महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-2

भीष्मः किमकरोत्तत्र पाण्डवेयेषु संजय ।
पितामहे वा पाञ्चालास्तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय ॥२॥

2. bhīṣmaḥ kimakarottatra pāṇḍaveyeṣu saṁjaya ,
pitāmahe vā pāñcālāstanmamācakṣva saṁjaya.

2. bhīṣmaḥ kim akarot tatra pāṇḍaveyeṣu sañjaya
pitāmahe vā pāñcālāḥ tat mama ācakṣva sañjaya

2. sañjaya tatra bhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍaveyeṣu kim akarot
vā pāñcālāḥ pitāmahe tat mama ācakṣva sañjaya

2. What, Sanjaya, did Bhishma do there concerning the Pandavas? Or what did the Panchalas do concerning the grandfather (Bhishma)? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The commander of the Kaurava army. (Bhishma)

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he made

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place

• पाण्डवेयेषु (pāṇḍaveyeṣu) - towards the sons of Pandu, concerning the Pandavas

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - The narrator to Dhritarashtra. (Sanjaya)

• पितामहे (pitāmahe) - refers to Bhishma, who is the grandfather of both Pandavas and Kauravas. (towards the grandfather, concerning the grandfather)

• वा (vā) - or

• पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - An ally of the Pandavas. (the Panchalas (people of the Pañcāla kingdom))

• तत् (tat) - that, that thing

• मम (mama) - to me, for me

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The commander of the Kaurava army. (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name)

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here

अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect Tense

3rd person singular, root aorist (a-luṅ) form

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवेयेषु (pāṇḍaveyeṣu) - towards the sons of Pandu, concerning the Pandavas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍaveya

pāṇḍaveya - a descendant of Pandu, a Pandava

Taddhita formation from Pandu

Note: Used with a sense of "regarding" or "towards"

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - The narrator to Dhritarashtra. (Sanjaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya (proper name); victory

पितामहे (pitāmahe) - refers to Bhishma, who is the grandfather of both Pandavas and Kauravas. (towards the grandfather, concerning the grandfather)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great, mighty, elder
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used with a sense of "regarding" or "towards"

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - An ally of the Pandavas. (the Panchalas (people of the Pañcāla kingdom))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāñcāla

pāñcāla - belonging to the Pañcāla country, a king or inhabitant of Pañcāla

तत् (tat) - that, that thing

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Object of ācakṣva

मम (mama) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

First person pronoun

Note: Dative object of ācakṣva

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of cakṣ

Imperative Mood

2nd person singular, Middle voice, from root cakṣ with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya (proper name); victory