महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-58

शरणागतं हन्तु मित्रं स्वसुतां चोपजीवतु ।
अर्थान्काङ्क्षतु कीनाशाद्बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥५८॥

58. śaraṇāgataṁ hantu mitraṁ svasutāṁ copajīvatu ,
arthānkāṅkṣatu kīnāśādbisastainyaṁ karoti yaḥ.

58. śaraṇāgatam hantu mitram svasutām ca upajīvatu
arthān kāṅkṣatu kīnāśāt bisastainyam karoti yaḥ

58. yaḥ bisastainyam karoti śaraṇāgatam hantu mitram
ca svasutām upajīvatu kīnāśāt arthān kāṅkṣatu

58. Whoever commits the theft of lotus stalks should kill one who has sought refuge, exploit a friend and his own daughter, and covet wealth from a miser.

Words meanings summery:

• शरणागतम् (śaraṇāgatam) - one who has sought refuge (one who has come for refuge, refugee)

• हन्तु (hantu) - may he kill (may he kill, let him strike)

• मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, sun)

• स्वसुताम् (svasutām) - his own daughter (one's own daughter)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उपजीवतु (upajīvatu) - may he exploit (may he live upon, may he exploit, may he subsist on)

• अर्थान् (arthān) - wealth (wealth, objects, purposes, meanings)

• काङ्क्षतु (kāṅkṣatu) - may he covet (may he desire, may he long for)

• कीनाशात् (kīnāśāt) - from a miser (from a miser, from a peasant, from a ploughman)

• बिसस्तैन्यम् (bisastainyam) - the theft of lotus stalks (theft of lotus stalks)

• करोति (karoti) - commits (does, makes, performs)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

Words meanings and morphology

शरणागतम् (śaraṇāgatam) - one who has sought refuge (one who has come for refuge, refugee)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaraṇāgata

śaraṇāgata - one who has come for protection, refugee, supplicant

Past Passive Participle used as a noun

Compound: śaraṇa (refuge, protection) + āgata (come, arrived). One who has arrived for refuge.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaraṇa+āgata)

• śaraṇa – refuge, shelter, protection, asylum
  noun (neuter)
• āgata – come, arrived, returned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā (prefix) + √gam (to go).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Killing a refugee is considered a grave sin in Hindu scriptures.

हन्तु (hantu) - may he kill (may he kill, let him strike)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of han

Imperative Active, 3rd person singular

From √han (to kill), imperative mood (loṭ), 3rd person singular.

Root: han (class 2)

मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, sun)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, the Sun god

स्वसुताम् (svasutām) - his own daughter (one's own daughter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svasutā

svasutā - one's own daughter

Compound: sva (own) + sutā (daughter).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+sutā)

• sva – one's own, self, own property
  pronoun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  From √sū (to give birth).
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Exploiting one's own daughter would imply severe moral depravity.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

उपजीवतु (upajīvatu) - may he exploit (may he live upon, may he exploit, may he subsist on)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of upajīv

Imperative Active, 3rd person singular

From upa (near, upon) + √jīv (to live), imperative mood (loṭ), 3rd person singular.

Prefix: upa

Root: jīv (class 1)

अर्थान् (arthān) - wealth (wealth, objects, purposes, meanings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, object, wealth, property, advantage

काङ्क्षतु (kāṅkṣatu) - may he covet (may he desire, may he long for)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kāṅkṣ

Imperative Active, 3rd person singular

From √kāṅkṣ (to desire), imperative mood (loṭ), 3rd person singular.

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

कीनाशात् (kīnāśāt) - from a miser (from a miser, from a peasant, from a ploughman)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kīnāśa

kīnāśa - peasant, ploughman, miser, poor person

बिसस्तैन्यम् (bisastainyam) - the theft of lotus stalks (theft of lotus stalks)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bisastainya

bisastainya - theft of lotus stalks

Tatpuruṣa compound: bisasya stainyam (theft of lotus stalk). bisastainya (n.)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bisa+stainya)

• bisa – lotus stalk, fibrous root of a lotus
  noun (neuter)
• stainya – theft, robbery
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from stena (thief) + yañ suffix.

करोति (karoti) - commits (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

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

Present Active, 3rd person singular

From √kṛ (to do), present tense (laṭ), 3rd person singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Used in a relative clause.