महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-18

दूतश्च हि हृषीकेशः संबन्धी च प्रियश्च नः ।
अपापः कौरवेयेषु कथं बन्धनमर्हति ॥१८॥

18. dūtaśca hi hṛṣīkeśaḥ saṁbandhī ca priyaśca naḥ ,
apāpaḥ kauraveyeṣu kathaṁ bandhanamarhati.

18. dūtaḥ ca hi hṛṣīkeśaḥ sambandhī ca priyaḥ ca
naḥ apāpaḥ kauraveyeṣu katham bandhanam arhati

18. For Hrishikesha (Krishna) is indeed a messenger, a relative, and dear to us. Being blameless concerning the Kauravas, how can he deserve imprisonment?

Words meanings summery:

• दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

• च (ca) - and

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• हृषीकेशः (hṛṣīkeśaḥ) - Hrishikesha (an epithet of Krishna/Vishnu)

• सम्बन्धी (sambandhī) - relative, kinsman

• च (ca) - and

• प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved

• च (ca) - and

• नः (naḥ) - to us, our

• अपापः (apāpaḥ) - sinless, blameless

• कौरवेयेषु (kauraveyeṣu) - among the Kauravas, concerning the Kauravas

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - imprisonment, bondage, tying

• अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy of, ought

Words meanings and morphology

दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy, ambassador

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root du (to burn) or dū (to go)

Root: dū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

हृषीकेशः (hṛṣīkeśaḥ) - Hrishikesha (an epithet of Krishna/Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣīkeśa

hṛṣīkeśa - master of the senses, lord of the senses (epithet of Krishna/Vishnu)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hṛṣīka+īśa)

• hṛṣīka – sense organ
  noun (neuter)
• īśa – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

सम्बन्धी (sambandhī) - relative, kinsman

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandhin

sambandhin - connected, related, relative, kinsman

Agent Noun

Derived from sam-bandh (to connect)

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, fond

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - to us, our

(pronoun)

plural of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

अपापः (apāpaḥ) - sinless, blameless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apāpa

apāpa - sinless, virtuous, pure, innocent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pāpa)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• pāpa – sin, evil, wickedness, bad
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with Hrishikesha.

कौरवेयेषु (kauraveyeṣu) - among the Kauravas, concerning the Kauravas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kauraveya

kauraveya - a descendant of Kuru, especially the sons of Dhritarashtra

Derived from Kuru

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - imprisonment, bondage, tying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bandhana

bandhana - tying, binding, bondage, imprisonment, fetter

Derived from root bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy of, ought

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)