महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-64, verse-13

पदं पदसहस्रेण यश्चरन्नापराध्नुयात् ।
तेन कर्णेन ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥१३॥

13. padaṁ padasahasreṇa yaścarannāparādhnuyāt ,
tena karṇena te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ.

13. padaṃ padasahasreṇa yaḥ caran na aparādhnuyāt
tena karṇena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ

13. How could you, my dear one, have encountered Karna, who would not err even by a single step while walking a thousand steps?

Words meanings summery:

• पदं (padaṁ) - a single step (step, foot, word, place)

• पदसहस्रेण (padasahasreṇa) - by a thousand steps, with a thousand steps

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• चरन् (caran) - walking, moving, acting

• न (na) - not, no

• अपराध्नुयात् (aparādhnuyāt) - would not make a mistake (may err, might fail, might transgress)

• तेन (tena) - by that (Karna) (by that, by him)

• कर्णेन (karṇena) - by Karna (by Karna (proper name), by the ear)

• ते (te) - your (encounter) (to you, for you, your)

• तात (tāta) - dear one (affectionate address from Virata to Arjuna/Brihannala) (dear father, dear one, my child)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was there (was, existed)

• समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - (your) encounter (with Karna) (meeting, encounter, coming together)

Words meanings and morphology

पदं (padaṁ) - a single step (step, foot, word, place)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, word, place, mark

Root: pad (class 1)

पदसहस्रेण (padasahasreṇa) - by a thousand steps, with a thousand steps

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of padasahasra

padasahasra - a thousand steps

Compound noun: 'pada' (step) + 'sahasra' (thousand).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pada+sahasra)

• pada – step, foot
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 1)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

चरन् (caran) - walking, moving, acting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - walking, moving, practicing, doing

Present Active Participle

From root 'car' (to move, walk).

Root: car (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपराध्नुयात् (aparādhnuyāt) - would not make a mistake (may err, might fail, might transgress)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of aparādh

Optative mood, 3rd person singular. From root 'rādh' (to succeed, be propitious) with prefix 'apa' (away, badly), implying failure.

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 5)

तेन (tena) - by that (Karna) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

कर्णेन (karṇena) - by Karna (by Karna (proper name), by the ear)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name, a great warrior), ear

ते (te) - your (encounter) (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Enclitic form of 2nd person pronoun.

तात (tāta) - dear one (affectionate address from Virata to Arjuna/Brihannala) (dear father, dear one, my child)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father (as a term of endearment), dear one, my child

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was there (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - (your) encounter (with Karna) (meeting, encounter, coming together)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, encounter, convergence, coming together

From the root 'gam' (to go) with prefixes 'sam' (together) and 'ā' (towards).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)