महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-2, verse-9

तमहं यत्रतत्रस्थं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि सूर्यजम् ।
अविज्ञातो मया योऽसौ घातितः सव्यसाचिना ॥९॥

9. tamahaṁ yatratatrasthaṁ draṣṭumicchāmi sūryajam ,
avijñāto mayā yo'sau ghātitaḥ savyasācinā.

9. tam aham yatra tatra stham draṣṭum icchāmi sūryajam
| avijñātaḥ mayā yaḥ asau ghātitaḥ savyasācinā

9. aham tam sūryajam yatra tatra stham draṣṭum icchāmi
yaḥ asau mayā avijñātaḥ savyasācinā ghātitaḥ

9. I wish to see the son of Sūrya (Karna) wherever he may be, for he was unknown to me and was killed by Arjuna.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Karna (him)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• तत्र (tatra) - there, wherever

• स्थम् (stham) - standing, situated

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, in order to see

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• सूर्यजम् (sūryajam) - Karna (son of Sūrya (the Sun god))

• अविज्ञातः (avijñātaḥ) - unknown by me (the speaker) (unknown, unrecognized)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• असौ (asau) - refers to Karna (that one, he)

• घातितः (ghātitaḥ) - killed, caused to be killed

• सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Karna (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Object of draṣṭum.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Subject of icchāmi.

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

तत्र (tatra) - there, wherever

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

स्थम् (stham) - standing, situated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of stha

stha - standing, situated, being in or on

From root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tam.

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, in order to see

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From root 'dṛś' (class 1, 6) + suffix '-tum'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Formed with suffix -tum.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

सूर्यजम् (sūryajam) - Karna (son of Sūrya (the Sun god))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūryaja

sūryaja - born of Sūrya, son of Sūrya

Compound of 'Sūrya' (Sun god) + 'ja' (born from)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūrya+ja)

• sūrya – Sun, Sun god
  proper noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced, caused by
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with tam.

अविज्ञातः (avijñātaḥ) - unknown by me (the speaker) (unknown, unrecognized)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avijñāta

avijñāta - unknown, unrecognized, unnoticed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jñā' (to know) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'a-' (negation)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vijñāta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• vijñāta – known, recognized, understood
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'vi-'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with yaḥ asau.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent in passive construction.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

असौ (asau) - refers to Karna (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, this, this one

Note: Correlates with 'yaḥ'.

घातितः (ghātitaḥ) - killed, caused to be killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghātita

ghātita - killed, slain, caused to be killed

Past Passive Participle (Causative)

From root 'han' (to strike, kill) in causative form 'ghātaya' + suffix '-ita'

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with yaḥ asau.

सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - one who can shoot with the left hand; an epithet of Arjuna

Compound of 'savya' (left) + 'sācin' (shooting, drawing the bow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left, left-hand
  adjective (masculine)
• sācin – drawing (a bow), shooting, discharging
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'sac' (to accompany) or 'sāc' (to be skilled)
  Root: sac (class 1)

Note: Agent of ghātitaḥ.