महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-60

भगवानुवाच ।
वध्यास्ते सर्वतः पापा ये युष्मास्वपराधिनः ।
मम तेजोबलार्धेन सर्वांस्तान्घ्नत शात्रवान् ॥६०॥

60. bhagavānuvāca ,
vadhyāste sarvataḥ pāpā ye yuṣmāsvaparādhinaḥ ,
mama tejobalārdhena sarvāṁstānghnata śātravān.

60. bhagavān uvāca vadhyāḥ te sarvataḥ pāpāḥ ye yuṣmāsu
aparādhinaḥ mama tejovabalārdhena sarvān tān ghnata śātravān

60. ye yuṣmāsu aparādhinaḥ pāpāḥ te sarvataḥ vadhyāḥ mama
tejovabalārdhena sarvān tān śātravān ghnata bhagavān uvāca

60. The Lord said: "Those sinful ones who are offenders against you are to be utterly destroyed. Slay all those enemies using half of my power and might!"

Words meanings summery:

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the glorious Lord, the divine Lord

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वध्याः (vadhyāḥ) - to be killed, deserving of death

• ते (te) - Referring to the enemies of the gods. (those, they)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - entirely, completely, in every way, from all sides

• पापाः (pāpāḥ) - sinful, wicked, villains

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• युष्मासु (yuṣmāsu) - Refers to the gods/listeners. (in you, among you, towards you)

• अपराधिनः (aparādhinaḥ) - offenders, transgressors, criminals

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• तेजोवबलार्धेन (tejovabalārdhena) - Refers to the Lord's own divine power. (by half of the power and strength)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every

• तान् (tān) - Refers to the enemies. (those)

• घ्नत (ghnata) - kill! slay!

• शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies, hostile ones

Words meanings and morphology

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the glorious Lord, the divine Lord

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable; often used as an honorific for deities.

Possessive adjective from bhaga (fortune) + -vat.

Note: Forms part of the compound bhagavānuvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect form of the root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

वध्याः (vadhyāḥ) - to be killed, deserving of death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhya

vadhya - to be killed, punishable by death, killable

Gerundive (Yat)

Formed from root vadh (to kill) + suffix -ya.

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'te pāpāḥ'.

ते (te) - Referring to the enemies of the gods. (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - entirely, completely, in every way, from all sides

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of sarva (all) with -tas suffix.

Note: Modifies 'vadhyāḥ'.

पापाः (pāpāḥ) - sinful, wicked, villains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpa

pāpa - wicked, evil, sinful; a sinful person, villain

Note: Agrees with 'te'.

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Relative pronoun.

Note: Connects the relative clause to 'te pāpāḥ'.

युष्मासु (yuṣmāsu) - Refers to the gods/listeners. (in you, among you, towards you)

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Second person plural pronoun.

Note: Expresses the object of the offense.

अपराधिनः (aparādhinaḥ) - offenders, transgressors, criminals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aparādhin

aparādhin - offender, sinner, transgressor

Derived from apa-rādhi (one who offends).

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'ye'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Genitive singular form of asmad.

Note: Possessive with 'tejovabalārdhena'.

तेजोवबलार्धेन (tejovabalārdhena) - Refers to the Lord's own divine power. (by half of the power and strength)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tejovabalārdha

tejovabalārdha - half of might and strength (power)

Tatpurusha compound: tejovabala (might and strength) + ardha (half). The form 'tejovabala' is a dvandva compound of tejas and bala.

Compound type : tatpurusha (tejovabala+ardha)

• tejovabala – might and strength, power (compound of tejas and bala)
  noun (neuter)
  Dvandva compound of tejas (lustre, power) and bala (strength).
• ardha – half, part
  noun (masculine)

Note: Expresses the means by which the killing is to be done.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'tān śātravān'.

तान् (tān) - Refers to the enemies. (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with 'śātravān'.

घ्नत (ghnata) - kill! slay!

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of han

Imperative

Second person plural active voice imperative form of root han.

Root: han (class 2)

शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies, hostile ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śātrava

śātrava - belonging to an enemy, hostile; enemy

Derived from śatru (enemy).

Note: Object of 'ghnata'.