महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-37, verse-2

स तं कृशमभिप्रेष्क्य सूनृतां वाचमुत्सृजन् ।
अपृच्छत कथं तातः स मेऽद्य मृतधारकः ॥२॥

2. sa taṁ kṛśamabhipreṣkya sūnṛtāṁ vācamutsṛjan ,
apṛcchata kathaṁ tātaḥ sa me'dya mṛtadhārakaḥ.

2. saḥ tam kṛśam abhipreṣkya sūnṛtām vācam utsṛjan
apṛcchata katham tātaḥ saḥ me adya mṛtadhārakaḥ

2. Seeing that emaciated man, and speaking pleasant words, he asked: 'My dear man, how is it that my father today is bearing a dead body?'

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (Śṛṅgi) (he, that)

• तम् (tam) - him (the emaciated Kṛśa) (him, that)

• कृशम् (kṛśam) - that emaciated man (Kṛśa) (emaciated, lean, thin)

• अभिप्रेष्क्य (abhipreṣkya) - having seen (him, the emaciated Kṛśa) (having seen, having looked at)

• सूनृताम् (sūnṛtām) - pleasant and truthful (speech) (pleasant and truthful, sweet and kind)

• वाचम् (vācam) - speech (speech, word, voice)

• उत्सृजन् (utsṛjan) - uttering (words), speaking (uttering, speaking, releasing, abandoning)

• अपृच्छत (apṛcchata) - he (Śṛṅgi) asked (he asked)

• कथम् (katham) - how (is it that), why (how, why, in what way)

• तातः (tātaḥ) - my dear man, sir (vocative address to Kṛśa) (father, dear one, sir)

• सः (saḥ) - he (my father, Śamika) (he, that)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• मृतधारकः (mṛtadhārakaḥ) - one who is bearing a dead body (bearer of a dead body)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (Śṛṅgi) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - him (the emaciated Kṛśa) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कृशम् (kṛśam) - that emaciated man (Kṛśa) (emaciated, lean, thin)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - emaciated, lean, thin, feeble

Note: Qualifies 'tam'.

अभिप्रेष्क्य (abhipreṣkya) - having seen (him, the emaciated Kṛśa) (having seen, having looked at)

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Derived from root īkṣ with prefixes abhi and pra, using the suffix -ya (lyap).

Prefixes: abhi+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सूनृताम् (sūnṛtām) - pleasant and truthful (speech) (pleasant and truthful, sweet and kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sūnṛtā

sūnṛtā - pleasant, truthful, sweet, kind

Note: Qualifies 'vācam'.

वाचम् (vācam) - speech (speech, word, voice)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Note: Object of the action 'utsṛjan'.

उत्सृजन् (utsṛjan) - uttering (words), speaking (uttering, speaking, releasing, abandoning)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utsṛjat

utsṛjat - uttering, speaking, releasing, abandoning

present active participle

Derived from root sṛj with prefix ut.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'saḥ'.

अपृच्छत (apṛcchata) - he (Śṛṅgi) asked (he asked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of pṛcch

Root: pṛcch (class 6)

Note: Ātmanepada ending.

कथम् (katham) - how (is it that), why (how, why, in what way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

तातः (tātaḥ) - my dear man, sir (vocative address to Kṛśa) (father, dear one, sir)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, sir, son (as term of endearment)

Note: Formally nominative ending, but functioning as vocative.

सः (saḥ) - he (my father, Śamika) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Śṛṅgi's father.

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive, 'my father'.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

मृतधारकः (mṛtadhārakaḥ) - one who is bearing a dead body (bearer of a dead body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtadhāraka

mṛtadhāraka - bearer of a dead body, one who carries the dead

Compound of 'mṛta' (dead) and 'dhāraka' (bearer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+dhāraka)

• mṛta – dead, deceased, lifeless
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root mṛ.
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• dhāraka – bearer, holder, upholder
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root dhṛ.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicative nominative in the question.