महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-2, verse-43

किं नु तत्कलुषं कर्म कृतमेभिर्महात्मभिः ।
कर्णेन द्रौपदेयैर्वा पाञ्चाल्या वा सुमध्यया ॥४३॥

43. kiṁ nu tatkaluṣaṁ karma kṛtamebhirmahātmabhiḥ ,
karṇena draupadeyairvā pāñcālyā vā sumadhyayā.

43. kim nu tat kaluṣam karma kṛtam ebhiḥ mahātmabhiḥ
karṇena draupadeyaiḥ vā pāñcālyā vā sumadhyayā

43. kim nu tat kaluṣam karma kṛtam ebhiḥ mahātmabhiḥ
karṇena draupadeyaiḥ vā pāñcālyā vā sumadhyayā

43. What sinful act (karma), then, was committed by these great souls—by Karṇa, or by the sons of Draupadī, or by the slender-waisted Pāñcālī (Draupadī)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - What?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

• तत् (tat) - that

• कलुषम् (kaluṣam) - sinful, impure, tainted

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, consequence of actions

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

• एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by great souls, by noble ones

• कर्णेन (karṇena) - by Karṇa

• द्रौपदेयैः (draupadeyaiḥ) - by the sons of Draupadī

• वा (vā) - or

• पाञ्चाल्या (pāñcālyā) - by Pāñcālī (Draupadī)

• वा (vā) - or

• सुमध्यया (sumadhyayā) - by the slender-waisted Draupadī (by the slender-waisted (woman))

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - What?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कलुषम् (kaluṣam) - sinful, impure, tainted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaluṣa

kaluṣa - impure, stained, sinful, turbid

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, consequence of actions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of past actions

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this

महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by great souls, by noble ones

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahāt+ātman)

• mahāt – great, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

कर्णेन (karṇena) - by Karṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear; a proper name (Karṇa)

द्रौपदेयैः (draupadeyaiḥ) - by the sons of Draupadī

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of draupadeya

draupadeya - son of Draupadī

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पाञ्चाल्या (pāñcālyā) - by Pāñcālī (Draupadī)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of pāñcālī

pāñcālī - woman from Pañcāla country, Draupadī

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

सुमध्यया (sumadhyayā) - by the slender-waisted Draupadī (by the slender-waisted (woman))

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sumadhyā

sumadhyā - slender-waisted (woman), a beautiful woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+madhya)

• su – good, well, beautiful, very
  indeclinable
• madhya – middle, waist, center
  noun (neuter)