महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-150, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
यत्र वैकर्तनः कर्णो राक्षसश्च घटोत्कचः ।
निशीथे समसज्जेतां तद्युद्धमभवत्कथम् ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
yatra vaikartanaḥ karṇo rākṣasaśca ghaṭotkacaḥ ,
niśīthe samasajjetāṁ tadyuddhamabhavatkatham.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca yatra vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ rākṣasaḥ ca
ghaṭotkacaḥ niśīthe samasajjetām tat yuddham abhavat katham

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca: yatra vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ ca rākṣasaḥ
ghaṭotkacaḥ niśīthe samasajjetām tat yuddham katham abhavat?

1. Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked: "When Karṇa (vaikartana) and Ghaṭotkaca, the demon, engaged at midnight, how exactly did that battle unfold?"

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - The blind king of Hastinapura, father of the Kauravas (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत्र (yatra) - where, when, in which case

• वैकर्तनः (vaikartanaḥ) - Karṇa, specifically emphasizing his divine paternity (son of Vikartana (the Sun god), Karṇa)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

• राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - Ghaṭotkaca (demon, ogre)

• च (ca) - and

• घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - The son of Bhīma and Hiḍimbī, a powerful demon warrior (Ghaṭotkaca)

• निशीथे (niśīthe) - at midnight, in the deep night

• समसज्जेताम् (samasajjetām) - they engaged in battle (they met, they engaged, they united)

• तत् (tat) - that, that (battle)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, combat

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it was, it became

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - The blind king of Hastinapura, father of the Kauravas (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (a proper noun, name of the blind king)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)

• dhṛta – held, borne, maintained
  participle
  past passive participle
  from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect, 3rd person singular, active voice

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, when, in which case

(indeclinable)

वैकर्तनः (vaikartanaḥ) - Karṇa, specifically emphasizing his divine paternity (son of Vikartana (the Sun god), Karṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaikartana

vaikartana - son of Vikartana (a name of the Sun god); an epithet of Karṇa

patronymic from Vikartana

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear; the son of Kuntī by the Sun god

राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - Ghaṭotkaca (demon, ogre)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit, ogre

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - The son of Bhīma and Hiḍimbī, a powerful demon warrior (Ghaṭotkaca)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghaṭotkaca

ghaṭotkaca - Ghaṭotkaca (proper noun, a demon character in the Mahābhārata)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghaṭa+utkaca)

• ghaṭa – pot, jar, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• utkaca – bald, without hair
  adjective

निशीथे (niśīthe) - at midnight, in the deep night

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of niśītha

niśītha - midnight, the deepest part of the night

समसज्जेताम् (samasajjetām) - they engaged in battle (they met, they engaged, they united)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sajj

imperfect, 3rd person dual, active voice

from root sajj (to cling, to be ready) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sajj (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that (battle)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to yuddham

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, combat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight, combat

past passive participle used as noun

from root yudh (to fight) + kta suffix

Root: yudh (class 4)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it was, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

imperfect, 3rd person singular, active voice

from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)