महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-59, verse-8

अजो हि शस्त्रमखनत्किलैकः शस्त्रे विपन्ने पद्भिरपास्य भूमिम् ।
निकृन्तनं स्वस्य कण्ठस्य घोरं तद्वद्वैरं मा खनीः पाण्डुपुत्रैः ॥८॥

8. ajo hi śastramakhanatkilaikaḥ; śastre vipanne padbhirapāsya bhūmim ,
nikṛntanaṁ svasya kaṇṭhasya ghoraṁ; tadvadvairaṁ mā khanīḥ pāṇḍuputraiḥ.

8. ajaḥ hi śastram akhanat kila ekaḥ
śastre vipanne padbhiḥ apāsya bhūmim
nikṛntanam svasya kaṇṭhasya ghoram
tadvat vairam mā khanīḥ pāṇḍuputraiḥ

8. Indeed, a goat once dug up a weapon all by itself. When the weapon was found, it scraped away the earth with its feet, leading to the dreadful cutting of its own throat. Similarly, do not stir up enmity (vaira) with the sons of Pāṇḍu.

Words meanings summery:

• अजः (ajaḥ) - a goat

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, instrument, knife

• अखनत् (akhanat) - dug up, excavated

• किल (kila) - once upon a time (indeed, it is said, once upon a time)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - by itself (one, alone, by itself)

• शस्त्रे (śastre) - when the weapon (was found) (in the weapon, when the weapon)

• विपन्ने (vipanne) - found, discovered (found, obtained, discovered; lost, perished)

• पद्भिः (padbhiḥ) - by feet, with feet

• अपास्य (apāsya) - having scraped away, having thrown off, having removed

• भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground, land

• निकृन्तनम् (nikṛntanam) - cutting, severing, destroying

• स्वस्य (svasya) - of one's own, his own

• कण्ठस्य (kaṇṭhasya) - of the throat

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, awful

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that, in the same way

• वैरम् (vairam) - enmity, hostility, hatred

• मा (mā) - do not

• खनीः (khanīḥ) - dig up, stir up

• पाण्डुपुत्रैः (pāṇḍuputraiḥ) - with the sons of Pāṇḍu

Words meanings and morphology

अजः (ajaḥ) - a goat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - a goat, unborn

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, instrument, knife

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument, knife

अखनत् (akhanat) - dug up, excavated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of khan

Root: khan (class 1)

किल (kila) - once upon a time (indeed, it is said, once upon a time)

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - by itself (one, alone, by itself)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, alone, single

शस्त्रे (śastre) - when the weapon (was found) (in the weapon, when the weapon)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument, knife

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

विपन्ने (vipanne) - found, discovered (found, obtained, discovered; lost, perished)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vipanna

vipanna - found, obtained, perished, lost, happened

Past Passive Participle

from root pad (to go, fall) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agreeing with 'śastre' in locative absolute.

पद्भिः (padbhiḥ) - by feet, with feet

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of pad

pad - foot, step

अपास्य (apāsya) - having scraped away, having thrown off, having removed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root as with upasarga apa

Prefix: apa

Root: as (class 4)

भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

निकृन्तनम् (nikṛntanam) - cutting, severing, destroying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nikṛntana

nikṛntana - cutting off, severing, destruction

verbal noun

from root kṛnt (to cut) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

स्वस्य (svasya) - of one's own, his own

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sva

sva - self, own, one's own

कण्ठस्य (kaṇṭhasya) - of the throat

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaṇṭha

kaṇṭha - throat, neck

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, awful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fierce, violent

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that, in the same way

(indeclinable)

वैरम् (vairam) - enmity, hostility, hatred

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, revenge

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with Aorist for prohibition.

खनीः (khanīḥ) - dig up, stir up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist imperative (luṅ) of khan

Root: khan (class 1)

पाण्डुपुत्रैः (pāṇḍuputraiḥ) - with the sons of Pāṇḍu

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)

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