महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-146, verse-77

न त्वं धर्मं विजानासि वृद्धा नोपासितास्त्वया ।
अल्पबुद्धितया वन्यानुत्सादयसि यन्मृगान् ॥७७॥

77. na tvaṁ dharmaṁ vijānāsi vṛddhā nopāsitāstvayā ,
alpabuddhitayā vanyānutsādayasi yanmṛgān.

77. na tvam dharmam vijānāsi vṛddhāḥ na upāsitāḥ
tvayā alpabuddhitayā vanyān utsādayasi yat mṛgān

77. You do not understand righteous conduct (dharma), for you have not served the elders. It is due to your meager intelligence that you destroy forest animals.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteous conduct (dharma) (righteousness, natural law, duty, virtue)

• विजानासि (vijānāsi) - you know, you understand

• वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elders, old people, grown ones

• न (na) - not, no

• उपासिताः (upāsitāḥ) - served, revered, attended upon

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• अल्पबुद्धितया (alpabuddhitayā) - due to foolishness (due to meager intelligence, by reason of small intellect)

• वन्यान् (vanyān) - wild, forest-dwelling

• उत्सादयसि (utsādayasi) - you destroy, you kill, you cause to fall

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a clause explaining a cause or reason) (which, that, because, since)

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - animals, deer, wild beasts

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteous conduct (dharma) (righteousness, natural law, duty, virtue)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, natural law, constitution, duty, virtue

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vijānāsi'.

विजानासि (vijānāsi) - you know, you understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vijñā

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'do not understand'.

वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elders, old people, grown ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, wise, elder

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied passive verb.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'upāsitāḥ'.

उपासिताः (upāsitāḥ) - served, revered, attended upon

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upāsita

upāsita - served, worshipped, attended upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ās (to sit) with upasarga upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vṛddhāḥ'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of 'upāsitāḥ'.

अल्पबुद्धितया (alpabuddhitayā) - due to foolishness (due to meager intelligence, by reason of small intellect)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of alpabuddhita

alpabuddhita - meager intelligence, foolishness

Derived from alpabuddhi (small intellect) with suffix -tā (fem.)

Compound type : tatpurusha (alpa+buddhi)

• alpa – small, little, few
  adjective (neuter)
• buddhi – intelligence, understanding, intellect
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Denotes cause.

वन्यान् (vanyān) - wild, forest-dwelling

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanya

vanya - of the forest, wild, forest-dwelling

Derived from vana (forest)

Note: Agrees with 'mṛgān'.

उत्सादयसि (utsādayasi) - you destroy, you kill, you cause to fall

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of utsādayati

Causative

Causative of root sad (to sit) with upasarga ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: sad (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction introducing a clause explaining a cause or reason) (which, that, because, since)

(indeclinable)

मृगान् (mṛgān) - animals, deer, wild beasts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, animal, wild beast

Note: Object of 'utsādayasi'.