महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-42, verse-12

तस्य कर्णो महाराज शरं कनकभूषणम् ।
प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धो मृत्युदण्डमिवापरम् ॥१२॥

12. tasya karṇo mahārāja śaraṁ kanakabhūṣaṇam ,
preṣayāmāsa saṁkruddho mṛtyudaṇḍamivāparam.

12. tasya karṇaḥ mahārāja śaram kanakabhūṣaṇam
preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ mṛtyudaṇḍam iva aparam

12. mahārāja saṃkruddhaḥ karṇaḥ tasya kanakabhūṣaṇam
śaram aparam mṛtyudaṇḍam iva preṣayāmāsa

12. O Great King, Karna, intensely enraged, dispatched a gold-adorned arrow at him, which was like a second staff of Death.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - at him (Dhṛṣṭadyumna) (at him, to him, of him)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Great King (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O Great King)

• शरम् (śaram) - arrow

• कनकभूषणम् (kanakabhūṣaṇam) - gold-adorned, having golden ornaments

• प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - he sent, he dispatched

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

• मृत्युदण्डम् (mṛtyudaṇḍam) - staff of Death (Yama), death-stick

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अपरम् (aparam) - another, a second, other

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - at him (Dhṛṣṭadyumna) (at him, to him, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Dhṛṣṭadyumna.

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (a prominent warrior in the Mahabharata, son of Surya and Kunti)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Great King (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O Great King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressing Dhritarashtra.

शरम् (śaram) - arrow

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed

कनकभूषणम् (kanakabhūṣaṇam) - gold-adorned, having golden ornaments

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kanakabhūṣaṇa

kanakabhūṣaṇa - adorned with gold, having golden ornaments

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kanaka+bhūṣaṇa)

• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, adornment, embellishment
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'śaram'.

प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - he sent, he dispatched

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of preṣayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ)

3rd person singular, active voice. Formed from causative of root iṣ (to send) with prefix pra-, using the āmāsa auxiliary.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - greatly enraged, furious, highly incensed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh (to be angry) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'karṇaḥ'.

मृत्युदण्डम् (mṛtyudaṇḍam) - staff of Death (Yama), death-stick

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyudaṇḍa

mṛtyudaṇḍa - staff of Death (Yama), death's rod

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+daṇḍa)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, punishment, scepter
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अपरम् (aparam) - another, a second, other

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

Note: Qualifies 'mṛtyudaṇḍam'.