महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-51, verse-75

अथ द्रोणस्य समरे तत्कालसदृशं तदा ।
श्रुत्वा कर्णो वचः क्रूरं ततश्चिच्छेद कार्मुकम् ॥७५॥

75. atha droṇasya samare tatkālasadṛśaṁ tadā ,
śrutvā karṇo vacaḥ krūraṁ tataściccheda kārmukam.

75. atha droṇasya samare tatkāla-sadṛśam tadā | śrutvā
karṇaḥ vacaḥ krūram tataḥ ciccheda kārmukam

75. atha samare droṇasya tatkāla-sadṛśam krūram
vacaḥ tadā śrutvā karṇaḥ tataḥ kārmukam ciccheda

75. Then, having heard Droṇa's cruel words—words that were appropriate for that very moment in battle—Karṇa then cut his bow (string).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, moreover

• द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

• समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

• तत्काल-सदृशम् (tatkāla-sadṛśam) - appropriate for that time, fitting for that moment

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa (proper name)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

• क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel, harsh, fierce

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

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut (the string of) his bow or abandoned his bow (he cut, he broke, he split)

• कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow, made of wood

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, moreover

(indeclinable)

द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (teacher of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas), bucket, measure

समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, combat, war

तत्काल-सदृशम् (tatkāla-sadṛśam) - appropriate for that time, fitting for that moment

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tatkāla-sadṛśa

tatkāla-sadṛśa - appropriate for that time, fitting for that moment

Compound of tatkāla (that time) and sadṛśa (similar)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tatkāla+sadṛśa)

• tatkāla – that time, that moment
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of tat (that) and kāla (time)
• sadṛśa – similar, like, resembling, fitting
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear, Karṇa (son of Kuntī)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, voice

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel, harsh, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, harsh, fierce, dreadful

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that, therefore

(indeclinable)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut (the string of) his bow or abandoned his bow (he cut, he broke, he split)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of chid

Perfect tense (lit)

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice of root chid

Root: chid (class 7)

कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow, made of wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārmuka

kārmuka - bow, made of karṇikāra wood

Derived from karmuka (a kind of wood)