महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-156, verse-27

धर्मस्य लोप्ता पापात्मा तस्मादेष निपातितः ।
व्यंसिता चाप्युपायेन शक्रदत्ता मयानघ ॥२७॥

27. dharmasya loptā pāpātmā tasmādeṣa nipātitaḥ ,
vyaṁsitā cāpyupāyena śakradattā mayānagha.

27. dharmasya loptā pāpātmā tasmāt eṣa nipātitaḥ |
vyansitā ca api upāyena śakradattā mayā anagha

27. eṣa dharmasya loptā pāpātmā tasmāt nipātitaḥ anagha,
ca api śakradattā mayā upāyena vyansitā

27. He, an evil-souled transgressor of natural law (dharma), was therefore slain. And O sinless one, the missile (śakti) given by Indra (Śakra) was also wasted by me through an expedient (upāya).

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of righteousness, of duty)

• लोप्ता (loptā) - transgressor, destroyer, violator

• पापात्मा (pāpātmā) - evil-souled, wicked-minded, sinful person

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• एष (eṣa) - this one (Ghaṭotkaca) (this one, he)

• निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - caused to fall, struck down, slain

• व्यन्सिता (vyansitā) - rendered useless, wasted, destroyed

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• उपायेन (upāyena) - by an expedient (upāya) (by means of an expedient, by a stratagem, by a trick)

• शक्रदत्ता (śakradattā) - given by Indra (Śakra) (referring to the śakti missile) (given by Indra)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Duryodhana) (by me)

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (addressing Droṇa) (O sinless one, faultless one)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of righteousness, of duty)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature

Derived from root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

लोप्ता (loptā) - transgressor, destroyer, violator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loptṛ

loptṛ - transgressor, destroyer, violator, one who breaks or destroys

Agent noun

Derived from root lup (to break, destroy) with agent suffix -tṛ

Root: lup (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'eṣa'.

पापात्मा (pāpātmā) - evil-souled, wicked-minded, sinful person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpātman

pāpātman - evil-souled, wicked-minded, sinful person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+ātman)

• pāpa – evil, bad, wicked, sinful; sin
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'eṣa'.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this one (Ghaṭotkaca) (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - caused to fall, struck down, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nipātita

nipātita - caused to fall, thrown down, struck down, slain

Past Passive Participle (causative)

Causative of ni + root pat (to fall) -> nipātayati -> nipātita

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'eṣa'.

व्यन्सिता (vyansitā) - rendered useless, wasted, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyansita

vyansita - rendered useless, wasted, destroyed, spoiled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from vi + root ans (to obtain, reach) in causative sense, or sometimes from vi + root śas (to cut, waste). Here implying 'rendered useless'.

Prefix: vi

Root: ans (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied śakti (missile).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

उपायेन (upāyena) - by an expedient (upāya) (by means of an expedient, by a stratagem, by a trick)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, stratagem, expedient, trick

Derived from upa + root i (to go)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

शक्रदत्ता (śakradattā) - given by Indra (Śakra) (referring to the śakti missile) (given by Indra)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakradatta

śakradatta - given by Śakra (Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śakra+datta)

• śakra – Indra (king of the gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• datta – given, granted, bestowed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

मया (mayā) - by me (Duryodhana) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

1st person singular pronoun

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (addressing Droṇa) (O sinless one, faultless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure; O sinless one (vocative)

a (not) + nagha (sin)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nagh)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Privative prefix
• nagh – sin, fault
  noun (masculine)

Note: Address to Droṇa.