महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-205, verse-28

अकार्यकरणाच्चापि भृशं मे व्यथितं मनः ।
अजानता कृतमिदं मयेत्यथ तमब्रुवम् ।
क्षन्तुमर्हसि मे ब्रह्मन्निति चोक्तो मया मुनिः ॥२८॥

28. akāryakaraṇāccāpi bhṛśaṁ me vyathitaṁ manaḥ ,
ajānatā kṛtamidaṁ mayetyatha tamabruvam ,
kṣantumarhasi me brahmanniti cokto mayā muniḥ.

28. akāryakaraṇāt ca api bhṛśam me
vyathitam manaḥ ajānatā kṛtam idam mayā
iti atha tam abruvam kṣantum arhasi
me brahman iti ca uktaḥ mayā muniḥ

28. My mind was greatly distressed because of this improper act. I then said to him, 'This was done by me unknowingly. O Brahmin, you should forgive me.' After I spoke to the sage in this way...

Words meanings summery:

• अकार्यकरणात् (akāryakaraṇāt) - due to committing a wrong deed (due to performing an improper act, from the non-performance of duty)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, indeed)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my, by me)

• व्यथितम् (vyathitam) - distressed (pained, distressed, afflicted)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

• अजानता (ajānatā) - unknowingly (by one not knowing, unknowingly, by an ignorant person)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made, performed)

• इदम् (idam) - this (act) (this, this (thing))

• मया (mayā) - by me

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing speech) (thus, so, in this way)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, next, thereupon)

• तम् (tam) - him (the sage) (him, that (person))

• अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I said (I said, I spoke)

• क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive (to forgive, to pardon, to bear)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you ought, you deserve, you are able)

• मे (me) - me (to me, for me)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

• इति (iti) - thus (concluding speech) (thus, so, in this way)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been told (said, spoken, told)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (sage, ascetic, seer)

Words meanings and morphology

अकार्यकरणात् (akāryakaraṇāt) - due to committing a wrong deed (due to performing an improper act, from the non-performance of duty)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of akāryakaraṇa

akāryakaraṇa - performance of an improper act, wrong deed

Compound type : tatpurusha (akārya+karaṇa)

• akārya – not to be done, improper act
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive / Passive Participle
  `a` (negation) + root `kṛ` (to do) + `ṇyat` suffix (kārya)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karaṇa – doing, performing, act
  noun (neuter)
  from root `kṛ` (to do) + `lyuṭ` suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: ablative ending `-āt`

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative of `bhṛśa`

मे (me) - my (to me, my, by me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: enclitic form

व्यथितम् (vyathitam) - distressed (pained, distressed, afflicted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyathita

vyathita - distressed, pained, troubled

Past Passive Participle

from root `vyath` (to be agitated) + suffix `kta`

Root: vyath (class 1)

Note: agreeing with `manaḥ`

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

Root: man (class 4)

अजानता (ajānatā) - unknowingly (by one not knowing, unknowingly, by an ignorant person)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ajānat

ajānat - not knowing, ignorant

Present Active Participle

`a` (negation) + root `jñā` (to know) + `śatṛ` suffix

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+jānat)

• a – negation, not, non
  indeclinable
• jānat – knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from root `jñā` (to know) + suffix `śatṛ`
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to the speaker

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root `kṛ` (to do) + suffix `kta`

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agreeing with `idam`

इदम् (idam) - this (act) (this, this (thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इति (iti) - thus (introducing speech) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then (then, next, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (the sage) (him, that (person))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I said (I said, I spoke)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect (Laṅ)

prefix `a-` + root `brū` (2nd class)

Root: brū (class 2)

क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive (to forgive, to pardon, to bear)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from root `kṣam` (to be patient) + suffix `tumun`

Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Used with `arhasi`

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you ought, you deserve, you are able)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative (Laṭ)

from root `arh` (1st class)

Root: arh (class 1)

मे (me) - me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: enclitic form

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, venerable person, the absolute (brahman)

Root: bṛh

इति (iti) - thus (concluding speech) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been told (said, spoken, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

from root `vac` (to speak) + suffix `kta` (initial `v` changes to `u`)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: agreeing with `muniḥ`

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (sage, ascetic, seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implied verb (e.g., 'heard', 'reacted')