महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-28, verse-4

सुखार्हः स हि राजर्षिर्न सुखं तन्महावनम् ।
किमवस्थः समासाद्य प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्हतात्मजः ॥४॥

4. sukhārhaḥ sa hi rājarṣirna sukhaṁ tanmahāvanam ,
kimavasthaḥ samāsādya prajñācakṣurhatātmajaḥ.

4. sukhārhaḥ sa hi rājarṣiḥ na sukhaṃ tat mahāvanam
kimavasthaḥ samāsādya prajñācakṣuḥ hata ātmajaḥ

4. That royal sage (rājarṣi) certainly deserves comfort, but that great forest offers no such comfort. In what condition is he, having arrived there, he whose only 'eye' is wisdom (due to his blindness), and whose sons have been killed?

Words meanings summery:

• सुखार्हः (sukhārhaḥ) - deserving of happiness/comfort, worthy of pleasure

• स (sa) - (that royal sage) (he, that)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

• राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly sage

• न (na) - not

• सुखं (sukhaṁ) - happiness, comfort, pleasure

• तत् (tat) - (that) great forest (that, it)

• महावनम् (mahāvanam) - great forest

• किमवस्थः (kimavasthaḥ) - in what condition/state?

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having arrived at

• प्रज्ञाचक्षुः (prajñācakṣuḥ) - whose only 'eye' is wisdom (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's blindness) (whose eye is wisdom, wise-eyed, having wisdom as an eye)

• हत (hata) - slain, killed, destroyed

• आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - son, offspring (literally 'self-born')

Words meanings and morphology

सुखार्हः (sukhārhaḥ) - deserving of happiness/comfort, worthy of pleasure

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukhārha

sukhārha - deserving of happiness or comfort, worthy of pleasure

Compound type : tatpurusha (sukha+arha)

• sukha – happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• arha – deserving, worthy, fit
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: arh (class 1)

स (sa) - (that royal sage) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - a royal sage, a king who is also a sage (e.g., Janaka, Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सुखं (sukhaṁ) - happiness, comfort, pleasure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure

तत् (tat) - (that) great forest (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महावनम् (mahāvanam) - great forest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - a great forest

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

किमवस्थः (kimavasthaḥ) - in what condition/state?

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimavastha

kimavastha - in what state or condition?

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kim+avasthā)

• kim – what? which?
  interrogative (masculine)
• avasthā – state, condition, situation
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having arrived at

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root sad with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

प्रज्ञाचक्षुः (prajñācakṣuḥ) - whose only 'eye' is wisdom (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's blindness) (whose eye is wisdom, wise-eyed, having wisdom as an eye)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajñācakṣus

prajñācakṣus - having wisdom for an eye, wise-eyed, one whose only 'eye' is intellect/wisdom

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prajñā+cakṣus)

• prajñā – wisdom, insight, intelligence, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• cakṣus – eye, sight, vision
  noun (neuter)

हत (hata) - slain, killed, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - slain, killed, destroyed, smitten

Past Passive Participle

from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - son, offspring (literally 'self-born')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, offspring, one's own born

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix for 'born from'
  Root: jan (class 4)