महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-159

नापि सूतकुले जातं कर्णं मन्ये कथंचन ।
देवपुत्रमहं मन्ये क्षत्रियाणां कुलोद्भवम् ॥१५९॥

159. nāpi sūtakule jātaṁ karṇaṁ manye kathaṁcana ,
devaputramahaṁ manye kṣatriyāṇāṁ kulodbhavam.

159. na api sūtakule jātam karṇam manye kathaṃcana
devaputram aham manye kṣatriyāṇām kulodbhavam

159. aham karṇam sūtakule jātam kathaṃcana na api manye
aham (tam) devaputram kṣatriyāṇām kulodbhavam manye

159. I do not consider Karna to have been born into the Sūta (charioteer) family by any means. I consider him a son of a god (devaputra), born of a Kṣatriya family.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सूतकुले (sūtakule) - in the Sūta (charioteer's) family or caste

• जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, arisen

• कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, whatsoever

• देवपुत्रम् (devaputram) - Karna, son of the Sun god (Sūrya) (son of a god)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

• क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of Kṣatriyas, of warriors

• कुलोद्भवम् (kulodbhavam) - born of a family, having arisen from a lineage

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सूतकुले (sūtakule) - in the Sūta (charioteer's) family or caste

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sūtakula

sūtakula - the family or caste of a Sūta (charioteer, bard, mixed caste)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+kula)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, one of mixed caste (son of a Kṣatriya father and Brāhmaṇa mother)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)
• kula – family, race, lineage, house
  noun (neuter)

जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, grown

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jan' (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'Karṇam'

कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear; a proper name, Karna (son of Sūrya and Kuntī)

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, whatsoever

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'katham' (how) with particle 'cana'

देवपुत्रम् (devaputram) - Karna, son of the Sun god (Sūrya) (son of a god)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devaputra

devaputra - son of a god, divine son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+putra)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 1)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of Kṣatriyas, of warriors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class

कुलोद्भवम् (kulodbhavam) - born of a family, having arisen from a lineage

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kulodbhava

kulodbhava - born in a family, sprung from a lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kula+udbhava)

• kula – family, race, lineage, house
  noun (neuter)
• udbhava – origin, birth, production, springing up
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) with prefix 'ud-' (up)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'devaputram' and implicitly 'Karṇam'