महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-2, verse-4

क्षत्रं स्वर्गं कथं गच्छेच्छस्त्रपूतमिति प्रभो ।
संघर्षजननस्तस्मात्कन्यागर्भो विनिर्मितः ॥४॥

4. kṣatraṁ svargaṁ kathaṁ gacchecchastrapūtamiti prabho ,
saṁgharṣajananastasmātkanyāgarbho vinirmitaḥ.

4. kṣatram svargam katham gacchet śastrapūtam iti prabho
| saṃgharṣajananaḥ tasmāt kanyāgarbhaḥ vinirmitaḥ

4. prabho,
śastrapūtam kṣatram katham svargam gacchet? tasmāt saṃgharṣajananaḥ kanyāgarbhaḥ iti vinirmitaḥ

4. O lord, how can a warrior, purified by weapons, attain heaven? It is for this very reason that a maiden's pregnancy, generating much conflict, was fashioned.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - warrior class, royal power, a warrior

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial abode

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go, he should go, one might attain

• शस्त्रपूतम् (śastrapūtam) - purified by dying in battle (purified by weapons)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech or conclusion

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

• संघर्षजननः (saṁgharṣajananaḥ) - generating conflict, causing strife

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• कन्यागर्भः (kanyāgarbhaḥ) - referring to Karna's birth to Kunti as a maiden (a maiden's pregnancy, child of a maiden)

• विनिर्मितः (vinirmitaḥ) - fashioned, created, made

Words meanings and morphology

क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - warrior class, royal power, a warrior

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣatra

kṣatra - rule, dominion, royal power, the warrior caste

Note: Here, it refers to the warrior class or an individual warrior.

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial abode

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise, abode of the gods

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go, he should go, one might attain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

शस्त्रपूतम् (śastrapūtam) - purified by dying in battle (purified by weapons)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śastrapūta

śastrapūta - purified by weapons

Past Passive Participle

Compound of śastra (weapon) and pūta (purified). pūta is past passive participle of root pū (to purify).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śastra+pūta)

• śastra – weapon, sword
  noun (neuter)
• pūta – purified, clean, sacred
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pū (to purify)
  Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kṣatram'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech or conclusion

(indeclinable)

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful, mighty

Root: bhū (class 1)

संघर्षजननः (saṁgharṣajananaḥ) - generating conflict, causing strife

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃgharṣajanana

saṁgharṣajanana - causing conflict, generating strife

Compound of saṃgharṣa (conflict) and janana (producing). janana is a nominal derivative from root jan (to produce).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃgharṣa+janana)

• saṃgharṣa – conflict, collision, friction, strife
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ghṛṣ (class 1)
• janana – generating, causing, producing, birth
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born, to produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'kanyāgarbhaḥ'.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, then, therefore

Note: Ablative singular of 'tad', often used as an indeclinable 'therefore'.

कन्यागर्भः (kanyāgarbhaḥ) - referring to Karna's birth to Kunti as a maiden (a maiden's pregnancy, child of a maiden)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kanyāgarbha

kanyāgarbha - a maiden's pregnancy, the fetus of a maiden

Compound of kanyā (maiden) and garbha (womb/fetus/pregnancy).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kanyā+garbha)

• kanyā – maiden, virgin, girl
  noun (feminine)
• garbha – womb, fetus, embryo, pregnancy
  noun (masculine)

विनिर्मितः (vinirmitaḥ) - fashioned, created, made

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinirmita

vinirmita - fashioned, created, made, constructed

Past Passive Participle

From root mā (to measure, create) with upasargas vi and nir. Past passive participle.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective, agreeing with 'kanyāgarbhaḥ'.