महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-22, verse-7

तानब्रवीत्ततः कर्णः क्रुद्धः सर्प इव श्वसन् ।
करं करेणाभिपीड्य प्रेक्षमाणस्तवात्मजम् ॥७॥

7. tānabravīttataḥ karṇaḥ kruddhaḥ sarpa iva śvasan ,
karaṁ kareṇābhipīḍya prekṣamāṇastavātmajam.

7. tān abravīt tataḥ karṇaḥ kruddhaḥ sarpaḥ iva śvasan
karam kareṇa abhipīḍya prekṣamāṇaḥ tava ātmajam

7. tataḥ kruddhaḥ sarpaḥ iva śvasan karṇaḥ karam kareṇa
abhipīḍya tava ātmajam prekṣamāṇaḥ tān abravīt

7. Then, Karṇa, enraged and hissing like a snake, pressed his hand with [the other] hand, and said to them, while looking at your son (Duryodhana).

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - to the Kaurava warriors (them, to them)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

• सर्पः (sarpaḥ) - snake, serpent

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• श्वसन् (śvasan) - hissing, breathing, panting

• करम् (karam) - one of Karṇa's hands (hand)

• करेण (kareṇa) - with his other hand (by hand, with the hand)

• अभिपीड्य (abhipīḍya) - having pressed, having squeezed

• प्रेक्षमाणः (prekṣamāṇaḥ) - looking at, beholding

• तव (tava) - Dhritarashtra's (your)

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - Duryodhana (son, offspring)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - to the Kaurava warriors (them, to them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: brū (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear, Karṇa (son of Sūrya and Kuntī)

Note: Main subject of this clause.

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

Root `krudh` (to be angry) + `kta` suffix

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Describes Karṇa.

सर्पः (sarpaḥ) - snake, serpent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Object of comparison for Karṇa.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

श्वसन् (śvasan) - hissing, breathing, panting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvasat

śvasat - hissing, breathing, panting

Present Active Participle

Root `śvas` (to hiss, breathe) + `śatṛ` suffix

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Describes Karṇa (or the snake, as a simile).

करम् (karam) - one of Karṇa's hands (hand)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

Root `kṛ` (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

करेण (kareṇa) - with his other hand (by hand, with the hand)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

Root `kṛ` (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अभिपीड्य (abhipīḍya) - having pressed, having squeezed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefix `abhi` + root `pīḍ` (to press) + `lyap` suffix

Prefix: abhi

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Action performed before speaking.

प्रेक्षमाणः (prekṣamāṇaḥ) - looking at, beholding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prekṣamāṇa

prekṣamāṇa - looking at, beholding, observing

Present Middle Participle

Prefix `pra` + root `īkṣ` (to see) + `śānac` suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Describes Karṇa, concurrent with speaking.

तव (tava) - Dhritarashtra's (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - Duryodhana (son, offspring)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, daughter, offspring (literally 'self-born')

Compound: `ātman` (self) + `ja` (born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Root `jan` (to be born) + `a` suffix
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of `prekṣamāṇaḥ`.