महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-96, verse-29

अम्बरीष उवाच ।
नृशंसस्त्यक्तधर्मोऽस्तु स्त्रीषु ज्ञातिषु गोषु च ।
ब्राह्मणं चापि जहतु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥२९॥

29. ambarīṣa uvāca ,
nṛśaṁsastyaktadharmo'stu strīṣu jñātiṣu goṣu ca ,
brāhmaṇaṁ cāpi jahatu yaste harati puṣkaram.

29. ambarīṣaḥ uvāca | nṛśaṃsaḥ tyaktadharmaḥ astu strīṣu jñātiṣu
goṣu ca | brāhmaṇam ca api jahatu yaḥ te harati puṣkaram

29. ambarīṣaḥ uvāca yaḥ te puṣkaram harati,
saḥ strīṣu,
jñātiṣu,
goṣu ca nṛśaṃsaḥ tyaktadharmaḥ astu,
ca brāhmaṇam api jahatu

29. Ambarīṣa said: "Let him who takes your lotus (puṣkaram) be cruel and abandon his proper conduct (dharma) towards women, relatives, and cows, and let him also abandon a Brahmin."

Words meanings summery:

• अम्बरीषः (ambarīṣaḥ) - King Ambarīṣa (Ambarīṣa (a king's name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• नृशंसः (nṛśaṁsaḥ) - cruel, wicked, atrocious

• त्यक्तधर्मः (tyaktadharmaḥ) - one who has abandoned his proper conduct (dharma) (one who has abandoned duty/proper conduct/natural law)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - towards women (towards women, among women)

• ज्ञातिषु (jñātiṣu) - towards relatives (towards relatives, among relatives)

• गोषु (goṣu) - towards cows (towards cows, among cows)

• च (ca) - and, also

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin, a priest

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• जहतु (jahatu) - let him abandon, let him forsake, let him give up

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, what

• ते (te) - you, your

• हरति (harati) - he takes away, he carries, he steals, he removes, he seizes

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus (referring to a specific object) (lotus; water; sky; war; the tip of an elephant's trunk)

Words meanings and morphology

अम्बरीषः (ambarīṣaḥ) - King Ambarīṣa (Ambarīṣa (a king's name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambarīṣa

ambarīṣa - name of a king

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Root: vac (class 2)

नृशंसः (nṛśaṁsaḥ) - cruel, wicked, atrocious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, wicked, malicious, atrocious

From nṛ (man) + śaṃsa (curse, ill-will), meaning 'cursing men' or 'hated by men'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+śaṃsa)

• nṛ – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• śaṃsa – praise, eulogy, curse
  noun (masculine)
  From root śaṃs (to praise, to curse)
  Root: śaṃs (class 1)

त्यक्तधर्मः (tyaktadharmaḥ) - one who has abandoned his proper conduct (dharma) (one who has abandoned duty/proper conduct/natural law)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyaktadharma

tyaktadharma - one who has abandoned his duty/virtue/natural law

Bahuvrīhi compound: tyakta (abandoned) + dharma (duty)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+dharma)

• tyakta – abandoned, forsaken, given up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root tyaj (to abandon)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, proper conduct, natural law, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses a wish or command (curse).

स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - towards women (towards women, among women)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

Note: Locative case used to indicate 'towards' or 'in the matter of'.

ज्ञातिषु (jñātiṣu) - towards relatives (towards relatives, among relatives)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of jñāti

jñāti - relative, kinsman

From root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Locative case used to indicate 'towards' or 'in the matter of'.

गोषु (goṣu) - towards cows (towards cows, among cows)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, cattle; earth; ray of light

Note: Locative case used to indicate 'towards' or 'in the matter of'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin, a priest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class; related to Brahman

From brahman (Vedic text, supreme reality) + -a (derivative suffix)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

जहतु (jahatu) - let him abandon, let him forsake, let him give up

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

From root hā, reduplicated form in present/imperative

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Expresses a wish or command (curse).

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Relative pronoun stem

ते (te) - you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

pronominal stem

Note: Also could be genitive singular. In this context, it acts as 'your' (possessive).

हरति (harati) - he takes away, he carries, he steals, he removes, he seizes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of hṛ

Present Active

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - lotus (referring to a specific object) (lotus; water; sky; war; the tip of an elephant's trunk)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus; blue lotus; water; sky; war; a specific measure; the tip of an elephant's trunk; a specific type of drum; a specific sacred place