महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-122, verse-58

अस्तु शेषं कौरवाणां मा पराभूदिदं कुलम् ।
कुलघ्न इति नोच्येथा नष्टकीर्तिर्नराधिप ॥५८॥

58. astu śeṣaṁ kauravāṇāṁ mā parābhūdidaṁ kulam ,
kulaghna iti nocyethā naṣṭakīrtirnarādhipa.

58. astu śeṣam kauravāṇām mā parābhūt idam kulam
kulaghna iti na ucyethāḥ naṣṭakīrtiḥ narādhipa

58. Let a remnant of the Kauravas remain, and may this lineage not be destroyed. O ruler of men, may you not be called a destroyer of your family (kulaghna) and one whose reputation (kīrti) is lost.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• शेषम् (śeṣam) - remainder, remnant

• कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• पराभूत् (parābhūt) - it should be defeated, it should be destroyed

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage, race

• कुलघ्न (kulaghna) - destroyer of the family

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• न (na) - not, no

• उच्येथाः (ucyethāḥ) - you should be called

• नष्टकीर्तिः (naṣṭakīrtiḥ) - one whose fame is lost

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

Words meanings and morphology

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

imperative

3rd person singular imperative form of root as

Root: as (class 2)

शेषम् (śeṣam) - remainder, remnant

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, remnant, residue

कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru, a Kaurava

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

पराभूत् (parābhūt) - it should be defeated, it should be destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, injunctive (luṅ) of parābhū

injunctive/aorist

3rd person singular injunctive form of root bhū with prefix parā-

Prefix: parā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: mā with aorist expresses prohibition.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage, race

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan

कुलघ्न (kulaghna) - destroyer of the family

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kulaghna

kulaghna - family destroyer, one who kills his lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kula+ghna)

• kula – family, lineage
  noun (neuter)
• ghna – killer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  From root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Acts as a predicate nominative or vocative in apposition to the implied 'you'.

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उच्येथाः (ucyethāḥ) - you should be called

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vac

optative

2nd person singular optative passive form of root vac (stem ucyate)

Root: vac (class 2)

नष्टकीर्तिः (naṣṭakīrtiḥ) - one whose fame is lost

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭakīrti

naṣṭakīrti - whose fame is lost, disgraced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+kīrti)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• kīrti – fame, glory, renown
  noun (feminine)

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - lord of men, king, ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)