महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-50, verse-4

स भवान्धर्मभीरुत्वाद्ध्रुवमैष्यन्महत्तमः ।
नरकं घोररूपं च भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य वै वधात् ॥४॥

4. sa bhavāndharmabhīrutvāddhruvamaiṣyanmahattamaḥ ,
narakaṁ ghorarūpaṁ ca bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya vai vadhāt.

4. sa bhavān dharmabhīrutvāt dhruvam aiṣyan mahattamaḥ
| narakam ghorarūpam ca bhrātuḥ jyeṣṭhasya vai vadhāt

4. sa bhavān dharmabhīrutvāt jyeṣṭhasya bhrātuḥ vadhāt
dhruvam mahattamaḥ ghorarūpam ca narakam aiṣyan vai

4. You, sir, being afraid of transgressing natural law (dharma), would certainly attain the most terrible, dreadful hell by killing your eldest brother.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that, he

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful form)

• धर्मभीरुत्वात् (dharmabhīrutvāt) - from the fear of (violating) natural law (dharma)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely

• ऐष्यन् (aiṣyan) - would go, would attain

• महत्तमः (mahattamaḥ) - most great, greatest, most terrible

• नरकम् (narakam) - hell, Naraka

• घोररूपम् (ghorarūpam) - dreadful in form, terrible-looking

• च (ca) - and

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of Yudhishthira (eldest brother) (of the brother)

• ज्येष्ठस्य (jyeṣṭhasya) - of the eldest

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• वधात् (vadhāt) - from the killing, from the slaying

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful form)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor (respectful second person pronoun)

धर्मभीरुत्वात् (dharmabhīrutvāt) - from the fear of (violating) natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dharmabhīrutva

dharmabhīrutva - fear of dharma (natural law/righteousness), scrupulousness regarding duty

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharma+bhīrutva)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ
• bhīrutva – fearfulness, timidity
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'bhīru' (fearful) with the suffix '-tva' forming an abstract noun.
  Root: bhī

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

ऐष्यन् (aiṣyan) - would go, would attain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aiṣyat

i - to go, to move, to attain

Present Active Participle (Conditional sense)

Present active participle (śatṛ) formed from the root 'i', used here to express a conditional outcome.

Root: i (class 2)

महत्तमः (mahattamaḥ) - most great, greatest, most terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahattama

mahattama - greatest, largest, most excellent, most terrible

Superlative degree of 'mahat' (great).

नरकम् (narakam) - hell, Naraka

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, Hades

घोररूपम् (ghorarūpam) - dreadful in form, terrible-looking

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghorarūpa

ghorarūpa - of dreadful form, terrible-looking

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghora+rūpa)

• ghora – dreadful, terrible, fierce, awful
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of Yudhishthira (eldest brother) (of the brother)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

ज्येष्ठस्य (jyeṣṭhasya) - of the eldest

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, oldest, chief, best

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

वधात् (vadhāt) - from the killing, from the slaying

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking

Root: vadh