महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-118, verse-5

किं नु वक्ष्यसि राजानं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ।
किं कुर्वाणो मया संख्ये हतो भूरिश्रवा इति ॥५॥

5. kiṁ nu vakṣyasi rājānaṁ dharmaputraṁ yudhiṣṭhiram ,
kiṁ kurvāṇo mayā saṁkhye hato bhūriśravā iti.

5. kim nu vakṣyasi rājānam dharmaputram yudhiṣṭhiram
| kim kurvāṇaḥ mayā saṃkhye hataḥ bhūriśravāḥ iti

5. nu kim rājānam dharmaputram yudhiṣṭhiram vakṣyasi?
mayā saṃkhye kim kurvāṇaḥ bhūriśravāḥ hataḥ iti?

5. What, indeed, will you say to King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma (natural law)? [How will you explain] 'Bhūriśravas was killed by me in battle while doing what?'

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (what, how, why, which, whether)

• नु (nu) - indeed, pray tell (indeed, now, then, surely, but)

• वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - you will say

• राजानम् (rājānam) - to the king (king)

• धर्मपुत्रम् (dharmaputram) - the son of Dharma (natural law) (son of dharma, follower of dharma)

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun))

• किम् (kim) - what, how (what, how, why, which, whether)

• कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, acting (doing, making, performing)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in conflict, in war)

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, slain)

• भूरिश्रवाः (bhūriśravāḥ) - Bhūriśravas (Bhūriśravas (proper noun))

• इति (iti) - thus, marking the end of a direct or indirect quote (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (what, how, why, which, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle or pronoun, here used as an indeclinable 'what indeed?'

नु (nu) - indeed, pray tell (indeed, now, then, surely, but)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - you will say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Active

From root vac (2nd class), Future Tense, 2nd Person Singular

Root: vac (class 2)

राजानम् (rājānam) - to the king (king)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

धर्मपुत्रम् (dharmaputram) - the son of Dharma (natural law) (son of dharma, follower of dharma)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmaputra

dharmaputra - son of dharma, follower of dharma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+putra)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies Yudhiṣṭhira

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, how (what, how, why, which, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb/pronoun modifying kurvāṇaḥ

कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, acting (doing, making, performing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root kṛ (8th class), Present Participle, Ātmanepada, Nominative Singular Masculine

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies Bhūriśravas, implies 'while he was doing'

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in passive construction 'hataḥ'

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in conflict, in war)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃkhyā

saṁkhyā - battle, war, count, number

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, slain)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of han

han - to strike, to kill, to destroy

Past Passive Participle

From root han (2nd class), Past Passive Participle, Nominative Singular Masculine

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Governed by 'mayā'

भूरिश्रवाः (bhūriśravāḥ) - Bhūriśravas (Bhūriśravas (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūriśravas

bhūriśravas - Bhūriśravas (name of a Kuru warrior)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhūri+śravas)

• bhūri – much, many, abundant
  adjective
• śravas – fame, glory, renown
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive clause

इति (iti) - thus, marking the end of a direct or indirect quote (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the preceding clause as a direct question or statement.