महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-12

बहूनि सुनृशंसानि कृतान्येतेन मानद ।
युष्मासु पापमतिना अपापेष्वेव नित्यदा ॥१२॥

12. bahūni sunṛśaṁsāni kṛtānyetena mānada ,
yuṣmāsu pāpamatinā apāpeṣveva nityadā.

12. bahūni sunṛśaṁsāni kṛtāni etena mānada
yuṣmāsu pāpamatina apāpeṣu eva nityadā

12. mānada etena pāpamatina nityadā apāpeṣu
yuṣmāsu bahūni sunṛśaṁsāni kṛtāni eva

12. O giver of honor, this evil-minded one has always committed many extremely cruel deeds against you, who are indeed ever sinless.

Words meanings summery:

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

• सुनृशंसानि (sunṛśaṁsāni) - very cruel deeds, extremely cruel acts

• कृतानि (kṛtāni) - done, performed, made

• एतेन (etena) - by this one, by him

• मानद (mānada) - O Arjuna, one who confers honor (O giver of honor)

• युष्मासु (yuṣmāsu) - against you (plural) (among you, to you, in you)

• पापमतिन (pāpamatina) - by the evil-minded one, by the wicked-minded

• अपापेषु (apāpeṣu) - towards you (who are sinless) (among the sinless, to the innocent)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly, perpetually

Words meanings and morphology

बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

सुनृशंसानि (sunṛśaṁsāni) - very cruel deeds, extremely cruel acts

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sunṛśaṁsa

sunṛśaṁsa - very cruel, extremely wicked

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+nṛśaṁsa)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
  prefix intensifying the meaning of the adjective
• nṛśaṁsa – cruel, wicked, atrocious
  adjective (neuter)

कृतानि (kṛtāni) - done, performed, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kṛ

kṛ - to do, make, perform

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एतेन (etena) - by this one, by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

मानद (mānada) - O Arjuna, one who confers honor (O giver of honor)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mānada

mānada - giver of honor or respect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māna+da)

• māna – honor, respect, pride
  noun (masculine)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (masculine)
  suffix derived from root dā 'to give'
  Root: dā (class 3)

युष्मासु (yuṣmāsu) - against you (plural) (among you, to you, in you)

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

पापमतिन (pāpamatina) - by the evil-minded one, by the wicked-minded

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāpamati

pāpamati - evil-minded, wicked-minded

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāpa+mati)

• pāpa – evil, wicked, sinful
  adjective (neuter)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)

अपापेषु (apāpeṣu) - towards you (who are sinless) (among the sinless, to the innocent)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of apāpa

apāpa - sinless, innocent, pure

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+pāpa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• pāpa – sin, evil, wicked
  adjective (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

derived from nitya (constant)

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