महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-163, verse-22

स तु मामब्रवीद्राजन्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः ।
मृगयाधर्ममुत्सृज्य किमर्थं ताडितस्त्वया ॥२२॥

22. sa tu māmabravīdrājanmama pūrvaparigrahaḥ ,
mṛgayādharmamutsṛjya kimarthaṁ tāḍitastvayā.

22. sa tu mām abravīt rājan mama pūrvaparigrahaḥ
mṛgayādharmaṃ utsṛjya kimarthaṃ tāḍitaḥ tvayā

22. But he said to me, 'O King, why have you struck my former protected creature, abandoning the code of conduct (dharma) for hunting?'

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• माम् (mām) - me

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• पूर्वपरिग्रहः (pūrvaparigrahaḥ) - former possession, prior acquisition, former ward

• मृगयाधर्मं (mṛgayādharmaṁ) - the code of conduct for hunting, the natural law of hunting

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having relinquished, having given up

• किमर्थं (kimarthaṁ) - why, for what purpose

• ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck, hit, beaten

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पूर्वपरिग्रहः (pūrvaparigrahaḥ) - former possession, prior acquisition, former ward

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrvaparigraha

pūrvaparigraha - a former possession, a prior acquisition, a former protégé or ward

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+parigraha)

• pūrva – former, prior, previous, earlier
  adjective (masculine)
• parigraha – possession, acquisition, ward, protégé, collection, family
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: grah (class 9)

मृगयाधर्मं (mṛgayādharmaṁ) - the code of conduct for hunting, the natural law of hunting

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛgayādharma

mṛgayādharma - the dharma (code of conduct, natural law) of hunting

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgayā+dharma)

• mṛgayā – hunting, chase
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mṛg (class 1)
• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, code of conduct
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having relinquished, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root sṛj with prefix ud- by adding -ya suffix.

Prefix: ud

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

किमर्थं (kimarthaṁ) - why, for what purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, why
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck, hit, beaten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, hit, beaten

past passive participle

Derived from root tāḍ.

Root: tāḍ (class 10)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular), you (plural)