महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-29, verse-19

राम राम निवर्तस्व कं गुणं तात पश्यसि ।
क्षत्रबन्धूनिमान्प्राणैर्विप्रयोज्य पुनः पुनः ॥१९॥

19. rāma rāma nivartasva kaṁ guṇaṁ tāta paśyasi ,
kṣatrabandhūnimānprāṇairviprayojya punaḥ punaḥ.

19. rāma rāma nivartasva kam guṇam tāta paśyasi
kṣatrabandhūn imān prāṇaiḥ viprayojya punaḥ punaḥ

19. rāma rāma nivartasva tāta kam guṇam paśyasi imān
kṣatrabandhūn punaḥ punaḥ prāṇaiḥ viprayojya

19. O Rāma, O Rāma, turn back! My dear one, what merit (guṇa) do you see in repeatedly depriving these kṣatriya-kinsmen of their lives?

Words meanings summery:

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back, desist, stop

• कम् (kam) - what

• गुणम् (guṇam) - merit, advantage, benefit (quality, virtue, benefit, merit)

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, my son, my friend

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see

• क्षत्रबन्धून् (kṣatrabandhūn) - kṣatriya-kinsmen (degenerate kṣatriyas)

• इमान् (imān) - these

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - by lives, with lives

• विप्रयोज्य (viprayojya) - having separated, having deprived

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Root: ram (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (Paraśurāma)

निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back, desist, stop

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

`ni-vartasva` is present imperative, middle voice, second person singular from `ni-vṛt`.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कम् (kam) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

गुणम् (guṇam) - merit, advantage, benefit (quality, virtue, benefit, merit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, merit, thread

तात (tāta) - O dear one, my son, my friend

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, friend, dear one (term of endearment)

Note: Term of address.

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see

(verb)

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

Present indicative, active voice, second person singular of root `dṛś` (which takes the stem `paśya` in present tense).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

क्षत्रबन्धून् (kṣatrabandhūn) - kṣatriya-kinsmen (degenerate kṣatriyas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṣatrabandhu

kṣatrabandhu - a kṣatriya only in name, a degenerate kṣatriya

Compound of `kṣatra` (kṣatriya) + `bandhu` (kinsman, relative); implies a kṣatriya who does not live up to the kṣatriya ideal.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatra+bandhu)

• kṣatra – a kṣatriya, the kṣatriya class
  noun (masculine)
• bandhu – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)
  From root `bandh` (to bind).
  Root: bandh (class 9)

इमान् (imān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - by lives, with lives

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air

From `pra-an` (to breathe forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

विप्रयोज्य (viprayojya) - having separated, having deprived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From `vi-pra-yuj` (to separate, disjoin).

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)