महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-118, verse-9

इदं तु नीचाचरितमसत्पुरुषसेवितम् ।
कथमाचरितं पार्थ त्वया कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥९॥

9. idaṁ tu nīcācaritamasatpuruṣasevitam ,
kathamācaritaṁ pārtha tvayā karma suduṣkaram.

9. idam tu nīcācaritam asatpuruṣasevitam katham
ācaritam pārtha tvayā karma suduṣkaram

9. pārtha tvayā idam nīcācaritam asatpuruṣasevitam
suduṣkaram karma katham ācaritam

9. O Pārtha, how could this extremely improper act, which is low conduct practiced by ignoble persons, have been performed by you?

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• नीचाचरितम् (nīcācaritam) - low conduct, ignoble deed

• असत्पुरुषसेवितम् (asatpuruṣasevitam) - served by ignoble persons, practiced by wicked people

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• आचरितम् (ācaritam) - performed, done, practiced

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā), O Arjuna

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action, act

• सुदुष्करम् (suduṣkaram) - very difficult, extremely improper/unrighteous

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

नीचाचरितम् (nīcācaritam) - low conduct, ignoble deed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nīcācarita

nīcācarita - low conduct, ignoble deed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nīca+ācarita)

• nīca – low, mean, ignoble
  adjective (masculine)
• ācarita – conduct, deed, practice
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from √car with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √car (class 1)

असत्पुरुषसेवितम् (asatpuruṣasevitam) - served by ignoble persons, practiced by wicked people

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatpuruṣasevita

asatpuruṣasevita - served by ignoble persons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asatpuruṣa+sevita)

• asatpuruṣa – wicked man, ignoble person
  noun (masculine)
• sevita – served, practiced, resorted to
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from √sev
  Root: √sev (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

आचरितम् (ācaritam) - performed, done, practiced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ācarita

ācarita - performed, done, practiced

Past Passive Participle

derived from √car with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: √car (class 1)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā), O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā, Arjuna

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कर्म (karma) - deed, action, act

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - deed, action, act (karma)

सुदुष्करम् (suduṣkaram) - very difficult, extremely improper/unrighteous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of suduṣkara

suduṣkara - very difficult, extremely improper

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+duṣkara)

• su – well, good, very
  indeclinable
• duṣkara – difficult, hard to do, improper
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  derived from √kṛ with prefix dus
  Prefix: dus
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)