महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-4, verse-17

कः क्षत्रियो मन्यमानः सुप्तान्हन्यान्मृतानिव ।
न तन्मृष्यन्ति हार्दिक्य यादवा यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥१७॥

17. kaḥ kṣatriyo manyamānaḥ suptānhanyānmṛtāniva ,
na tanmṛṣyanti hārdikya yādavā yattvayā kṛtam.

17. kaḥ kṣatriyaḥ manyamānaḥ suptān hanyāt mṛtān iva
na tat mṛṣyanti hārdikya yādavāḥ yat tvayā kṛtam

17. kaḥ kṣatriyaḥ manyamānaḥ suptān mṛtān iva hanyāt?
hārdikya yādavāḥ tvayā yat kṛtam tat na mṛṣyanti

17. What warrior (kṣatriya), considering himself (a kṣatriya), would kill those who are asleep as if they were dead? O Hardikya (Kritavarman), the Yadavas will not tolerate that which was done by you.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a warrior, a member of the kshatriya class

• मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - Considering oneself a kṣatriya (considering oneself, thinking)

• सुप्तान् (suptān) - those who are asleep

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should kill, would kill

• मृतान् (mṛtān) - those who are dead

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• न (na) - not

• तत् (tat) - Referring to the act of killing sleepers. (that (action))

• मृष्यन्ति (mṛṣyanti) - They will not tolerate (with 'na'). (they tolerate, they forgive, they endure)

• हार्दिक्य (hārdikya) - Vocative, referring to Kritavarman. (O son of Hṛdika (Kritavarman))

• यादवाः (yādavāḥ) - the Yadavas

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Functions as an interrogative adjective here for kṣatriyaḥ.

क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a warrior, a member of the kshatriya class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior class; noble, regal

मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - Considering oneself a kṣatriya (considering oneself, thinking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of man

man - to think, to believe, to consider oneself

Present Middle Participle

Present Middle Participle from root 'man' (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agrees with kṣatriyaḥ.

सुप्तान् (suptān) - those who are asleep

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of supta

supta - asleep, sleeping

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root 'svap' (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should kill, would kill

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

मृतान् (mṛtān) - those who are dead

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - Referring to the act of killing sleepers. (that (action))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

मृष्यन्ति (mṛṣyanti) - They will not tolerate (with 'na'). (they tolerate, they forgive, they endure)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of mṛṣ

Root: mṛṣ (class 4)

Note: With 'na', implies 'will not tolerate'.

हार्दिक्य (hārdikya) - Vocative, referring to Kritavarman. (O son of Hṛdika (Kritavarman))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of hārdikya

hārdikya - son of Hṛdika (an epithet for Kritavarman)

Patronymic from Hṛdika.

Note: Referring to Kritavarman.

यादवाः (yādavāḥ) - the Yadavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yādava

yādava - descendant of Yadu, a Yadava

Patronymic from Yadu.

Note: Subject of 'mṛṣyanti'.

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to the action.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent in passive construction.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate of 'yat'.