महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-46, verse-14

तथा तपस्विनस्तस्य राजर्षेः कौरवस्य ह ।
कथमेवंविधो मृत्युः प्रशास्य पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥१४॥

14. tathā tapasvinastasya rājarṣeḥ kauravasya ha ,
kathamevaṁvidho mṛtyuḥ praśāsya pṛthivīmimām.

14. tathā tapasvinaḥ tasya rājarṣeḥ kauravasya ha
katham evamvidhaḥ mṛtyuḥ praśāsya pṛthivīm imām

14. tathā ha tasya tapasvinaḥ rājarṣeḥ kauravasya
imām pṛthivīm praśāsya evamvidhaḥ mṛtyuḥ katham

14. And how indeed did such a death befall that ascetic, that royal sage, the scion of Kuru, after he had ruled this entire earth?

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - of the ascetic, of one who practices austerity

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

• राजर्षेः (rājarṣeḥ) - of the royal sage

• कौरवस्य (kauravasya) - of the Kuru, of the scion of Kuru

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• एवम्विधः (evamvidhaḥ) - such, of this kind

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• प्रशास्य (praśāsya) - having ruled, having governed

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• इमाम् (imām) - this

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and

(indeclinable)

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - of the ascetic, of one who practices austerity

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, one who practices austerity (tapas)

Derived from 'tapas' (austerity, penance) with the possessive suffix '-vin'.

तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

राजर्षेः (rājarṣeḥ) - of the royal sage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - royal sage, king who is also a sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa (rājan+ṛṣi)

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

कौरवस्य (kauravasya) - of the Kuru, of the scion of Kuru

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kuru lineage

Derived from 'Kuru' (a dynastic name).

ह (ha) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

एवम्विधः (evamvidhaḥ) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of evamvidha

evamvidha - such, of this kind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (evam+vidha)

• evam – thus, in this manner
  indeclinable
• vidha – sort, kind
  noun

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, god of death

प्रशास्य (praśāsya) - having ruled, having governed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) of the verb 'pra-śās' (to rule, govern).

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the world

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this