महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-47

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
तनुरुच्चः शिखी राजा मिथ्योपचरितो मया ।
मन्दानां मम पुत्राणां युद्धेनान्तं करिष्यति ॥४७॥

47. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
tanuruccaḥ śikhī rājā mithyopacarito mayā ,
mandānāṁ mama putrāṇāṁ yuddhenāntaṁ kariṣyati.

47. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca tanūccaḥ śikhī rājā mithyā upacaritaḥ
mayā mandānāṃ mama putrāṇāṃ yuddhena antam kariṣyati

47. Dhritarashtra said: The tall, proud king (Duryodhana), whom I wrongly indulged, will bring about the end of my foolish sons through war.

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra, the blind king (Dhritarashtra (name of a king))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• तनूच्चः (tanūccaḥ) - tall in stature (tall-bodied, of high stature)

• शिखी (śikhī) - proud (literally 'having a crest/flame') (having a top-knot, crested, fiery, proud)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, ruler)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - wrongly, improperly (falsely, wrongly, improperly)

• उपचरितः (upacaritaḥ) - indulged, favored (in a negative sense, 'wrongly favored') (treated, served, honored, indulged)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Dhritarashtra) (by me)

• मन्दानां (mandānāṁ) - of my foolish (sons) (of the foolish, of the dull-witted)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• पुत्राणां (putrāṇāṁ) - of my sons (of sons)

• युद्धेन (yuddhena) - through war (by war, by battle)

• अन्तम् (antam) - an end (to their lives) (end, destruction, limit)

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - he will bring about, he will cause (he will do, he will make, he will cause)

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra, the blind king (Dhritarashtra (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (proper noun)

Compound meaning 'one who holds the kingdom'.

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of vac

Perfect Active Indicative

3rd singular, active voice. Reduplicated perfect.

Root: vac (class 2)

तनूच्चः (tanūccaḥ) - tall in stature (tall-bodied, of high stature)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tanūcca

tanūcca - tall-bodied, of high stature

Bahuvrihi compound meaning 'one whose body (tanu) is high (ucca)'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tanu+ucca)

• tanu – body, person, form
  noun (feminine)
• ucca – high, tall, loud
  adjective (masculine)

शिखी (śikhī) - proud (literally 'having a crest/flame') (having a top-knot, crested, fiery, proud)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhin

śikhin - having a top-knot, crested, fiery, proud, a peacock

Possessive adjective from 'śikhā' (crest, flame, top-knot).

राजा (rājā) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

'n'-stem noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: The main subject of the latter part of the sentence.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - wrongly, improperly (falsely, wrongly, improperly)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage.

उपचरितः (upacaritaḥ) - indulged, favored (in a negative sense, 'wrongly favored') (treated, served, honored, indulged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upacarita

upacarita - treated, served, honored, attended to, indulged

Past Passive Participle

Formed from 'upa' + root 'car' (to move, to practice, to behave). 'upa-car' means to attend, to treat.

Prefix: upa

Root: car (class 1)

Note: This participle acts as the predicate.

मया (mayā) - by me (Dhritarashtra) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

1st person singular pronoun.

मन्दानां (mandānāṁ) - of my foolish (sons) (of the foolish, of the dull-witted)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manda

manda - foolish, dull, slow, weak

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

1st person singular pronoun.

Note: Modifies 'putrāṇāṃ'.

पुत्राणां (putrāṇāṁ) - of my sons (of sons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Implied object of the action 'bringing an end'.

युद्धेन (yuddhena) - through war (by war, by battle)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

Past passive participle of root yudh (to fight), used as a noun.

Root: yudh (class 4)

अन्तम् (antam) - an end (to their lives) (end, destruction, limit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, destruction, limit, proximity

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - he will bring about, he will cause (he will do, he will make, he will cause)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Active Indicative

3rd singular, active voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)