महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-29, verse-5

क्रूरोऽमर्षी स दुष्टात्मा भुवि प्रख्यातविक्रमः ।
निहतस्तत्र गन्धर्वैः पापकर्मा नृशंसवान् ॥५॥

5. krūro'marṣī sa duṣṭātmā bhuvi prakhyātavikramaḥ ,
nihatastatra gandharvaiḥ pāpakarmā nṛśaṁsavān.

5. krūraḥ amarṣī saḥ duṣṭātmā bhuvi prakhyātavikramaḥ
nihataḥ tatra gandharvaiḥ pāpakarmā nṛśaṃsavān

5. That cruel, wrathful, wicked-souled man (ātman), renowned for his valor on earth, that evil-doer (karma), that merciless one, was slain there by the Gandharvas.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel, fierce, harsh

• अमर्षी (amarṣī) - intolerant, impatient, wrathful, irritable

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to Kicaka. (he, that)

• दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - wicked-souled, evil-minded, vile person

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world, on the ground

• प्रख्यातविक्रमः (prakhyātavikramaḥ) - renowned for valor, famous for heroism

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

• तत्र (tatra) - Refers to the place where Kicaka was killed. (there, then, in that place)

• गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - In the Mahabharata, Bhima (disguised as a Gandharva) kills Kicaka. (by the Gandharvas)

• पापकर्मा (pāpakarmā) - evil-doer, one whose deeds are wicked

• नृशंसवान् (nṛśaṁsavān) - cruel, brutal, merciless

Words meanings and morphology

क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel, fierce, harsh

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, harsh

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Kicaka).

अमर्षी (amarṣī) - intolerant, impatient, wrathful, irritable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amarṣin

amarṣin - intolerant, impatient, wrathful, irritable

Prefix: a

Root: mṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Kicaka).

सः (saḥ) - Refers to Kicaka. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - wicked-souled, evil-minded, vile person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duṣṭātman

duṣṭātman - wicked-souled, evil-minded, vile person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (duṣṭa+ātman)

• duṣṭa – wicked, bad, corrupt
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root duṣ (4P) 'to be bad, corrupt' + kta suffix
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Kicaka).

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, world

Note: Refers to the sphere where his valor was known.

प्रख्यातविक्रमः (prakhyātavikramaḥ) - renowned for valor, famous for heroism

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakhyātavikrama

prakhyātavikrama - renowned for valor, famous for heroism

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prakhyāta+vikrama)

• prakhyāta – well-known, famous
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from pra-khyā (root khyā 'to proclaim' with prefix pra) + kta suffix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)
• vikrama – valor, heroism, courage
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Kicaka).

निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ni-han (root han 'to strike, kill' with prefix ni) + kta suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Refers to Kicaka; implies a past action.

तत्र (tatra) - Refers to the place where Kicaka was killed. (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

गन्धर्वैः (gandharvaiḥ) - In the Mahabharata, Bhima (disguised as a Gandharva) kills Kicaka. (by the Gandharvas)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gandharva

gandharva - Gandharva (a class of celestial beings)

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'nihataḥ'.

पापकर्मा (pāpakarmā) - evil-doer, one whose deeds are wicked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpakarmā

pāpakarmā - evil-doer, one whose deeds are wicked

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+karman)

• pāpa – evil, sin, wicked
  noun (neuter)
• karman – deed, action, work (karma)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Kicaka).

नृशंसवान् (nṛśaṁsavān) - cruel, brutal, merciless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsavat

nṛśaṁsavat - cruel, brutal, merciless

Possessive adjective from nṛśaṃsa 'cruelty' + matup suffix

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Kicaka).