महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-49, verse-31

किमाश्चर्यं कृतप्रज्ञः पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः ।
सुमहत्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यं बलाकोऽन्धवधादिव ॥३१॥

31. kimāścaryaṁ kṛtaprajñaḥ puruṣo'pi sudāruṇaḥ ,
sumahatprāpnuyātpuṇyaṁ balāko'ndhavadhādiva.

31. kim āścaryam kṛta-prajñaḥ puruṣaḥ api sudāruṇaḥ
sumahat prāpnuyāt puṇyam balākaḥ andha-vadhāt iva

31. kim āścaryam kṛta-prajñaḥ sudāruṇaḥ puruṣaḥ api
sumahat puṇyam prāpnuyāt balākaḥ andha-vadhāt iva

31. It is astonishing how even a person (puruṣa) of great wisdom (kṛta-prajña), though very cruel, might attain immense merit (puṇya), just like Balāka did from the killing of the blind.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, how, why

• आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, surprise, astonishment

• कृत-प्रज्ञः (kṛta-prajñaḥ) - one whose wisdom is accomplished, wise, discerning

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सुदारुणः (sudāruṇaḥ) - very cruel, extremely harsh

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, enormous

• प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - may obtain, might achieve, should gain

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

• बलाकः (balākaḥ) - The specific character Balāka from a narrative where he commits an act (killing the blind) that paradoxically yields merit. (Balāka (proper noun, name of a character), a crane/heron)

• अन्ध-वधात् (andha-vadhāt) - from the killing of the blind

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, how, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how (interrogative pronoun/adverb)

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, surprise, astonishment

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āścarya

āścarya - wonder, surprise, astonishment, marvelous

कृत-प्रज्ञः (kṛta-prajñaḥ) - one whose wisdom is accomplished, wise, discerning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta-prajña

kṛta-prajña - one whose wisdom is accomplished; a wise, discerning person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+prajñā)

• kṛta – done, made, accomplished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• prajñā – wisdom, insight, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being; the Supreme Being or Soul (puruṣa)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सुदारुणः (sudāruṇaḥ) - very cruel, extremely harsh

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very cruel, extremely harsh, very terrible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – terrible, dreadful, cruel, harsh
  adjective (masculine)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, enormous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, enormous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)

प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - may obtain, might achieve, should gain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of āp

Optative Mood

3rd person singular active optative of √āp (class 5) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good deed, holy, auspicious

बलाकः (balākaḥ) - The specific character Balāka from a narrative where he commits an act (killing the blind) that paradoxically yields merit. (Balāka (proper noun, name of a character), a crane/heron)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balāka

balāka - a kind of crane or heron; name of a mythical figure or person in specific narratives

अन्ध-वधात् (andha-vadhāt) - from the killing of the blind

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of andha-vadha

andha-vadha - killing of the blind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (andha+vadha)

• andha – blind, a blind person
  adjective (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaughter, striking
  noun (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)