महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-30, verse-15

सत्यं चानृततः श्रेयो नृशंसाच्चानृशंसता ।
तमेवं बहुदोषं तु क्रोधं साधुविवर्जितम् ।
मादृशः प्रसृजेत्कस्मात्सुयोधनवधादपि ॥१५॥

15. satyaṁ cānṛtataḥ śreyo nṛśaṁsāccānṛśaṁsatā ,
tamevaṁ bahudoṣaṁ tu krodhaṁ sādhuvivarjitam ,
mādṛśaḥ prasṛjetkasmātsuyodhanavadhādapi.

15. satyam ca anṛtataḥ śreyaḥ nṛśaṃsāt
ca anṛśaṃsatā tam evam bahudoṣam
tu krodham sādhuvivarjitam mādṛśaḥ
prasṛjet kasmāt suyodhanavadhāt api

15. Truth is better than falsehood, and kindness is better than cruelty. Why would someone like me unleash such anger (krodha) — so full of faults, abandoned by the good — even for the slaying of Suyodhana?

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, honesty

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अनृततः (anṛtataḥ) - than falsehood, from untruth

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, superior, more excellent; welfare

• नृशंसात् (nṛśaṁsāt) - than cruelty, from brutality

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अनृशंसता (anṛśaṁsatā) - non-cruelty, kindness, benevolence

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• बहुदोषम् (bahudoṣam) - full of many faults, very faulty

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger (krodha) (anger, wrath, rage)

• साधुविवर्जितम् (sādhuvivarjitam) - forsaken by the good, devoid of good people

• मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - one like me, a person like me

• प्रसृजेत् (prasṛjet) - should unleash, should release, should throw

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what reason

• सुयोधनवधात् (suyodhanavadhāt) - from the slaying of Suyodhana, for the sake of Suyodhana's death

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, honesty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, honesty, integrity

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunctive particle

अनृततः (anṛtataḥ) - than falsehood, from untruth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie; not conforming to cosmic order

Negative compound of a + ṛta

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+ṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right, justice
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ṛ (to go, move)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, superior, more excellent; welfare

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - superior, better, excellent; welfare, bliss, fortune

Comparative form, derived from śrī (prosperity, excellence)

नृशंसात् (nṛśaṁsāt) - than cruelty, from brutality

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, fierce, wicked; cruelty, brutality

From nṛ (man) + śaṃsa (curse, evil speech or action)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunctive particle

अनृशंसता (anṛśaṁsatā) - non-cruelty, kindness, benevolence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anṛśaṃsatā

anṛśaṁsatā - non-cruelty, kindness, benevolence, compassion

Derived from anṛśaṃsa (non-cruel) with suffix -tā (denoting abstract quality)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+nṛśaṃsatā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• nṛśaṃsatā – cruelty, brutality
  noun (feminine)
  From nṛśaṃsa + -tā

तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Adverb

बहुदोषम् (bahudoṣam) - full of many faults, very faulty

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bahudoṣa

bahudoṣa - having many faults, very faulty, full of defects

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+doṣa)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, sin, evil
  noun (masculine)
  From root duṣ (to be bad, to perish)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating contrast or emphasis

क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger (krodha) (anger, wrath, rage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, rage

From root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Object of prasṛjet.

साधुविवर्जितम् (sādhuvivarjitam) - forsaken by the good, devoid of good people

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sādhuvivarjita

sādhuvivarjita - forsaken by the good, devoid of good people, abandoned by virtuous persons

Compound type : tatpurusha (sādhu+vivarjita)

• sādhu – good, virtuous, righteous; a good person, saint
  noun (masculine)
  From root sādh (to accomplish, succeed)
  Root: sādh (class 5)
• vivarjita – abandoned, forsaken, excluded, devoid of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛj (to avoid, abandon) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - one like me, a person like me

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādṛśa

mādṛśa - like me, such as I am

From mad (I, me) + dṛś (seeing, looking like)

प्रसृजेत् (prasṛjet) - should unleash, should release, should throw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of sṛj

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root sṛj (class 6) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what reason

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Interrogative pronoun

सुयोधनवधात् (suyodhanavadhāt) - from the slaying of Suyodhana, for the sake of Suyodhana's death

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of suyodhanavadha

suyodhanavadha - the slaying of Suyodhana

Compound type : tatpurusha (suyodhana+vadha)

• suyodhana – Suyodhana (a proper name, alternative name for Duryodhana)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vadha – slaying, killing, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From root vadh (to strike, kill)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle