महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-35

प्रतिजानीहि नैतांस्त्वं प्राप्य क्रोधं विमोक्ष्यसे ।
अलं कृत्वा तवाधर्मं मण्डूकैः किं हतैर्हि ते ॥३५॥

35. pratijānīhi naitāṁstvaṁ prāpya krodhaṁ vimokṣyase ,
alaṁ kṛtvā tavādharmaṁ maṇḍūkaiḥ kiṁ hatairhi te.

35. pratijānīhi na etān tvam prāpya krodham vimokṣyase
alam kṛtvā tava adharmam maṇḍūkaiḥ kim hataiḥ hi te

35. Promise that you will not kill these (frogs) even after you have become angry. Indeed, what good will it do you to kill the frogs, achieving nothing but a futile act of unrighteousness (adharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिजानीहि (pratijānīhi) - promise, vow

• न (na) - not, no

• एतान् (etān) - these (masc.)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having incurred

• क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath

• विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you will abandon (them to death), you will kill (you will release, you will abandon, you will let go)

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, uselessly, in vain

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having performed

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law (dharma)

• मण्डूकैः (maṇḍūkaiḥ) - by the frogs

• किम् (kim) - what? what use? why?

• हतैः (hataiḥ) - by the killed ones, by those who have been slain

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• ते (te) - to you, for you

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिजानीहि (pratijānīhi) - promise, vow

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of jñā

Imperative active

From root jñā (9th class) with prefix prati-. The pratijānīhi form is related to a secondary meaning 'to promise, admit'.

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

एतान् (etān) - these (masc.)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of eta

eta - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the frogs.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

2nd person pronoun.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having incurred

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from prefix pra- + root āp (to obtain) + absolutive suffix ya.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury

From root krudh (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Object of prāpya.

विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you will abandon (them to death), you will kill (you will release, you will abandon, you will let go)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future (Lṛṭ) of muc

Future active indicative

From root muc with prefix vi-. vimokṣyase is 2nd person singular middle. Here it means 'you will give them up (to death)'.

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, uselessly, in vain

(indeclinable)

Particle. Can govern dative or instrumental. Here it modifies kṛtvā.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having performed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root kṛ + absolutive suffix tvā.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

2nd person pronoun.

Note: Modifies adharmam.

अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law (dharma)

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound meaning 'not dharma'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to uphold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of kṛtvā.

मण्डूकैः (maṇḍūkaiḥ) - by the frogs

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maṇḍūka

maṇḍūka - frog

Note: Agent of hataiḥ.

किम् (kim) - what? what use? why?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle, here indicating rhetorical question 'what's the use?'.

हतैः (hataiḥ) - by the killed ones, by those who have been slain

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) + suffix ta.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used substantively as 'killed ones'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

2nd person pronoun. Enclitic form of tvad.

Note: Here 'to you' or 'for you' in the sense of benefit.