महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-36

अवधश्चापि शत्रूणामधर्मः शिष्यतेऽर्जुन ।
क्षत्रियस्य ह्ययं धर्मो हन्याद्धन्येत वा पुनः ॥३६॥

36. avadhaścāpi śatrūṇāmadharmaḥ śiṣyate'rjuna ,
kṣatriyasya hyayaṁ dharmo hanyāddhanyeta vā punaḥ.

36. avadhah ca api śatrūṇām adharmaḥ śiṣyate arjuna
kṣatriyasya hi ayam dharmaḥ hanyāt hanyeta vā punaḥ

36. arjuna śatrūṇām avadhah api adharmaḥ ca hi ayam
kṣatriyasya dharmaḥ hanyāt vā punaḥ hanyeta

36. O Arjuna, not slaying enemies is a violation of natural law (adharma). Indeed, this is the intrinsic nature (dharma) of a warrior (kṣatriya): he must slay or be slain in return.

Words meanings summery:

• अवधह् (avadhah) - non-killing, non-slaying

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, violation of natural law

• शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left behind

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna

• क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a warrior, of a kshatriya

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine nominative singular)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty, natural law, intrinsic nature

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - he should kill/slay

• हन्येत (hanyeta) - he should be killed/slain

• वा (vā) - or

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, in turn

Words meanings and morphology

अवधह् (avadhah) - non-killing, non-slaying

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avadha

avadha - non-killing, not slaying, absence of killing

From 'a-' (negation) + 'vadha' (killing)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vadha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vadha – killing, slaughter
  noun (masculine)
  From root `han` (to strike, kill) with suffix `-a`
  Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, violation of natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law (dharma)

From 'a-' (negation) + 'dharma'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  From root `dhṛ` (to uphold, support)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

शिष्यते (śiṣyate) - remains, is left behind

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śiṣ

Present passive 3rd singular

From root `śiṣ` (to leave), passive voice, middle termination `te`

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

अर्जुन (arjuna) - O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (proper name), white, clear

क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a warrior, of a kshatriya

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, member of the warrior caste

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty, natural law, intrinsic nature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root `dhṛ` (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - he should kill/slay

(verb)

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

Optative active 3rd singular

From root `han` (to strike, kill), optative mood, active voice

Root: han (class 2)

हन्येत (hanyeta) - he should be killed/slain

(verb)

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

Optative passive 3rd singular

From root `han` (to strike, kill), optative mood, passive voice, middle termination `eta`

Root: han (class 2)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, in turn

(indeclinable)