महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-142, verse-23

कथं नु सुकृतं मे स्यान्नापराधवती कथम् ।
भवेयमिति संचिन्त्य ब्राह्मणं तं नमस्य च ॥२३॥

23. kathaṁ nu sukṛtaṁ me syānnāparādhavatī katham ,
bhaveyamiti saṁcintya brāhmaṇaṁ taṁ namasya ca.

23. katham nu sukṛtam me syāt na aparādhavatī katham
bhaveyam iti saṃcintya brāhmaṇam tam namasya ca

23. katham nu me sukṛtam syāt,
katham ca na aparādhavatī bhaveyam iti saṃcintya,
tam brāhmaṇam namasya ca

23. Considering, 'How indeed can a good deed (sukṛtam) be mine, and how can I not be guilty?', and having paid homage to that Brahmin...

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now (particle)

• सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - good deed, merit, good action (sukṛtam)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, should be

• न (na) - not

• अपराधवती (aparādhavatī) - guilty, possessing fault

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - may I be, should I be

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks quoted speech/thought)

• संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having considered, having contemplated

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - the Brahmin

• तम् (tam) - that (one)

• नमस्य (namasya) - having bowed down, having paid homage

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now (particle)

(indeclinable)

सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - good deed, merit, good action (sukṛtam)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - well-done, good deed, merit, virtue

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

asmad - I, me

स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, should be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अपराधवती (aparādhavatī) - guilty, possessing fault

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aparādhavat

aparādhavat - guilty, faulty, having committed an offense

Derived with possessive suffix -vat

Compound type : tatpurusha (aparādha+vat)

• aparādha – offense, fault, transgression
  noun (masculine)
• vat – possessing, having (suffix)
  suffix

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - may I be, should I be

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks quoted speech/thought)

(indeclinable)

संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having considered, having contemplated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefix: sam

Root: cint (class 10)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - the Brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, priest

तम् (tam) - that (one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नमस्य (namasya) - having bowed down, having paid homage

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root: nam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)