महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-34, verse-6

अथ वा मन्यसे कृष्णं स्थविरं भरतर्षभ ।
वसुदेवे स्थिते वृद्धे कथमर्हति तत्सुतः ॥६॥

6. atha vā manyase kṛṣṇaṁ sthaviraṁ bharatarṣabha ,
vasudeve sthite vṛddhe kathamarhati tatsutaḥ.

6. atha vā manyase kṛṣṇam sthaviram bharatarṣabha
vasudeve sthite vṛddhe katham arhati tatsutaḥ

6. Or, O best of Bharatas, if you consider Krishna an elder, how can that son (Krishna) be worthy of honor when Vasudeva, an old man, is still present?

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

• वा (vā) - or

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

• कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Krishna

• स्थविरम् (sthaviram) - old, aged, an elder

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas

• वसुदेवे (vasudeve) - when Vasudeva

• स्थिते (sthite) - being present, remaining, living

• वृद्धे (vṛddhe) - old, aged

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy of

• तत्सुतः (tatsutaḥ) - his son (Vasudeva's son, i.e., Krishna)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Introducing an alternative or new point.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Disjunctive particle.

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: You think (Siśupāla addressing Bhishma).

कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Krishna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (proper name), dark, black

Note: Object of 'manyase'.

स्थविरम् (sthaviram) - old, aged, an elder

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthavira

sthavira - old, aged, ancient, firm, elder

Note: Adjective modifying 'kṛṣṇam'.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull among Bharatas (epithet)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata (name of a tribe/lineage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Address to Bhishma.

वसुदेवे (vasudeve) - when Vasudeva

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vasudeva

vasudeva - Vasudeva (father of Krishna), son of Vasudeva

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

स्थिते (sthite) - being present, remaining, living

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, being, present, existing

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, modifying 'vasudeve'.

वृद्धे (vṛddhe) - old, aged

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛdh (to grow)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Modifying 'vasudeve'.

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

तत्सुतः (tatsutaḥ) - his son (Vasudeva's son, i.e., Krishna)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tatsuta

tatsuta - his son

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+suta)

• tad – that, his
  pronoun
• suta – son, born
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sū (to bear, to bring forth)
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'arhati'.