महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-24

तस्मात्पर्णानि शाखाश्च स्कन्धं चोत्सृज्य सूतज ।
कृष्णं निकृन्धि पाण्डूनां मूलं सर्वत्र सर्वदा ॥२४॥

24. tasmātparṇāni śākhāśca skandhaṁ cotsṛjya sūtaja ,
kṛṣṇaṁ nikṛndhi pāṇḍūnāṁ mūlaṁ sarvatra sarvadā.

24. tasmāt parṇāni śākhāḥ ca skandham ca utsṛjya sūtaj
kṛṣṇam nikṛndhi pāṇḍūnām mūlam sarvatra sarvadā

24. tasmāt sūtaj parṇāni śākhāḥ ca skandham ca utsṛjya
sarvatra sarvadā pāṇḍūnām mūlam kṛṣṇam nikṛndhi

24. Therefore, O son of a charioteer, discard the leaves, branches, and even the trunk; instead, cut down Kṛṣṇa, who is always and everywhere the root of the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• पर्णानि (parṇāni) - leaves

• शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्कन्धम् (skandham) - trunk, main stem, body

• च (ca) - and, also

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having relinquished, having cast off

• सूतज् (sūtaj) - O Karṇa (O son of a charioteer)

• कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa

• निकृन्धि (nikṛndhi) - cut down, destroy, eradicate

• पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, foundation

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

पर्णानि (parṇāni) - leaves

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of parṇa

parṇa - leaf, feather

शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śākhā

śākhā - branch, limb

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्कन्धम् (skandham) - trunk, main stem, body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of skandha

skandha - shoulder, trunk of a tree, main stem, chapter

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having relinquished, having cast off

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

formed with upasarga ut- and root sṛj

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

सूतज् (sūtaj) - O Karṇa (O son of a charioteer)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtaja

sūtaja - born of a charioteer, son of a charioteer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+ja)

• sūta – charioteer, bard
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  suffix for 'born from'
  Root: jan (class 4)

कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa

निकृन्धि (nikṛndhi) - cut down, destroy, eradicate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of nikṛnt

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍu

pāṇḍu - Pāṇḍu (name of king); sons of Pāṇḍu (collectively)

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, foundation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, basis, origin, foundation

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere

(indeclinable)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

(indeclinable)