karena dāsaṁ tudasi

 The phrase “karena dāsaṁ tudasi” can be interpreted 

as “Why do you insult or oppress the servant/slave?”

The phrase “karena dāsaṁ tudasi” can be written in Devanagari as:

करेन दासं तुदसि

Word-by-word breakdown

• karena: likely derived from karaṇam (Sanskrit/Pali) meaning 
• "by doing," "because of," or "why" depending on context.
• dāsaṁ: from dāsa, meaning "servant," "slave," or "dependent." 
• The "-ṁ" ending indicates accusative case (object of an action).
• tudasi: from tuda or tud root in Pali/Sanskrit, meaning "to strike," 
• "to scold," "to despise," or "to insult." The ending "-si" indicates 
• second person singular; thus, "you insult" or "you strike."

Interpretation

Putting these elements together:

• The literal sense reads as “Why do you strike/insult the servant?” 
• or “Because of what do you oppress the servant?”
• karena can either be understood as "why?" in a classical questioning
• tone or implying causation: "because of..."