महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-12

क्षयं नीतोऽस्मि वार्ष्णेय राज्यहेतोः पराक्रमी ।
भ्रातरश्चैव मे वीराः कर्शिताः शरपीडिताः ॥१२॥

12. kṣayaṁ nīto'smi vārṣṇeya rājyahetoḥ parākramī ,
bhrātaraścaiva me vīrāḥ karśitāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ.

12. kṣayaṃ nītaḥ asmi vārṣṇeya rājyahetoḥ parākramī
bhrātaraḥ ca eva me vīrāḥ karśitāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ

12. vārṣṇeya rājyahetoḥ kṣayaṃ nītaḥ parākramī asmi
ca eva me vīrāḥ bhrātaraḥ karśitāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ

12. O Vārṣṇeya, though I am valorous, I have been brought to ruin for the sake of the kingdom. My valiant brothers, too, are weakened and tormented by arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षयं (kṣayaṁ) - destruction, ruin

• नीतः (nītaḥ) - led, brought

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O Vārṣṇeya (an epithet of Krishna) (O Vārṣṇeya)

• राज्यहेतोः (rājyahetoḥ) - for the sake of the kingdom

• पराक्रमी (parākramī) - valorous, powerful, heroic

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

• मे (me) - my, of me

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - valiant ones, heroes

• कर्शिताः (karśitāḥ) - weakened, emaciated, distressed

• शरपीडिताः (śarapīḍitāḥ) - afflicted by arrows, tormented by arrows

Words meanings and morphology

क्षयं (kṣayaṁ) - destruction, ruin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, loss

Note: Often used adverbially to indicate 'to destruction'

नीतः (nītaḥ) - led, brought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīta

nīta - led, brought, carried

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nī

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied subject 'I' (asmi)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active 1st singular

Root: as (class 2)

वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O Vārṣṇeya (an epithet of Krishna) (O Vārṣṇeya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vārṣṇeya

vārṣṇeya - descendant of Vṛṣṇi, an epithet of Krishna

राज्यहेतोः (rājyahetoḥ) - for the sake of the kingdom

(noun)

masculine, singular of rājyahetu

rājyahetu - reason/cause for a kingdom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājya+hetu)

• rājya – kingdom, dominion
  noun (neuter)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, sake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 3)

Note: Hetu in ablative/genitive often signifies 'for the sake of' or 'because of'.

पराक्रमी (parākramī) - valorous, powerful, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parākramin

parākramin - valorous, powerful, brave

From parākrama (valor)

Note: Agrees with implied subject 'I' (asmi)

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Enclitic form of genitive singular of asmad

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - valiant ones, heroes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, valiant, brave

Note: Agrees with bhrātaraḥ

कर्शिताः (karśitāḥ) - weakened, emaciated, distressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karśita

karśita - emaciated, distressed, weakened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛś

Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhrātaraḥ

शरपीडिताः (śarapīḍitāḥ) - afflicted by arrows, tormented by arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarapīḍita

śarapīḍita - tormented by arrows, arrow-stricken

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+pīḍita)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• pīḍita – tormented, afflicted, oppressed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pīḍ
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with bhrātaraḥ