महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-1, verse-14

कथं भीमस्य वाक्यानि श्रोतुं शक्ष्यामि संजय ।
येन पुत्रशतं पूर्णमेकेन निहतं मम ॥१४॥

14. kathaṁ bhīmasya vākyāni śrotuṁ śakṣyāmi saṁjaya ,
yena putraśataṁ pūrṇamekena nihataṁ mama.

14. katham bhīmasya vākyāni śrotum śakṣyāmi saṃjaya
yena putraśatam pūrṇam ekena nihatam mama

14. saṃjaya yena ekena mama pūrṇam putraśatam
nihatam bhīmasya vākyāni katham śrotum śakṣyāmi

14. Saṃjaya, how shall I be able to hear the words of Bhīma, by whom my hundred sons were completely slain by that single individual?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma

• वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - words, speeches, statements

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

• शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I shall be able

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Saṃjaya

• येन (yena) - by whom

• पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons, a century of sons

• पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - complete, full

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single individual

• निहतम् (nihatam) - slain, struck down

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - words, speeches, statements

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Infinitive form.

शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I shall be able

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Saṃjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Saṃjaya (the charioteer and narrator)

येन (yena) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what, that (relative pronoun)

पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons, a century of sons

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of putraśata

putraśata - hundred sons

Compound type : dvigu (putra+śata)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - complete, full

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, filled, finished

Past Passive Participle

From root pṛ (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 9)

एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single individual

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique

निहतम् (nihatam) - slain, struck down

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nihata

nihata - slain, killed, struck down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ni + han + kta

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)