महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-143, verse-12

उपपन्नो गुणैः श्रेष्ठो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठेषु बन्धुषु ।
सूतपुत्रेति मा शब्दः पार्थस्त्वमसि वीर्यवान् ॥१२॥

12. upapanno guṇaiḥ śreṣṭho jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭheṣu bandhuṣu ,
sūtaputreti mā śabdaḥ pārthastvamasi vīryavān.

12. upapannaḥ guṇaiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭheṣu bandhuṣu
sūtaputra iti mā śabdaḥ pārthaḥ tvam asi vīryavān

12. tvam guṇaiḥ upapannaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ
jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭheṣu bandhuṣu (asi)
(tvām) sūtaputra iti mā śabdaḥ
(astu) tvam vīryavān pārthaḥ asi

12. Endowed with excellent qualities, the eldest among your best relatives, do not let the word 'son of a charioteer' (sūtaputra) be associated with you. You are Pārtha, full of valor.

Words meanings summery:

• उपपन्नः (upapannaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, suitable

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, with merits

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - excellent, best

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, oldest

• श्रेष्ठेषु (śreṣṭheṣu) - among the best, among the excellent

• बन्धुषु (bandhuṣu) - among relatives, among kinsmen

• सूतपुत्र (sūtaputra) - Refers to Karna, who was raised by a charioteer (sūta). (son of a charioteer)

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, (quotation marker)

• मा (mā) - don't, not

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - word, sound

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Refers to Karna, who is biologically the son of Pṛthā (Kuntī). (son of Pṛthā (Kuntī))

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असि (asi) - you are

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - valorous, mighty, powerful

Words meanings and morphology

उपपन्नः (upapannaḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, suitable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upapanna

upapanna - endowed with, furnished with, suitable, proper

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad (to go) with prefix upa- and pa- (double p)

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam' (you).

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, with merits

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - excellent, best

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, excellent, most distinguished

Superlative form of praśasya (excellent) or śrī (prosperity)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam' (you).

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, oldest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, oldest, chief

Superlative form of vṛddha (old)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam' (you).

श्रेष्ठेषु (śreṣṭheṣu) - among the best, among the excellent

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, excellent, most distinguished

Superlative form of praśasya (excellent) or śrī (prosperity)

Note: Agrees with bandhuṣu.

बन्धुषु (bandhuṣu) - among relatives, among kinsmen

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of bandhu

bandhu - relative, kinsman, friend

Root: bandh (class 1)

सूतपुत्र (sūtaputra) - Refers to Karna, who was raised by a charioteer (sūta). (son of a charioteer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as a title or epithet here.

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - don't, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to negate an implied injunctive verb 'astu' (let it be).

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - word, sound

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - word, sound, voice

Note: In 'mā śabdaḥ', it means 'let there not be such a word/calling'.

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Refers to Karna, who is biologically the son of Pṛthā (Kuntī). (son of Pṛthā (Kuntī))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī)

Derived from Pṛthā (mother of Pāṇḍavas and Karna)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular

From root as (class 2 Parasmaipada)

Root: as (class 2)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - valorous, mighty, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - valorous, mighty, powerful, energetic

Derived from vīrya (valor) + -vat (possessive suffix)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.