महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-95, verse-11

तस्मिन्नृपतिशार्दूले निहते भूरिवर्चसि ।
भीष्मः शांतनवो राजन्प्रेतकार्याण्यकारयत् ॥११॥

11. tasminnṛpatiśārdūle nihate bhūrivarcasi ,
bhīṣmaḥ śāṁtanavo rājanpretakāryāṇyakārayat.

11. tasmin nṛpatiśārdūle nihate bhūrivarcasi
bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ rājan pretakāryāṇi akārayat

11. O King, when that tiger among kings of great splendor had been slain, Bhīṣma, the son of Śāntanu, performed the funeral rites.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• नृपतिशार्दूले (nṛpatiśārdūle) - in that Citrāṅgada (in that tiger among kings, in that excellent king)

• निहते (nihate) - when slain, in the slain

• भूरिवर्चसि (bhūrivarcasi) - in the one of great splendor

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

• शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śāntanu

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• प्रेतकार्याणि (pretakāryāṇi) - funeral rites

• अकारयत् (akārayat) - caused to be performed, performed (causative)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नृपतिशार्दूले (nṛpatiśārdūle) - in that Citrāṅgada (in that tiger among kings, in that excellent king)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nṛpatiśārdūla

nṛpatiśārdūla - a tiger among kings, an excellent king

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nṛpati+śārdūla)

• nṛpati – king, lord of men
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger (often used as an epithet for 'best' or 'chief')
  noun (masculine)

निहते (nihate) - when slain, in the slain

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - slain, killed, struck down

Past Passive Participle

root √han with prefix ni + kta

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with nṛpatiśārdūle (loc. absolute construction)

भूरिवर्चसि (bhūrivarcasi) - in the one of great splendor

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhūrivarcas

bhūrivarcas - of great splendor, very glorious, having much energy

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhūri+varcas)

• bhūri – much, abundant, great
  adjective (neuter)
• varcas – splendor, light, energy, vitality
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with nṛpatiśārdūle

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (proper name, 'terrible, dreadful')

Root: bhī (class 3)

शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śāntanu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāntanava

śāntanava - descendant of Śāntanu, son of Śāntanu

patronymic from Śāntanu

Note: Agrees with Bhīṣmaḥ

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

प्रेतकार्याणि (pretakāryāṇi) - funeral rites

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pretakārya

pretakārya - funeral rite, ceremony for the dead

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (preta+kārya)

• preta – departed spirit, ghost, dead
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from pra + √i + kta
  Prefix: pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• kārya – duty, work, action, rite, that which is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  root √kṛ + ṇyat
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अकारयत् (akārayat) - caused to be performed, performed (causative)

(verb)

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

Causative stem

root √kṛ + ṇic (causative)

Root: kṛ (class 8)