महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-71, verse-11

नाहं जनं निर्दहेयं दृष्ट्वा घोरेण चक्षुषा ।
स पिधाय मुखं राजा तस्माद्गच्छति पाण्डवः ॥११॥

11. nāhaṁ janaṁ nirdaheyaṁ dṛṣṭvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā ,
sa pidhāya mukhaṁ rājā tasmādgacchati pāṇḍavaḥ.

11. na aham janam nirdheyam dṛṣṭvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā
saḥ pidhāya mukham rājā tasmāt gacchati pāṇḍavaḥ

11. I would not consume people merely by looking at them with a terrible eye. Therefore, that king, the Pandava (Pāṇḍava) prince, goes with his face covered.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जनम् (janam) - person, people, human

• निर्धेयम् (nirdheyam) - I would burn, I would consume

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, by seeing

• घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - terrible, dreadful

• चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - by the eye

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पिधाय (pidhāya) - having covered, having veiled

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu, Pandava prince

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

जनम् (janam) - person, people, human

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, human being, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

निर्धेयम् (nirdheyam) - I would burn, I would consume

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of nirdah

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, by seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix '-tvā'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - terrible, dreadful

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, fierce

चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - by the eye

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight

Root: cakṣ

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पिधाय (pidhāya) - having covered, having veiled

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root 'dhā' (to place, to put) with upasarga 'api' (which reduces to 'pi') and suffix '-tvā' (which becomes '-ya' after upasarga)

Prefix: api

Root: dhā (class 3)

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative form used adverbially.

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu, Pandava prince

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, Pandava

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu