महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-117, verse-21

कर्ण उवाच ।
जानाम्यहं महाप्राज्ञ सर्वमेतन्न संशयः ।
यथा वदसि दुर्धर्ष कौन्तेयोऽहं न सूतजः ॥२१॥

21. karṇa uvāca ,
jānāmyahaṁ mahāprājña sarvametanna saṁśayaḥ ,
yathā vadasi durdharṣa kaunteyo'haṁ na sūtajaḥ.

21. karṇa uvāca jānāmi aham mahāprājña sarvam etat na
saṃśayaḥ yathā vadasi durdharṣa kaunteyaḥ aham na sūtajaḥ

21. karṇaḥ uvāca mahāprājña durdharṣa aham etat sarvam jānāmi
saṃśayaḥ na yathā vadasi aham kaunteyaḥ na sūtajaḥ

21. Karna said: 'O greatly wise one (mahāprājña), I know all this, there is no doubt. O unconquerable one (durdharṣa), as you say, I am a son of Kuntī, not a charioteer's son.'

Words meanings summery:

• कर्ण (karṇa) - The renowned warrior Karna. (Karna (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

• अहम् (aham) - I

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Vocative address to Krishna. (O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

• एतत् (etat) - this, this fact

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

• दुर्धर्ष (durdharṣa) - Vocative address to Krishna. (O unconquerable one, O formidable one)

• कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Refers to Karna, whose mother was Kuntī. (son of Kuntī)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• सूतजः (sūtajaḥ) - Refers to Karna's adopted identity as son of Adhiratha, a charioteer (sūta). (son of a charioteer)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्ण (karṇa) - The renowned warrior Karna. (Karna (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name), ear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active

Root vac (class 2), perfect form.

Root: vac (class 2)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present active

Root jñā (class 9).

Root: jñā (class 9)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun stem.

Note: Subject of 'jānāmi'.

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Vocative address to Krishna. (O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, highly intelligent

Compound.

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Object of 'jānāmi'.

एतत् (etat) - this, this fact

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the preceding statements/situation.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates 'saṃśayaḥ'.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Derived from root śī (to lie) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Implied "asti" (there is).

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

(verb)

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

Present active

Root vad (class 1).

Root: vad (class 1)

दुर्धर्ष (durdharṣa) - Vocative address to Krishna. (O unconquerable one, O formidable one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of durdharṣa

durdharṣa - difficult to overcome, unconquerable, formidable

Compound with 'dur' (difficult) and root 'dhṛṣ' (to dare).

Compound type : karmadharaya (dur+dhṛṣ)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill-
  indeclinable
• dhṛṣ – to dare, to be bold
  root
  Root used for forming verbal adjectives like dharṣa (daring, to be dared)
  Root: dhṛṣ (class 1)

कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Refers to Karna, whose mother was Kuntī. (son of Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kuntī

Patronymic from Kuntī.

Note: Predicate nominative for 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun stem.

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'asmi' (I am).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

सूतजः (sūtajaḥ) - Refers to Karna's adopted identity as son of Adhiratha, a charioteer (sūta). (son of a charioteer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūtaja

sūtaja - son of a charioteer (sūta)

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūta+ja)

• sūta – charioteer, bard
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)
• ja – born of, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix
  Derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'aham'.