महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-119, verse-6

अथैत्य पुरुषः कश्चित्क्षीणपुण्यनिपातकः ।
ययातिमब्रवीद्राजन्देवराजस्य शासनात् ॥६॥

6. athaitya puruṣaḥ kaścitkṣīṇapuṇyanipātakaḥ ,
yayātimabravīdrājandevarājasya śāsanāt.

6. atha etya puruṣaḥ kaścit kṣīṇapuṇyanipātakaḥ
yayātim abravīt rājan devarājasya śāsanāt

6. Then, a certain man, who was tasked with casting down those whose accumulated merit (puṇya) had been exhausted, approached Yayāti and said, "O king, by the command of Indra, the king of the gods..."

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereafter

• एत्य (etya) - having come, approaching

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a messenger in human form (a man, a being)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain

• क्षीणपुण्यनिपातकः (kṣīṇapuṇyanipātakaḥ) - the specific function of this messenger (one who causes the fall of those whose merit is exhausted)

• ययातिम् (yayātim) - King Yayāti, the person being addressed (Yayāti)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

• राजन् (rājan) - addressing Yayāti as a king (O king!)

• देवराजस्य (devarājasya) - of the king of gods, of Indra

• शासनात् (śāsanāt) - from the command, by the order

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereafter

(indeclinable)

एत्य (etya) - having come, approaching

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √i (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a messenger in human form (a man, a being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, a certain person, anybody

From kim (what, who) + cit (an indefinite particle)

क्षीणपुण्यनिपातकः (kṣīṇapuṇyanipātakaḥ) - the specific function of this messenger (one who causes the fall of those whose merit is exhausted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇapuṇyanipātaka

kṣīṇapuṇyanipātaka - one who causes the fall of those whose good deeds/merit are diminished or exhausted

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣīṇapuṇya+nipātaka)

• kṣīṇa – exhausted, wasted, diminished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṣi (to waste away, diminish)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed
  noun (neuter)
• nipātaka – causer of fall, throwing down, causing to alight
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From ni-√pat (to fall, throw down)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'puruṣaḥ'

ययातिम् (yayātim) - King Yayāti, the person being addressed (Yayāti)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yayāti

yayāti - Yayāti (a legendary king in Hindu mythology)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: With augment 'a-' for past imperfect tense

राजन् (rājan) - addressing Yayāti as a king (O king!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

देवराजस्य (devarājasya) - of the king of gods, of Indra

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of devarāja

devarāja - king of gods, Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+rāja)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

शासनात् (śāsanāt) - from the command, by the order

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - command, order, instruction, rule

From √śās (to command, instruct)

Root: śās (class 2)