महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-129, verse-2

ततो वैकर्तनः कर्णः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः ।
अनेकैरभ्युपायैस्ताञ्जिघांसन्ति स्म पाण्डवान् ॥२॥

2. tato vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ ,
anekairabhyupāyaistāñjighāṁsanti sma pāṇḍavān.

2. tataḥ vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniḥ ca api saubalaḥ
anekaiḥ abhyupāyaiḥ tān jighāṃsanti sma pāṇḍavān

2. Then Karṇa, son of Vikartana (Vaikartana), and Śakuni, son of Subala (Saubala), sought to kill the Pāṇḍavas using numerous schemes.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• वैकर्तनः (vaikartanaḥ) - son of Vikartana (Karṇa's patronymic)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

• शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Śakuni

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - son of Subala (Śakuni's patronymic)

• अनेकैः (anekaiḥ) - by many

• अभ्युपायैः (abhyupāyaiḥ) - by schemes, by means, by methods

• तान् (tān) - them

• जिघांसन्ति (jighāṁsanti) - they wish to kill, they seek to harm

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past action with present tense verb)

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

वैकर्तनः (vaikartanaḥ) - son of Vikartana (Karṇa's patronymic)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaikartana

vaikartana - son of Vikartana (Karṇa)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (name of a warrior in the Mahābhārata)

शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Śakuni

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - Śakuni (name of a character, king of Gandhāra)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - son of Subala (Śakuni's patronymic)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saubala

saubala - son of Subala (Śakuni)

अनेकैः (anekaiḥ) - by many

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aneka

aneka - not one, many, numerous

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+eka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective (masculine)

अभ्युपायैः (abhyupāyaiḥ) - by schemes, by means, by methods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of abhyupāya

abhyupāya - means, expedient, scheme, method

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (abhi+upāya)

• abhi – towards, against, near
  indeclinable
• upāya – approach, means, remedy, stratagem
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, that one, he, she, it

जिघांसन्ति (jighāṁsanti) - they wish to kill, they seek to harm

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Present (Laṭ) of han

Desiderative stem of root han (jighāṃsa)

Root: han (class 2)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past action with present tense verb)

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas