महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-38, verse-17

यदि पापमपापं वा तदेतद्विवृतं मया ।
तन्मे भयं त्वं भगवन्व्यपनेतुमिहार्हसि ॥१७॥

17. yadi pāpamapāpaṁ vā tadetadvivṛtaṁ mayā ,
tanme bhayaṁ tvaṁ bhagavanvyapanetumihārhasi.

17. yadi pāpam apāpam vā tat etat vivṛtam mayā tat
me bhayam tvam bhagavan vyapanetum iha arhasi

17. yadi etat pāpam apāpam vā tat mayā vivṛtam tat
tvam bhagavan me bhayam iha vyapanetum arhasi

17. Whether this was a sin or not a sin, it has now been revealed by me. Therefore, O revered one (bhagavan), you should remove my fear here.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil

• अपापम् (apāpam) - non-sin, blameless

• वा (vā) - or

• तत् (tat) - that

• एतत् (etat) - this

• विवृतम् (vivṛtam) - revealed, disclosed

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तत् (tat) - therefore, that

• मे (me) - my, to me

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O divine one, O auspicious one

• व्यपनेतुम् (vyapanetum) - to remove, to dispel, to drive away

• इह (iha) - here, in this matter

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wicked

अपापम् (apāpam) - non-sin, blameless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apāpa

apāpa - not wicked, blameless, innocent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pāpa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• pāpa – sin, evil
  noun (neuter)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

विवृतम् (vivṛtam) - revealed, disclosed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vivṛta

vivṛta - revealed, open, disclosed

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Past Passive Participle of √vṛ (to cover/choose), here with 'vi' suggesting 'uncover/reveal'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

तत् (tat) - therefore, that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an indeclinable connective, 'therefore'.

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: genitive singular (enclitic form) of 'aham', here having a dative sense 'my fear' (fear belonging to me) or 'fear for me'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O divine one, O auspicious one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, revered

व्यपनेतुम् (vyapanetum) - to remove, to dispel, to drive away

(verbal)

Note: Infinitive of √nī with prefixes 'vi' and 'apa'.

इह (iha) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)