महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-80, verse-21

एष ह्येको महातेजाः पाण्डुपुत्रो धनंजयः ।
पिता च मम धर्मात्मा तस्य मे निष्कृतिः कुतः ॥२१॥

21. eṣa hyeko mahātejāḥ pāṇḍuputro dhanaṁjayaḥ ,
pitā ca mama dharmātmā tasya me niṣkṛtiḥ kutaḥ.

21. eṣaḥ hi ekaḥ mahātejāḥ pāṇḍuputraḥ dhanaṃjayaḥ
pitā ca mama dharmātmā tasya me niṣkṛtiḥ kutaḥ

21. hi eṣaḥ ekaḥ mahātejāḥ pāṇḍuputraḥ dhanaṃjayaḥ ca mama dharmātmā pitā (asti).
tasya (vadhe) me niṣkṛtiḥ kutaḥ?

21. Indeed, this greatly glorious son of Pāṇḍu, Dhanañjaya, is my righteous-souled (dharmātmā) father. From where, then, can there be any expiation (niṣkṛti) for me concerning him?

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, he

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, singular

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly glorious, mighty, very brilliant

• पाण्डुपुत्रः (pāṇḍuputraḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu

• धनंजयः (dhanaṁjayaḥ) - Arjuna (Dhanañjaya (name of Arjuna), conqueror of wealth)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• च (ca) - and, also

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled, virtuous, pious

• तस्य (tasya) - concerning him (of him, for him)

• मे (me) - for me (for me, to me)

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

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how (implying 'how can there be') (whence, from where, why)

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this (demonstrative pronoun)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, singular

(numeral)

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly glorious, mighty, very brilliant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great glory or splendor, a person of great glory/power

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• tejas – brilliance, glory, power, energy, spirit
  noun (neuter)

पाण्डुपुत्रः (pāṇḍuputraḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pāṇḍu (one of the Pāṇḍavas, e.g., Arjuna)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king, father of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

धनंजयः (dhanaṁjayaḥ) - Arjuna (Dhanañjaya (name of Arjuna), conqueror of wealth)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanaṃjaya

dhanaṁjaya - conqueror of wealth, a proper name (Arjuna)

Compound 'dhana' (wealth) + 'jaya' (conqueror)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquering, conqueror
  noun (masculine)
  from root ji (1P)
  Root: ji (class 1)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled, virtuous, pious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - one whose soul is dharma, righteous-souled, virtuous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution, religious merit
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

तस्य (tasya) - concerning him (of him, for him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

मे (me) - for me (for me, to me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

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)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how (implying 'how can there be') (whence, from where, why)

(indeclinable)

from kim with suffix -tas