महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-80, verse-20

वीरं हि क्षत्रियं हत्वा गोशतेन प्रमुच्यते ।
पितरं तु निहत्यैवं दुस्तरा निष्कृतिर्मया ॥२०॥

20. vīraṁ hi kṣatriyaṁ hatvā gośatena pramucyate ,
pitaraṁ tu nihatyaivaṁ dustarā niṣkṛtirmayā.

20. vīram hi kṣatriyam hatvā gośatena pramucyate
pitaram tu nihatya evam dustarā niṣkṛtiḥ mayā

20. hi vīram kṣatriyam hatvā (janaḥ) gośatena pramucyate.
tu mayā evam pitaram nihatya niṣkṛtiḥ dustarā (bhavati).

20. Indeed, by killing a heroic warrior (kṣatriya), one is absolved by offering a hundred cows. But for me, having thus killed my father, expiation (niṣkṛti) is insurmountable.

Words meanings summery:

• वीरम् (vīram) - heroic, brave, valorous

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

• क्षत्रियम् (kṣatriyam) - warrior, member of the kṣatriya class

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

• गोशतेन (gośatena) - by a hundred cows, with a hundred cows

• प्रमुच्यते (pramucyate) - one is released, liberated, absolved

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, by killing

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• दुस्तरा (dustarā) - difficult to cross, insurmountable, impassable

• निष्कृतिः (niṣkṛtiḥ) - expiation, atonement, reparation, remedy

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

वीरम् (vīram) - heroic, brave, valorous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - heroic, brave, a hero, warrior

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

(indeclinable)

क्षत्रियम् (kṣatriyam) - warrior, member of the kṣatriya class

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class, a warrior, noble

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

from root han (2P) with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

गोशतेन (gośatena) - by a hundred cows, with a hundred cows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of gośata

gośata - a hundred cows

Compound type : dvigu (go+śata)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

प्रमुच्यते (pramucyate) - one is released, liberated, absolved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pramuc

Present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

from root muc (6P) with prefix pra, in passive voice (yaka)

Prefix: pra

Root: muc (class 6)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, by killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

from root han (2P) with prefix ni, using -ya suffix (prefixed absolutive)

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

दुस्तरा (dustarā) - difficult to cross, insurmountable, impassable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dustara

dustara - difficult to cross or overcome, insurmountable

from prefix dus- and root tṛ

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (dus+tara)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• tara – crossing, passing over, that which crosses
  noun (masculine)
  from root tṛ (1P) with suffix -a
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

निष्कृतिः (niṣkṛtiḥ) - expiation, atonement, reparation, remedy

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣkṛti

niṣkṛti - expiation, atonement, reparation, remedy

from root kṛ (8U) with prefix ni and suffix -ti

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me (1st person pronoun)