महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-46, verse-24

तत्त्वा पृच्छामि कौन्तेय यथा ह्यकुशलस्तथा ।
तन्ममाचक्ष्व कार्त्स्न्येन यथा कर्णस्त्वया हतः ॥२४॥

24. tattvā pṛcchāmi kaunteya yathā hyakuśalastathā ,
tanmamācakṣva kārtsnyena yathā karṇastvayā hataḥ.

24. tat tvām pṛcchāmi kaunteya yathā hi akuśalaḥ tathā
tat mama ācakṣva kārtsnyena yathā karṇaḥ tvayā hataḥ

24. kaunteya,
tat tvām pṛcchāmi yathā hi akuśalaḥ tathā.
tat mama kārtsnyena ācakṣva,
yathā karṇaḥ tvayā hataḥ.

24. Therefore, O son of Kunti, I ask you, as if I were truly ignorant or unskilled, explain that to me completely: how was Karna slain by you?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - Therefore (that, therefore)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti (Arjuna) (O son of Kunti)

• यथा (yathā) - as if, just as (as, just as, how)

• हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, surely, for, because)

• अकुशलः (akuśalaḥ) - unskilled (in understanding, or in battle tactics) (unskilled, ignorant, foolish)

• तथा (tathā) - so, accordingly (so, thus, accordingly)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the explanation of Karna's death) (that, it)

• मम (mama) - to me (to me, for me)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - relate, describe (tell, relate, describe)

• कार्त्स्न्येन (kārtsnyena) - completely, in detail (completely, entirely, fully)

• यथा (yathā) - how (how, as, in what manner)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• हतः (hataḥ) - slain (slain, killed, struck)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - Therefore (that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'pṛcchāmi'

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pṛcch

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular

Root: prach (class 6)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti (Arjuna) (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

Derived from Kunti + -eya (patronymic suffix)

यथा (yathā) - as if, just as (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

अकुशलः (akuśalaḥ) - unskilled (in understanding, or in battle tactics) (unskilled, ignorant, foolish)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akuśala

akuśala - unskilled, ignorant, foolish, unfortuante

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kuśala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kuśala – skilled, clever, prosperous, well-being
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Refers to the speaker implicitly

तथा (tathā) - so, accordingly (so, thus, accordingly)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the explanation of Karna's death) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

मम (mama) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Recipient of the telling

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - relate, describe (tell, relate, describe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣ

Imperative Middle

2nd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

कार्त्स्न्येन (kārtsnyena) - completely, in detail (completely, entirely, fully)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kārtsnya

kārtsnya - completeness, totality, entireness

Derived from kṛtsna (whole, complete) + ṣya (suffix)

यथा (yathā) - how (how, as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear; the name of a famous warrior in the Mahābhārata

Note: Subject of passive verb 'hataḥ'

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of passive verb 'hataḥ'

हतः (hataḥ) - slain (slain, killed, struck)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'karṇaḥ'