualifying karma.

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, karma

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, karma, consequence of action

from root √kṛ (to do) + man suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The subject/object of kṛtam.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

root √kṛ (class 8) + kta suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies karma.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, formerly, before

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - extremely dreadful, very terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very dreadful, extremely terrible

su (good, very) + dāruṇa (terrible)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, cruel
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Qualifies karma.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to tvam (you).

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of atsi.

श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in the cremation ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery

Note: Locative of place.

मृतकान् (mṛtakān) - dead bodies, corpses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛtaka

mṛtaka - dead, a dead body, corpse

from mṛta (past participle of √mṛ) + ka suffix

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Object of atsi.

पूतिकान् (pūtikān) - foul, stinking

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pūtika

pūtika - stinking, foul-smelling, putrid

from pūti (stench) + ka suffix

Root: pūy

Note: Qualifies mṛtakān.

अत्सि (atsi) - you eat

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ad

Present Active

root √ad (class 2) in present 2nd person singular

Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Present tense, 2nd person singular.

कुत्सितान् (kutsitān) - despised, loathed, condemned

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kutsita

kutsita - despised, loathed, condemned

Past Passive Participle

root √kuts (class 10) + kta suffix

Root: kuts (class 10)

Note: Qualifies mṛtakān.