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11,21

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-21, verse-2

पश्य वैकर्तनं कर्णं निहत्यातिरथान्बहून् ।
शोणितौघपरीताङ्गं शयानं पतितं भुवि ॥२॥
2. paśya vaikartanaṁ karṇaṁ nihatyātirathānbahūn ,
śoṇitaughaparītāṅgaṁ śayānaṁ patitaṁ bhuvi.
2. paśya vaikartanaṃ karṇaṃ nihatya atirathān
bahūn śoṇitaughaparītāṅgaṃ śayānaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi
2. paśya vaikartanaṃ karṇaṃ bahūn atirathān nihatya
śoṇitaughaparītāṅgaṃ bhuvi patitaṃ śayānaṃ
2. Behold Karna (Vaikartana), who, after striking down many supreme warriors, now lies fallen on the earth, his body completely covered in streams of blood.

Words meanings summery:

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  • पश्य (paśya) - behold (look, see, behold)
  • वैकर्तनं (vaikartanaṁ) - Karna (son of the sun god Vikartana) (Vaikartana (son of Vikartana, i.e., Karna))
  • कर्णं (karṇaṁ) - Karna (the great warrior) (Karna (a proper name))
  • निहत्य (nihatya) - after striking down (having struck down, having killed, having defeated)
  • अतिरथान् (atirathān) - many supreme warriors (supreme warriors, great charioteers (accusative plural))
  • बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous (masculine accusative plural))
  • शोणितौघपरीताङ्गं (śoṇitaughaparītāṅgaṁ) - whose body is completely covered in streams of blood (whose body is encompassed/covered by streams of blood)
  • शयानं (śayānaṁ) - lying (dead on the battlefield) (lying, sleeping, resting)
  • पतितं (patitaṁ) - fallen (dead on the ground) (fallen, descended, outcast)
  • भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth/ground (on the earth, on the ground, in the world)

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - behold (look, see, behold)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paś
Imperative
Formed from root dṛś (to see), with a thematic stem paśya-
Root: dṛś (class 1)
वैकर्तनं (vaikartanaṁ) - Karna (son of the sun god Vikartana) (Vaikartana (son of Vikartana, i.e., Karna))
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vaikartana
vaikartana - descendant of Vikartana; an epithet of Karna
कर्णं (karṇaṁ) - Karna (the great warrior) (Karna (a proper name))
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of karṇa
karṇa - ear; Karna (a proper name)
निहत्य (nihatya) - after striking down (having struck down, having killed, having defeated)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
Formed from root han (to strike, kill) with upasarga ni and suffix -tya.
Prefix: ni
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Indicates action completed before the main verb.
अतिरथान् (atirathān) - many supreme warriors (supreme warriors, great charioteers (accusative plural))
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of atiratha
atiratha - a supreme warrior, a great charioteer (one who can fight 10,000 archers from his chariot)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati+ratha)
  • ati – above, beyond, surpassing
    indeclinable
  • ratha – chariot, warrior (chariot-fighter)
    noun (masculine)
Note: Object of 'nihatya'.
बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous (masculine accusative plural))
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu
bahu - many, numerous, abundant
शोणितौघपरीताङ्गं (śoṇitaughaparītāṅgaṁ) - whose body is completely covered in streams of blood (whose body is encompassed/covered by streams of blood)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of śoṇitaughaparītāṅga
śoṇitaughaparītāṅga - whose body is encompassed by streams of blood (śoṇita + ogha + parīta + aṅga)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoṇita+ogha+parīta+aṅga)
  • śoṇita – blood
    noun (neuter)
  • ogha – stream, flood, mass
    noun (masculine)
  • parīta – encompassed, surrounded, covered
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root i (to go) with prefix pari-.
    Prefix: pari
    Root: i (class 2)
  • aṅga – limb, body, part
    noun (neuter)
Note: Qualifies Karna.
शयानं (śayānaṁ) - lying (dead on the battlefield) (lying, sleeping, resting)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of śayāna
śayāna - lying, sleeping, resting
Present Active Participle
Formed from root śī (to lie down, sleep)
Root: śī (class 2)
Note: Qualifies Karna.
पतितं (patitaṁ) - fallen (dead on the ground) (fallen, descended, outcast)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of patita
patita - fallen, descended, fallen down
Past Passive Participle
Formed from root pat (to fall)
Root: pat (class 1)
भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth/ground (on the earth, on the ground, in the world)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of bhū
bhū - earth, ground, land, world
Root: bhū (class 1)