महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-35

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन ।
अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ॥३५॥

35. etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato'pi madhusūdana ,
api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahīkṛte.

35. etān na hantum icchāmi ghnataḥ api madhusūdana
api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kim nu mahīkṛte

35. madhusūdana,
etān ghnataḥ api hantum na icchāmi.
api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ,
mahīkṛte nu kim?

35. O Madhusudana, I do not wish to kill these (relatives), even if they intend to kill me. Not even for the sake of sovereignty over the three worlds, much less for this earthly kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• एतान् (etān) - these (relatives/Kauravas) (these, them)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill (to kill, for killing)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• घ्नतः (ghnataḥ) - though they are killing / though they are killers (of one killing, by one killing, killing)

• अपि (api) - even if, though (even, also, though)

• मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Krishna (O slayer of Madhu (a name of Vishnu/Krishna))

• अपि (api) - even (for the sake of) (even, also, though)

• त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य (trailokyarājyasya) - of sovereignty over the three worlds (of the kingdom of the three worlds)

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of (for the sake of, on account of)

• किम् (kim) - how much less, what then (what, how)

• नु (nu) - indeed, then (emphasizing the preceding 'kim') (now, indeed, then)

• महीकृते (mahīkṛte) - much less for this earthly kingdom (for the sake of the earth, for the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

एतान् (etān) - these (relatives/Kauravas) (these, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, that

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill (to kill, for killing)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb root han- (class 2) formed with -tum suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Infinitive of purpose.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

First person singular, present indicative, active voice of verb root iṣ (class 6, icchati).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

घ्नतः (ghnataḥ) - though they are killing / though they are killers (of one killing, by one killing, killing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ghnat

ghnat - killing, striking

present active participle

Present active participle of verb root han- (class 2).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used here in genitive plural to mean 'of those who are killing' or 'though they are killing'.

अपि (api) - even if, though (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to express concession 'even if'.

मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Krishna (O slayer of Madhu (a name of Vishnu/Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana

madhusūdana - slayer of Madhu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – honey, sweet, a demon named Madhu
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – slayer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sūd (class 10)

Note: A name for Krishna.

अपि (api) - even (for the sake of) (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, 'even if'.

त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य (trailokyarājyasya) - of sovereignty over the three worlds (of the kingdom of the three worlds)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of trailokyarājya

trailokyarājya - kingdom of the three worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trailokya+rājya)

• trailokya – the three worlds
  noun (neuter)
• rājya – kingdom, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the domains of existence.

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of (for the sake of, on account of)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, sake

Note: Functions with genitive case preceding it, indicating purpose.

किम् (kim) - how much less, what then (what, how)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here in an interrogative sense, implying 'what then for...' or 'how much less for...'.

नु (nu) - indeed, then (emphasizing the preceding 'kim') (now, indeed, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamatory/interrogative particle.

महीकृते (mahīkṛte) - much less for this earthly kingdom (for the sake of the earth, for the earth)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+kṛta)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• kṛta – done, made, for the sake of
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of root kṛ- (to do, make). In compounds like 'X-kṛte', it means 'for the sake of X'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The ending -kṛte functions as an indeclinable meaning 'for the sake of'.