महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-6

हन्यात्स एव यो हन्यात्कुलधर्मं स्वकां तनुम् ।
कालेनोत्पथगन्तासि शक्ये सति यथापथि ॥६॥

6. hanyātsa eva yo hanyātkuladharmaṁ svakāṁ tanum ,
kālenotpathagantāsi śakye sati yathāpathi.

6. hanyāt saḥ eva yaḥ hanyāt kuladharmam svakām tanum
kālena utpathagantā asi śakye sati yathāpathi

6. yaḥ kuladharmam svakām tanum hanyāt saḥ eva hanyāt
kālena tvam utpathagantā asi śakye sati yathāpathi

6. Indeed, only that person should be killed who destroys his family's natural law (dharma) or his own self. You will, over time, stray from the right path, even when it is possible to remain on it.

Words meanings summery:

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should be killed (should kill, may kill, should be killed)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

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

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - destroys (should kill, may kill, destroys)

• कुलधर्मम् (kuladharmam) - natural law (dharma) of his lineage (family's natural law, duty of the family)

• स्वकाम् (svakām) - his own, one's own

• तनुम् (tanum) - body, self, person

• कालेन (kālena) - over time, by the influence of time (by time, by fate, in course of time)

• उत्पथगन्ता (utpathagantā) - one who goes astray, one who goes on a wrong path

• असि (asi) - you are

• शक्ये (śakye) - when it is possible (in what is possible, when capable)

• सति (sati) - when existing (being, existing)

• यथापथि (yathāpathi) - on the right path (on the right path, as on the path)

Words meanings and morphology

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - should be killed (should kill, may kill, should be killed)

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Often used impersonally or with passive implication.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the subject of `hanyāt`.

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - destroys (should kill, may kill, destroys)

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

Note: This is the active verb for `yaḥ`.

कुलधर्मम् (kuladharmam) - natural law (dharma) of his lineage (family's natural law, duty of the family)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuladharma

kuladharma - family dharma, duty of the family, constitution of the family

Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+dharma)

• kula – family, lineage, race, clan
  noun (neuter)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

स्वकाम् (svakām) - his own, one's own

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own

Note: Agrees with `tanum`.

तनुम् (tanum) - body, self, person

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, self, person, form

कालेन (kālena) - over time, by the influence of time (by time, by fate, in course of time)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, death, fate, destiny

Root: kal (class 1)

उत्पथगन्ता (utpathagantā) - one who goes astray, one who goes on a wrong path

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utpathagantṛ

utpathagantṛ - one who goes on a wrong path, a transgressor

Agent noun

Derived from utpathaga + tṛ

Compound type : tatpurusha (utpatha+gantṛ)

• utpatha – wrong path, bad road
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut
• gantṛ – goer, one who goes
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions predicatively with `asi`.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

शक्ये (śakye) - when it is possible (in what is possible, when capable)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, practicable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

सति (sati) - when existing (being, existing)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, with `śakye`.

यथापथि (yathāpathi) - on the right path (on the right path, as on the path)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+pathin)

• yathā – as, according to, in such a manner
  indeclinable
• pathin – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as an adverbial compound referring to the proper course.