महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-31, verse-21

आनृण्यमद्य गच्छामि हत्वा त्वां भ्रातृभिः सह ।
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विरराम जनाधिपः ॥२१॥

21. ānṛṇyamadya gacchāmi hatvā tvāṁ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ,
etāvaduktvā vacanaṁ virarāma janādhipaḥ.

21. ānṛṇyam adya gacchāmi hatvā tvām bhrātṛbhiḥ
saha etāvat uktvā vacanam virarāma janādhipaḥ

21. adya tvām bhrātṛbhiḥ saha hatvā ānṛṇyam gacchāmi
janādhipaḥ etāvat vacanam uktvā virarāma

21. Today I shall discharge my debt by killing you along with your brothers. Having spoken these words, the king (janādhipa) fell silent.

Words meanings summery:

• आनृण्यम् (ānṛṇyam) - freedom from debt, discharge of obligations

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I shall obtain (I go, I obtain, I reach)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• एतावत् (etāvat) - these (words) (so much, this much, these (words))

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• विरराम (virarāma) - stopped, ceased, fell silent

• जनाधिपः (janādhipaḥ) - king, lord of people

Words meanings and morphology

आनृण्यम् (ānṛṇyam) - freedom from debt, discharge of obligations

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ānṛṇya

ānṛṇya - freedom from debt, discharge of obligations

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I shall obtain (I go, I obtain, I reach)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

Derived from root 'han' with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

एतावत् (etāvat) - these (words) (so much, this much, these (words))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, this much, so many, this many

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'.

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

Derived from root 'vac' with suffix -tvā

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

विरराम (virarāma) - stopped, ceased, fell silent

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of viram

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

जनाधिपः (janādhipaḥ) - king, lord of people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janādhipa

janādhipa - king, lord of people

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+adhipa)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, chief
  noun (masculine)

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