महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-127, verse-5

तं दृष्ट्वा सूतपुत्रोऽयमिति निश्चित्य पाण्डवः ।
भीमसेनस्तदा वाक्यमब्रवीत्प्रहसन्निव ॥५॥

5. taṁ dṛṣṭvā sūtaputro'yamiti niścitya pāṇḍavaḥ ,
bhīmasenastadā vākyamabravītprahasanniva.

5. tam dṛṣṭvā sūtaputraḥ ayam iti niścitya pāṇḍavaḥ
| bhīmasenaḥ tadā vākyam abravīt prahasan iva

5. When the Pandava Bhimasena saw him and determined, 'This is the son of a charioteer,' he then spoke words, as if laughing.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Karna) (him, that (person/thing))

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - son of a charioteer

• अयम् (ayam) - this (man)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, indicates direct speech

• निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having ascertained, having concluded, having determined

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhimasena, one of the Pandavas (son of Pandu, descendant of Pandu)

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (proper name)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, sentence

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Karna) (him, that (person/thing))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine accusative singular of 'tad'

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'dṛś' with suffix '-tvā'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - son of a charioteer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, messenger
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)

अयम् (ayam) - this (man)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: masculine nominative singular of 'idam'

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, indicates direct speech

(indeclinable)

निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having ascertained, having concluded, having determined

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'ciñ' with prefix 'nis' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: nis

Root: ciñ (class 5)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhimasena, one of the Pandavas (son of Pandu, descendant of Pandu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, son of Pandu

patronymic from 'paṇḍu'

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (one of the Pandava brothers)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect 3rd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling

present active participle

Derived from root 'has' with prefix 'pra' and suffix '-śatṛ'

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)