महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-120, verse-76

स छाद्यमानः समरे हताश्वो हतसारथिः ।
मोहितः शरजालेन कर्तव्यं नाभ्यपद्यत ॥७६॥

76. sa chādyamānaḥ samare hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ ,
mohitaḥ śarajālena kartavyaṁ nābhyapadyata.

76. saḥ chādyamānaḥ samare hatāśvaḥ hatasārathiḥ
mohitaḥ śarajālena kartavyam na abhyapadyata

76. saḥ hatāśvaḥ hatasārathiḥ samare chādyamānaḥ
śarajālena mohitaḥ kartavyam na abhyapadyata

76. He (Karṇa), being covered in battle, with his horses killed and his charioteer killed, and bewildered by the net of arrows, did not know what to do.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Karṇa) (he, that)

• छाद्यमानः (chādyamānaḥ) - being covered, being concealed

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

• हताश्वः (hatāśvaḥ) - whose horses are killed

• हतसारथिः (hatasārathiḥ) - whose charioteer is killed

• मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - bewildered, deluded, confused

• शरजालेन (śarajālena) - by the net of arrows, by a shower of arrows

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - what to do (what should be done, duty)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभ्यपद्यत (abhyapadyata) - understood, knew (perceived, understood, obtained)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Karṇa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

छाद्यमानः (chādyamānaḥ) - being covered, being concealed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chādyamāna

chādyamāna - being covered, concealed

Present Passive Participle

Derived from causative passive of root chad 'to cover'

Root: chad (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

हताश्वः (hatāśvaḥ) - whose horses are killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hatāśva

hatāśva - one whose horses are killed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+aśva)

• hata – killed, slain
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han 'to kill'
  Root: han (class 2)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

हतसारथिः (hatasārathiḥ) - whose charioteer is killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hatasārathi

hatasārathi - one whose charioteer is killed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+sārathi)

• hata – killed, slain
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han 'to kill'
  Root: han (class 2)
• sārathi – charioteer
  noun (masculine)

मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - bewildered, deluded, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mohita

mohita - bewildered, deluded, confused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root moh 'to be bewildered'

Root: moh (class 10)

शरजालेन (śarajālena) - by the net of arrows, by a shower of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, mesh, multitude
  noun (neuter)

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - what to do (what should be done, duty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, duty, obligation

Gerundive

Derived from root kṛ 'to do', expresses obligation or fitness

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अभ्यपद्यत (abhyapadyata) - understood, knew (perceived, understood, obtained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of pad

Prefix: abhi

Root: pad (class 4)