महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-107, verse-5

कथं च शप्तस्य सतः पाण्डोस्तेन महात्मना ।
समुत्पन्ना दैवतेभ्यः पञ्च पुत्रा महारथाः ॥५॥

5. kathaṁ ca śaptasya sataḥ pāṇḍostena mahātmanā ,
samutpannā daivatebhyaḥ pañca putrā mahārathāḥ.

5. katham ca śaptasya sataḥ pāṇḍoḥ tena mahātmanā
samutpannāḥ daivatebhyaḥ pañca putrāḥ mahārathāḥ

5. And how, after Pāṇḍu had been cursed by that great soul, did five great warrior sons come to be born to him from the deities?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• च (ca) - and, also

• शप्तस्य (śaptasya) - of the cursed one

• सतः (sataḥ) - of being, of existing

• पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one, by the noble one, by the great sage

• समुत्पन्नाः (samutpannāḥ) - arisen, born, produced

• दैवतेभ्यः (daivatebhyaḥ) - from the deities, from the gods

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शप्तस्य (śaptasya) - of the cursed one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śapta

śapta - cursed, imprecated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śap (to curse)

Root: śap (class 1)

सतः (sataḥ) - of being, of existing

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pāṇḍu

pāṇḍu - Pāṇḍu (a proper name)

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one, by the noble one, by the great sage

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, great sage

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

समुत्पन्नाः (samutpannāḥ) - arisen, born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samutpanna

samutpanna - arisen, born, produced, generated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad (to go) with upasargas sam- and ut-

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: pad (class 4)

दैवतेभ्यः (daivatebhyaḥ) - from the deities, from the gods

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of daivata

daivata - divine, celestial, pertaining to a deity; a deity, a god

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - great charioteer, great warrior, commander of many chariots

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, war-chariot
  noun (masculine)