महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-27, verse-14

यस्येषुपातमासाद्य नान्यस्तिष्ठेद्धनंजयात् ।
कथं पुत्रो भवत्यां स देवगर्भः पुराभवत् ॥१४॥

14. yasyeṣupātamāsādya nānyastiṣṭheddhanaṁjayāt ,
kathaṁ putro bhavatyāṁ sa devagarbhaḥ purābhavat.

14. yasya iṣupātam āsādya na anyaḥ tiṣṭhet dhanaṃjayāt
katham putraḥ bhavatyām saḥ devagarbhaḥ purā abhavat

14. yasya iṣupātam āsādya dhanaṃjayāt anyaḥ na tiṣṭhet,
saḥ devagarbhaḥ putraḥ bhavatyām purā katham abhavat?

14. How could that divine child (devagarbha), whose range of arrows no one could withstand but Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), have been born from you?

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - of Karṇa (whose, of whom)

• इषुपातम् (iṣupātam) - arrow-shot, range of arrows

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having faced (having reached, having encountered, having met)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - any other, another

• तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - he could withstand (he would stand, he could stand, he would remain)

• धनंजयात् (dhanaṁjayāt) - except for Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) (from Dhanañjaya)

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - Karṇa as son (son)

• भवत्याम् (bhavatyām) - from you (Kuntī) (in you (feminine, respectful))

• सः (saḥ) - Karṇa (that (one), he)

• देवगर्भः (devagarbhaḥ) - Karṇa, born from Sūrya (the sun god) (born of a god, divine child)

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, anciently, previously

• अभवत् (abhavat) - he was born (he was, he became)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - of Karṇa (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Relative pronoun

इषुपातम् (iṣupātam) - arrow-shot, range of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of iṣupāta

iṣupāta - fall of an arrow, arrow-shot, range of an arrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṣu+pāta)

• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)
• pāta – fall, flight, reaching, striking
  noun (masculine)
  From root pat (to fall, fly)
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Object of `āsādya`

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having faced (having reached, having encountered, having met)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From root sad (to sit, to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - any other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Indefinite pronoun

Note: Subject of `tiṣṭhet`

तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - he could withstand (he would stand, he could stand, he would remain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sthā

Optative, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential

धनंजयात् (dhanaṁjayāt) - except for Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) (from Dhanañjaya)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dhanaṃjaya

dhanaṁjaya - Dhanañjaya (an epithet of Arjuna, 'conqueror of wealth'); fire

Compound: dhana (wealth) + jaya (conquering)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• jaya – victory, conquest, winning
  noun (masculine)
  From root ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Used with `na anyaḥ... tiṣṭhet` to mean 'no one else except Dhanañjaya'

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - Karṇa as son (son)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Subject of `abhavat`

भवत्याम् (bhavatyām) - from you (Kuntī) (in you (feminine, respectful))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhavatī

bhavatī - your honor (feminine), lady

From 'bhavat' (your honor), feminine form

सः (saḥ) - Karṇa (that (one), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

देवगर्भः (devagarbhaḥ) - Karṇa, born from Sūrya (the sun god) (born of a god, divine child)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devagarbha

devagarbha - born of a god, having a god as a fetus, divine child

From deva (god) + garbha (fetus, womb, offspring)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+garbha)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 1)
• garbha – womb, fetus, embryo, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛbh (class 9)

Note: Describes Karṇa

पुरा (purā) - formerly, anciently, previously

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time

अभवत् (abhavat) - he was born (he was, he became)

(verb)

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

Imperfect, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)