महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-78, verse-3

उवाच चैनं धर्मात्मा समन्युः फल्गुनस्तदा ।
प्रक्रियेयं न ते युक्ता बहिस्त्वं क्षत्रधर्मतः ॥३॥

3. uvāca cainaṁ dharmātmā samanyuḥ phalgunastadā ,
prakriyeyaṁ na te yuktā bahistvaṁ kṣatradharmataḥ.

3. uvāca ca enam dharmātmā samanyuḥ phalgunaḥ tadā
prakriyā iyam na te yuktā bahiḥ tvam kṣatradharmataḥ

3. dharmātmā samanyuḥ phalgunaḥ tadā enam ca uvāca iyam
prakriyā te na yuktā tvam kṣatradharmataḥ bahiḥ

3. Then, the righteous (dharmātmā) Arjuna (phalguna), filled with anger, said to him: 'This action of yours is not proper; you are acting outside the natural law (dharma) of a warrior.'

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - The righteous Arjuna (righteous soul, virtuous one)

• समन्युः (samanyuḥ) - enraged, full of wrath, angry

• फल्गुनः (phalgunaḥ) - Arjuna (a name for Arjuna)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• प्रक्रिया (prakriyā) - action, procedure, method

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• न (na) - not

• ते (te) - by you, for you, of you

• युक्ता (yuktā) - proper, fit, suitable

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• क्षत्रधर्मतः (kṣatradharmataḥ) - from the natural law of a warrior, according to the natural law of a warrior

Words meanings and morphology

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - The righteous Arjuna (righteous soul, virtuous one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - a righteous person, a virtuous soul, one whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is righteousness (dharma)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

समन्युः (samanyuḥ) - enraged, full of wrath, angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samanyu

samanyu - furious, angry, wrathful

Bahuvrihi compound of sa- (with) + manyu (wrath)

फल्गुनः (phalgunaḥ) - Arjuna (a name for Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phalguna

phalguna - Arjuna (name of the Pāṇḍava prince), born under the Phalguni nakṣatra

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

प्रक्रिया (prakriyā) - action, procedure, method

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakriyā

prakriyā - action, procedure, method, process

From pra-√kr̥

Prefix: pra

Root: kr̥ (class 8)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you, for you, of you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Often used with an instrumental sense when referring to an action 'by you' or genitive sense 'of yours'.

युक्ता (yuktā) - proper, fit, suitable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, fitted, proper, engaged, devoted

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of √yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

क्षत्रधर्मतः (kṣatradharmataḥ) - from the natural law of a warrior, according to the natural law of a warrior

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatra+dharma)

• kṣatra – warrior, royal power, ruling class
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Ablative suffix -tas is added to kṣatradharma, making it an indeclinable with the sense 'from the kṣatradharma' or 'according to the kṣatradharma'.