महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-30, verse-27

आक्रुष्टः पुरुषः सर्वः प्रत्याक्रोशेदनन्तरम् ।
प्रतिहन्याद्धतश्चैव तथा हिंस्याच्च हिंसितः ॥२७॥

27. ākruṣṭaḥ puruṣaḥ sarvaḥ pratyākrośedanantaram ,
pratihanyāddhataścaiva tathā hiṁsyācca hiṁsitaḥ.

27. ākrūṣṭaḥ puruṣaḥ sarvaḥ pratyākrośet anantaram
pratihanyāt hataḥ ca eva tathā hiṃsyāt ca hiṃsitaḥ

27. When a person is reviled, they would immediately revile in return. If struck, they would strike back. Similarly, if harmed, they would inflict harm in return.

Words meanings summery:

• आक्रूष्टः (ākrūṣṭaḥ) - reviled, insulted, abused

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, human being

• सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - every, all, whole

• प्रत्याक्रोशेत् (pratyākrośet) - should revile in return, would abuse back

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately, thereupon, afterwards

• प्रतिहन्यात् (pratihanyāt) - should strike back, would strike back, should counteract

• हतः (hataḥ) - struck, killed, destroyed

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, thus

• हिंस्यात् (hiṁsyāt) - should injure, would harm

• च (ca) - and, also

• हिंसितः (hiṁsitaḥ) - injured, harmed, violated

Words meanings and morphology

आक्रूष्टः (ākrūṣṭaḥ) - reviled, insulted, abused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākrūṣṭa

ākrūṣṭa - reviled, insulted, abused, reproached, called out

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kruś (to cry out, shout) with upasarga ā (towards, fully).

Prefix: ā

Root: kruś (class 1)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person, soul, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - every, all, whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

प्रत्याक्रोशेत् (pratyākrośet) - should revile in return, would abuse back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pratyā-kruś

Root √kruś (to cry out, shout) with upasargas prati (back, against) and ā (towards).

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: kruś (class 1)

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately, thereupon, afterwards

(indeclinable)

Prefix: an

Root: antara

Note: Functions as an adverb.

प्रतिहन्यात् (pratihanyāt) - should strike back, would strike back, should counteract

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of prati-han

Root √han (to strike, kill) with upasarga prati (back, against).

Prefix: prati

Root: han (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - struck, killed, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, slain, destroyed, smitten, hurt

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √han (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)

हिंस्यात् (hiṁsyāt) - should injure, would harm

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hiṃs

From the desiderative stem of √han (to kill), meaning 'to wish to kill' or 'to injure'.

Root: hiṃs (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हिंसितः (hiṁsitaḥ) - injured, harmed, violated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hiṃsita

hiṁsita - injured, harmed, violated, damaged, hurt

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √hiṃs (to injure, harm).

Root: hiṃs (class 10)