महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-41, verse-28

हन्यतां दुर्मतिर्भीष्मः पशुवत्साध्वयं नृपैः ।
सर्वैः समेत्य संरब्धैर्दह्यतां वा कटाग्निना ॥२८॥

28. hanyatāṁ durmatirbhīṣmaḥ paśuvatsādhvayaṁ nṛpaiḥ ,
sarvaiḥ sametya saṁrabdhairdahyatāṁ vā kaṭāgninā.

28. hanyatām dur-matiḥ bhīṣmaḥ paśuvat sādhyaḥ ayam nṛpaiḥ
sarvaiḥ sametya saṃrabdhaiḥ dahyatām vā kaṭa-agninā

28. Let this foolish (durmati) Bhishma be killed like an animal by all the enraged kings who have gathered, or let him be burned with fire from dry grass (kaṭāgninā).

Words meanings summery:

• हन्यताम् (hanyatām) - let him be killed, he should be killed

• दुर्-मतिः (dur-matiḥ) - foolish, evil-minded, wicked

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (the Kuru patriarch) (Bhishma)

• पशुवत् (paśuvat) - like an animal, like a beast

• साध्यः (sādhyaḥ) - to be dispatched/killed (to be accomplished, to be killed, to be subdued)

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• नृपैः (nṛpaiḥ) - by the kings

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all

• समेत्य (sametya) - having gathered, having come together

• संरब्धैः (saṁrabdhaiḥ) - by the enraged, by the furious

• दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let him be burned, he should be burned

• वा (vā) - or

• कट-अग्निना (kaṭa-agninā) - by fire from dry grass, by straw fire

Words meanings and morphology

हन्यताम् (hanyatām) - let him be killed, he should be killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of han

Present imperative third person singular, passive voice, of root han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

दुर्-मतिः (dur-matiḥ) - foolish, evil-minded, wicked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dur-mati

dur-mati - evil-minded, foolish, wicked

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+mati)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to Bhishma

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (the Kuru patriarch) (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable, Bhishma (proper name)

पशुवत् (paśuvat) - like an animal, like a beast

(indeclinable)

Derived from paśu (animal) with suffix -vat (like)

साध्यः (sādhyaḥ) - to be dispatched/killed (to be accomplished, to be killed, to be subdued)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhya

sādhya - to be accomplished, to be effected, to be killed, to be subdued

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Gerundive from root sādh (to accomplish, effect, kill)

Root: sādh (class 4)

Note: Here implies 'to be dispatched/killed'

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to Bhishma

नृपैः (nṛpaiḥ) - by the kings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with nṛpaiḥ

समेत्य (sametya) - having gathered, having come together

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive formed from root i with prefix sam, ending in -ya (after prefix)

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

संरब्धैः (saṁrabdhaiḥ) - by the enraged, by the furious

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of saṃrabdha

saṁrabdha - enraged, furious, agitated

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root rabh with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with nṛpaiḥ

दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let him be burned, he should be burned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of dah

Present imperative third person singular, passive voice, of root dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कट-अग्निना (kaṭa-agninā) - by fire from dry grass, by straw fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kaṭa-agni

kaṭa-agni - fire from dry grass/straw

Compound type : tatpurusha (kaṭa+agni)

• kaṭa – dry grass, straw, mat
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)