महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-4

तस्मिन्हते तु भगवन्केतौ सर्वधनुष्मताम् ।
यदचेष्टत कौरव्यस्तन्मे ब्रूहि द्विजोत्तम ॥४॥

4. tasminhate tu bhagavanketau sarvadhanuṣmatām ,
yadaceṣṭata kauravyastanme brūhi dvijottama.

4. tasmin hate tu bhagavan ketau sarvadhanuṣmatām
yat aceṣṭata kauravyaḥ tat me brūhi dvija-uttama

4. bhagavan dvijottama,
tasmin sarvadhanuṣmatām ketau hate (sati) tu,
kauravyaḥ yat aceṣṭata,
tat me brūhi.

4. O revered one (bhagavan), best among twice-born ones (dvijottama), tell me what the Kuru prince (kauravya) did then, when that foremost among all archers was slain.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when that one (Bhishma) was (in that, on that, at that)

• हते (hate) - slain (Bhishma) (slain, killed, destroyed)

• तु (tu) - then (but, however, indeed, then)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one (Vyasa) (O revered one, O lord, O illustrious one)

• केतौ (ketau) - when that chief (Bhishma, who was like a banner) was (in the banner, in the flag, in the chief)

• सर्वधनुष्मताम् (sarvadhanuṣmatām) - among all archers (of all archers, among all bowmen)

• यत् (yat) - what (action) (what, that which, which)

• अचेष्टत (aceṣṭata) - he did (acted) (he moved, he acted, he endeavored)

• कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - the Kuru prince Dhṛtarāṣṭra (a Kuru prince, descendant of Kuru)

• तत् (tat) - that (action or event) (that, it)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please tell (me) (tell, speak)

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best among Brahmins (Vyasa) (best among twice-born)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when that one (Bhishma) was (in that, on that, at that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हते (hate) - slain (Bhishma) (slain, killed, destroyed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with kta suffix

Root: han (class 2)

तु (tu) - then (but, however, indeed, then)

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one (Vyasa) (O revered one, O lord, O illustrious one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - auspicious, fortunate, divine, revered

Possessive suffix 'matup' from 'bhaga'

केतौ (ketau) - when that chief (Bhishma, who was like a banner) was (in the banner, in the flag, in the chief)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ketu

ketu - banner, flag, chief, sign, comet

सर्वधनुष्मताम् (sarvadhanuṣmatām) - among all archers (of all archers, among all bowmen)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvadhanuṣmat

sarvadhanuṣmat - all archers, all bowmen

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+dhanuṣmat)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• dhanuṣmat – possessing a bow, an archer, bowman
  noun (masculine)
  Possessive suffix 'matup' from 'dhanus' (bow)

यत् (yat) - what (action) (what, that which, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अचेष्टत (aceṣṭata) - he did (acted) (he moved, he acted, he endeavored)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of ceṣṭ

Root ceṣṭ (1st conjugation, ātmanepada)

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - the Kuru prince Dhṛtarāṣṭra (a Kuru prince, descendant of Kuru)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - descendant of Kuru, a Kuru

From kuru + ya suffix (taddhita)

तत् (tat) - that (action or event) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Enclitic form of aham (first person pronoun)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please tell (me) (tell, speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root brū (2nd conjugation, parasmaipada)

Root: brū (class 2)

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best among Brahmins (Vyasa) (best among twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best among the twice-born, best Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from dvi (twice) + jan (to be born) + ḍa suffix
  Root: jan (class 4)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of ut (up)