महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-38, verse-26

न शत्रुरङ्कमापन्नो मोक्तव्यो वध्यतां गतः ।
अहताद्धि भयं तस्माज्जायते नचिरादिव ॥२६॥

26. na śatruraṅkamāpanno moktavyo vadhyatāṁ gataḥ ,
ahatāddhi bhayaṁ tasmājjāyate nacirādiva.

26. na śatruḥ aṅkam āpannaḥ moktavyaḥ vadhyatām
gataḥ ahatāt hi bhayam tasmāt jāyate nacirāt iva

26. An enemy who has fallen into one's control and is destined for execution should not be released. For, indeed, from an unslain enemy, fear will soon arise.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - an enemy, a foe

• अङ्कम् (aṅkam) - one's control or power (lap, side, embrace, proximity, control)

• आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having come into one's control (having reached, obtained, fallen into, having come into a state)

• मोक्तव्यः (moktavyaḥ) - to be released, should be released, fit to be freed

• वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - destined for execution (state of being killable, execution, death)

• गतः (gataḥ) - having reached the state of (gone, reached, obtained, being in a state)

• अहतात् (ahatāt) - from the unslain, from the unkilled

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, apprehension, danger

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore, on that account

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

• नचिरात् (nacirāt) - not long after, soon, quickly

• इव (iva) - often used to emphasize 'soon' or 'quickly' (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - an enemy, a foe

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - an enemy, a foe, a rival

अङ्कम् (aṅkam) - one's control or power (lap, side, embrace, proximity, control)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṅka

aṅka - a lap, a side, an embrace, a mark, numerical figure, control

आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having come into one's control (having reached, obtained, fallen into, having come into a state)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āpanna

āpanna - fallen into, obtained, reached, come to, distressed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root pad with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

मोक्तव्यः (moktavyaḥ) - to be released, should be released, fit to be freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moktavya

moktavya - to be released, to be freed, to be given up

Gerundive

Gerundive from root muc (to release)

Root: muc (class 6)

वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - destined for execution (state of being killable, execution, death)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vadhyatā

vadhyatā - the state of being killable, execution, death

abstract noun from vadhya (fit to be killed)

गतः (gataḥ) - having reached the state of (gone, reached, obtained, being in a state)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, obtained, departed, understood

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

अहतात् (ahatāt) - from the unslain, from the unkilled

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ahata

ahata - unslain, unkilled, unhurt, uninjured

Past Passive Participle (for hata)

negation of hata (PPP of root han)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+hata)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• hata – slain, killed, injured
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root han (to strike, to kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, apprehension, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, apprehension, danger

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore, on that account

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan

root of class 4 (divādi), ātmanepada

Root: jan (class 4)

नचिरात् (nacirāt) - not long after, soon, quickly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+cirāt)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• cirāt – from a long time, after a long time
  indeclinable
  ablative of cira

इव (iva) - often used to emphasize 'soon' or 'quickly' (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)