महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-5, verse-100

कर्णे तु निहते वीरे रथव्याघ्रे नरर्षभे ।
किं वो मुखमनीकानामासीत्संजय भागशः ॥१००॥

100. karṇe tu nihate vīre rathavyāghre nararṣabhe ,
kiṁ vo mukhamanīkānāmāsītsaṁjaya bhāgaśaḥ.

100. karṇe tu nihate vīre rathavyāghre nararṣabhe
kim vaḥ mukham anīkānām āsīt saṃjaya bhāgaśaḥ

100. saṃjaya tu vīre rathavyāghre nararṣabhe karṇe
nihate anīkānām vaḥ mukham bhāgaśaḥ kim āsīt

100. But when the heroic Karṇa, that tiger among charioteers and bull among men, was slain, O Saṃjaya, what was the countenance of your armies, division by division?

Words meanings summery:

• कर्णे (karṇe) - when Karṇa (was slain) (in Karṇa, to Karṇa, when Karṇa)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• निहते (nihate) - when slain (locative absolute) (killed, slain)

• वीरे (vīre) - when the hero (Karṇa) (was slain) (in the hero, about the hero)

• रथव्याघ्रे (rathavyāghre) - when the tiger among charioteers (Karṇa) (was slain) (in the tiger among chariots/charioteers)

• नरर्षभे (nararṣabhe) - when the bull among men (Karṇa) (was slain) (in the bull among men, best among men)

• किम् (kim) - what

• वः (vaḥ) - your (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's armies) (your (plural), to you, by you)

• मुखम् (mukham) - countenance, expression (face, mouth, front, principal part, countenance)

• अनीकानाम् (anīkānām) - of the armies (of the armies, of the divisions)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (it was, he/she was)

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Saṃjaya (the charioteer and narrator) (O Saṃjaya)

• भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - division by division (by parts, in portions, division by division)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्णे (karṇe) - when Karṇa (was slain) (in Karṇa, to Karṇa, when Karṇa)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (name of a great warrior in the Mahābhārata)

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

निहते (nihate) - when slain (locative absolute) (killed, slain)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, destroyed, vanquished

Past Passive Participle

from root han- (to strike, kill) with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

वीरे (vīre) - when the hero (Karṇa) (was slain) (in the hero, about the hero)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

Note: Epithet for Karṇa, part of locative absolute.

रथव्याघ्रे (rathavyāghre) - when the tiger among charioteers (Karṇa) (was slain) (in the tiger among chariots/charioteers)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rathavyāghra

rathavyāghra - tiger among chariots (chief charioteer), best among charioteers

A metaphorical compound comparing a warrior to a tiger.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+vyāghra)

• ratha – chariot, car, warrior fighting from a chariot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram
• vyāghra – tiger, best of its kind
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Karṇa, part of locative absolute.

नरर्षभे (nararṣabhe) - when the bull among men (Karṇa) (was slain) (in the bull among men, best among men)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - bull among men, chief of men, best of men

Metaphorical compound comparing a great man to a bull.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Epithet for Karṇa, part of locative absolute.

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Refers to "mukham".

वः (vaḥ) - your (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's armies) (your (plural), to you, by you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Enclitic form of the second person plural pronoun.

Note: Possessive for `anīkānām`.

मुखम् (mukham) - countenance, expression (face, mouth, front, principal part, countenance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, principal part, beginning, expression

Note: Subject of `āsīt`.

अनीकानाम् (anīkānām) - of the armies (of the armies, of the divisions)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, division, front (of an army)

Note: Possessive for `mukham`.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (it was, he/she was)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Third person singular Imperfect active, with augment 'a'.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Verb for `mukham`.

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Saṃjaya (the charioteer and narrator) (O Saṃjaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Saṃjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

Note: Addressed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - division by division (by parts, in portions, division by division)

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -śaḥ from bhāga (part).