महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-22, verse-14

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
यद्वोऽगमन्मनो मन्दाः कर्णं वैकर्तनं तदा ।
अप्यद्राक्षत तं यूयं शीतार्ता इव भास्करम् ॥१४॥

14. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
yadvo'gamanmano mandāḥ karṇaṁ vaikartanaṁ tadā ,
apyadrākṣata taṁ yūyaṁ śītārtā iva bhāskaram.

14. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca yat vaḥ agamat manaḥ mandāḥ karṇam
vaikartanam tadā api adrākṣata tam yūyam śītārtāḥ iva bhāskaram

14. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca mandāḥ yat tadā vaḥ manaḥ vaikartanam
karṇam agamat api yūyam tam śītārtāḥ bhāskaram iva adrākṣata

14. Dhritarashtra said: "O foolish ones, since your minds then turned to Karna, the son of Vikartana, did you actually see him, just as those suffering from cold see the sun?"

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - Here, indicating cause: 'since' or 'because'. (that, because, since, which)

• वः (vaḥ) - your, to you

• अगमत् (agamat) - Your minds went/turned. (went, turned)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• मन्दाः (mandāḥ) - Dhritarashtra is addressing his sons or advisors with disdain. (O dull-witted ones, O slow ones, O foolish ones)

• कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna

• वैकर्तनम् (vaikartanam) - Another name for Karna, referring to his father Surya (also known as Vikartana). (Vaikartana (son of Vikartana))

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अपि (api) - Used here as an interrogative particle, implying a question or doubt. (even, also)

• अद्राक्षत (adrākṣata) - did you see?

• तम् (tam) - Referring to Karna. (him, that)

• यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

• शीतार्ताः (śītārtāḥ) - those afflicted by cold, suffering from cold

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - the sun, sun-maker

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (the blind king of Hastinapura in the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - Here, indicating cause: 'since' or 'because'. (that, because, since, which)

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

अगमत् (agamat) - Your minds went/turned. (went, turned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness

मन्दाः (mandāḥ) - Dhritarashtra is addressing his sons or advisors with disdain. (O dull-witted ones, O slow ones, O foolish ones)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of manda

manda - dull, slow, foolish, weak

कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (son of Kunti and Surya), ear

वैकर्तनम् (vaikartanam) - Another name for Karna, referring to his father Surya (also known as Vikartana). (Vaikartana (son of Vikartana))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaikartana

vaikartana - descendant of Vikartana (an epithet of the Sun-god); thus, Karna

Patronymic from 'vikartana'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - Used here as an interrogative particle, implying a question or doubt. (even, also)

(indeclinable)

अद्राक्षत (adrākṣata) - did you see?

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, aorist (luṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तम् (tam) - Referring to Karna. (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

शीतार्ताः (śītārtāḥ) - those afflicted by cold, suffering from cold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śītārta

śītārta - afflicted by cold, suffering from cold

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'śīta' (cold) + 'ārta' (afflicted, suffering).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīta+ārta)

• śīta – cold, chilly, frigid
  noun (neuter)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, suffering, pained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'ṛ' (to go, to move) or 'ṛt' (to hurt, to pain).
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - the sun, sun-maker

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, sun-maker, light-maker

Compound of 'bhās' (light) and 'kara' (maker).

Compound type : upapada (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, luster, brilliance
  noun (feminine)
• kara – maker, doer, causing, hand
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix denoting agent or instrument
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)