महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-64, verse-21

तेन ता निर्जिता गावस्तेन ते कुरवो जिताः ।
तस्य तत्कर्म वीरस्य न मया तात तत्कृतम् ॥२१॥

21. tena tā nirjitā gāvastena te kuravo jitāḥ ,
tasya tatkarma vīrasya na mayā tāta tatkṛtam.

21. tena tāḥ nirjitāḥ gāvaḥ tena te kuravaḥ jitāḥ
tasya tat karma vīrasya na mayā tāta tat kṛtam

21. By him those cows were indeed conquered, and by him those Kurus were defeated. That deed (karma) belongs to that hero, O dear one; it was not done by me.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - conquered, defeated

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• ते (te) - those

• कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus (people of the Kuru dynasty)

• जिताः (jitāḥ) - conquered, victorious

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of that

• तत् (tat) - that

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action (karma)

• वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero, of the brave one

• न (na) - not, nor

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तात (tāta) - dear one, father

• तत् (tat) - that

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - conquered, defeated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nirjita

nirjita - conquered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'ji' (to conquer) with upasarga 'nir'.

Prefix: nir

Root: ji

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, cattle, earth

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus (people of the Kuru dynasty)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - a Kuru (name of an ancient kingdom/dynasty, its people)

जिताः (jitāḥ) - conquered, victorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jita

jita - conquered, won, subdued

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'ji' (to conquer).

Root: ji

तस्य (tasya) - his, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

कर्म (karma) - deed, action (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, ritual (karma)

वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero, of the brave one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valiant

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

तात (tāta) - dear one, father

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do).

Root: kṛ