महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-80, verse-12

शिरःकपाले चास्यैव भुञ्जतः पितुरद्य मे ।
प्रायश्चित्तं हि नास्त्यन्यद्धत्वाद्य पितरं मम ॥१२॥

12. śiraḥkapāle cāsyaiva bhuñjataḥ pituradya me ,
prāyaścittaṁ hi nāstyanyaddhatvādya pitaraṁ mama.

12. śiraḥkapāle ca asya eva bhuñjataḥ pituḥ adya me
prāyaścittam hi na asti anyat hatvā adya pitaram mama

12. ca adya asya eva bhuñjataḥ pituḥ śiraḥkapāle me hi
mama pitaram adya hatvā anyat prāyaścittam na asti

12. And indeed, for me, who today eats from this very father's skull, there is no other expiation possible after having killed my father.

Words meanings summery:

• शिरःकपाले (śiraḥkapāle) - (father's skull, as part of a severe penance) (in the skull, on the skull)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - (refers to the speaker) (of this, of him)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• भुञ्जतः (bhuñjataḥ) - of the speaker, who is eating/performing penance from the skull. (of one eating, of one experiencing, of one enjoying)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

• मे (me) - for me, to me, my

• प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, penance, atonement

• हि (hi) - for, because, indeed, verily

• न (na) - no, not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• मम (mama) - my, for me

Words meanings and morphology

शिरःकपाले (śiraḥkapāle) - (father's skull, as part of a severe penance) (in the skull, on the skull)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śiraḥkapāla

śiraḥkapāla - skull, cranium

neuter locative singular

Compound type : tatpurusha (śiras+kapāla)

• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• kapāla – bowl, skull, potsherd
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - (refers to the speaker) (of this, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

masculine/neuter genitive singular

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'asya'.

भुञ्जतः (bhuñjataḥ) - of the speaker, who is eating/performing penance from the skull. (of one eating, of one experiencing, of one enjoying)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhuñjat

bhuñjat - eating, enjoying, protecting

present active participle

Derived from root 'bhuj' (to eat, enjoy, protect) in 7th class (bhunakti) with active participle suffix '-at'. Masculine genitive singular.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

masculine genitive singular

Note: Possessive, 'father's skull'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me, to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

enclitic form of asmad

प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, penance, atonement

(noun)

neuter, singular of prāyaścitta

prāyaścitta - expiation, penance, atonement

हि (hi) - for, because, indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or causal particle.

न (na) - no, not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present indicative

3rd person singular present indicative active

Root: as (class 2)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

neuter nominative/accusative singular

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: han (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

(indeclinable)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

masculine accusative singular

मम (mama) - my, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

genitive singular