महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-5, verse-4

बाहुकण्टकयुद्धेन तस्य कर्णोऽथ युध्यतः ।
बिभेद संधिं देहस्य जरया श्लेषितस्य ह ॥४॥

4. bāhukaṇṭakayuddhena tasya karṇo'tha yudhyataḥ ,
bibheda saṁdhiṁ dehasya jarayā śleṣitasya ha.

4. bāhukaṇṭakayuddhena tasya karṇaḥ atha yudhyataḥ
bibheda sandhim dehasya jarayā śleṣitasya ha

4. atha karṇaḥ bāhukaṇṭakayuddhena yudhyataḥ tasya
dehasya jarayā śleṣitasya sandhim bibheda ha

4. Then, while he (Jarāsandha) was fighting, Karṇa, through arm-to-arm combat, tore apart the joint of his body, which had been weakened by old age.

Words meanings summery:

• बाहुकण्टकयुद्धेन (bāhukaṇṭakayuddhena) - by the arm-to-arm combat, by wrestling

• तस्य (tasya) - (of Jarāsandha) (of him, his)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

• अथ (atha) - then, next, now

• युध्यतः (yudhyataḥ) - (of Jarāsandha, while he was fighting) (of him fighting, while fighting)

• बिभेद (bibheda) - he broke, he rent asunder, he pierced

• सन्धिम् (sandhim) - joint, juncture, connection, seam

• देहस्य (dehasya) - (of Jarāsandha's body) (of the body, his body's)

• जरया (jarayā) - by old age, due to decrepitude

• श्लेषितस्य (śleṣitasya) - (of the body's joint that was weakened by old age) (of that which was joined/affixed/embraced, (here) weakened, stiffened, or made rigid)

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely, verily

Words meanings and morphology

बाहुकण्टकयुद्धेन (bāhukaṇṭakayuddhena) - by the arm-to-arm combat, by wrestling

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bāhukaṇṭakayuddha

bāhukaṇṭakayuddha - arm-to-arm combat, wrestling (lit. 'thorn-like arm combat')

Compound of bāhu (arm), kaṇṭaka (thorn, struggle), yuddha (battle).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāhu+kaṇṭaka+yuddha)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• kaṇṭaka – thorn, prickle, difficulty, struggle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kaṇṭ (class 1)
• yuddha – battle, fight
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from yudh-) used as a noun
  From root yudh- (to fight).
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Instrument of breaking.

तस्य (tasya) - (of Jarāsandha) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to Jarāsandha, possesses dehasya.

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (name of a prominent warrior in the Mahābhārata); ear

Note: Subject of bibheda.

अथ (atha) - then, next, now

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating sequence or commencement.

युध्यतः (yudhyataḥ) - (of Jarāsandha, while he was fighting) (of him fighting, while fighting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yudhyat

yudhyat - fighting, struggling

Present Active Participle

From root yudh- (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Gerundial genitive.

बिभेद (bibheda) - he broke, he rent asunder, he pierced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhid

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root bhid- (to break). Reduplicated perfect.

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Main verb.

सन्धिम् (sandhim) - joint, juncture, connection, seam

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sandhi

sandhi - union, junction, joint, connection; euphonic combination

From root dhā- (to place) with prefixes sam- and a-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of bibheda.

देहस्य (dehasya) - (of Jarāsandha's body) (of the body, his body's)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal form

From root dih- (to smear, to grow).

Root: dih (class 2)

Note: Possesses sandhim.

जरया (jarayā) - by old age, due to decrepitude

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

From root jṛ- (to grow old).

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Instrument of śleṣitasya.

श्लेषितस्य (śleṣitasya) - (of the body's joint that was weakened by old age) (of that which was joined/affixed/embraced, (here) weakened, stiffened, or made rigid)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śleṣita

śleṣita - joined, embraced, affixed, stiffened, made rigid (by old age, hence weakened)

Past Passive Participle of causative

From root śliṣ- (to cling, embrace) with suffix -ita. Causative 'to cause to cling/join'.

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies dehasya.

ह (ha) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or as an interjection.