महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-36

निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन ।
पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ॥३६॥

36. nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana ,
pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ.

36. nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāt janārdana
pāpam eva āśrayet asmān hatvā etān ātatāyinaḥ

36. janārdana,
dhārtarāṣṭrān nihatya naḥ kā prītiḥ syāt? etān ātatāyinaḥ hatvā pāpam eva asmān āśrayet.

36. O Janardana, what joy could we possibly derive from killing the sons of Dhritarashtra? Sin alone would accrue to us by slaying these aggressors.

Words meanings summery:

• निहत्य (nihatya) - by killing (having killed, having struck down)

• धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhritarashtra (Kauravas) (the sons of Dhritarashtra)

• नः (naḥ) - for us (to us, for us, our)

• का (kā) - what (what, which (feminine))

• प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - joy (pleasure, joy, love, satisfaction)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would there be (would be, should be)

• जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Krishna (O agitator of men, O reliever from misery (a name of Vishnu/Krishna))

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin (sin, evil)

• एव (eva) - alone, indeed (only, just, indeed)

• आश्रयेत् (āśrayet) - would accrue to, would take hold of (would take refuge, would resort to, would take hold of)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• हत्वा (hatvā) - by slaying (having killed)

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

• आततायिनः (ātatāyinaḥ) - aggressors (aggressors, assailants, murderers)

Words meanings and morphology

निहत्य (nihatya) - by killing (having killed, having struck down)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of verb root han- (class 2) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhritarashtra (Kauravas) (the sons of Dhritarashtra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - descendant of Dhritarashtra

Derived from Dhṛtarāṣṭra with a patronymic suffix.

Note: Refers to the Kauravas.

नः (naḥ) - for us (to us, for us, our)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Here functions as dative 'for us'.

का (kā) - what (what, which (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, agreeing with 'prītiḥ'.

प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - joy (pleasure, joy, love, satisfaction)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - joy, pleasure, love, satisfaction

Note: Subject of the sentence.

स्यात् (syāt) - would there be (would be, should be)

(verb)

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

optative

Third person singular, optative mood, active voice of verb root as- (class 2).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses potentiality or desire.

जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Krishna (O agitator of men, O reliever from misery (a name of Vishnu/Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - agitator/punisher of men, deliverer from misery

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+ardana)

• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
• ardana – tormentor, afflictor, supplicator
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ard (class 1)

Note: A name for Krishna.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin (sin, evil)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad

Note: Subject of the second clause.

एव (eva) - alone, indeed (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आश्रयेत् (āśrayet) - would accrue to, would take hold of (would take refuge, would resort to, would take hold of)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of ā-śri

optative

Third person singular, optative mood, active voice of verb root śri (class 1) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Expresses potentiality.

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of 'āśrayet'.

हत्वा (hatvā) - by slaying (having killed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of verb root han- (class 2) formed with -tvā suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, that

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, object of 'hatvā'.

आततायिनः (ātatāyinaḥ) - aggressors (aggressors, assailants, murderers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ātatāyin

ātatāyin - aggressor, assailant, one who has drawn a weapon

Derived from ā-√tan 'to extend, to stretch' in the sense of drawing a weapon, thus 'one who assails'.

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'etān'.