महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-52, verse-16

ये वै षण्ढतिलास्तत्र भवितारोऽद्य ते तिलाः ।
हते वैकर्तने कर्णे सूतपुत्रे दुरात्मनि ॥१६॥

16. ye vai ṣaṇḍhatilāstatra bhavitāro'dya te tilāḥ ,
hate vaikartane karṇe sūtaputre durātmani.

16. ye vai ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ tatra bhavitāraḥ adya te
tilāḥ | hate vaikartane karṇe sūtaputre durātmani

16. vaikartane karṇe durātmani sūtaputre hate sati,
ye tatra ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ bhavitāraḥ,
te adya vai tilāḥ (bhavitāraḥ).

16. When Vaikartana Karṇa, that evil-minded son of a charioteer (sūtaputra), is killed, those who were barren sesame seeds (worthless) there shall today truly become sesame seeds (offered in funeral rites).

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - who, which

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, truly (an emphatic particle)

• षण्ढतिलाः (ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ) - barren sesame seeds, useless persons

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• भवितारः (bhavitāraḥ) - will be, are to be

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• ते (te) - those, they

• तिलाः (tilāḥ) - sesame seeds (used as offerings for the dead)

• हते (hate) - having been killed, killed

• वैकर्तने (vaikartane) - in Karṇa (son of Vikartana, the sun god) (in Vaikartana)

• कर्णे (karṇe) - in Karṇa

• सूतपुत्रे (sūtaputre) - in Karṇa, the son of a charioteer (in the son of a charioteer)

• दुरात्मनि (durātmani) - in the evil-minded Karṇa (in the evil-minded, in the wicked person)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, truly (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

षण्ढतिलाः (ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ) - barren sesame seeds, useless persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṣaṇḍhatila

ṣaṇḍhatila - barren sesame seeds (metaphorically, worthless or impotent persons)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ṣaṇḍha+tila)

• ṣaṇḍha – eunuch, barren, impotent, worthless
  adjective (masculine)
• tila – sesame seed
  noun (masculine)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

भवितारः (bhavitāraḥ) - will be, are to be

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavitṛ

bhavitṛ - one who is to be, one who will be

Future Agent Noun

Derived from root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तिलाः (tilāḥ) - sesame seeds (used as offerings for the dead)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tila

tila - sesame seed; a very small quantity

हते (hate) - having been killed, killed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han- (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

वैकर्तने (vaikartane) - in Karṇa (son of Vikartana, the sun god) (in Vaikartana)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vaikartana

vaikartana - descendant of Vikartana (an epithet of Karṇa)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

कर्णे (karṇe) - in Karṇa

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (proper name); ear

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

सूतपुत्रे (sūtaputre) - in Karṇa, the son of a charioteer (in the son of a charioteer)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

दुरात्मनि (durātmani) - in the evil-minded Karṇa (in the evil-minded, in the wicked person)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of durātman

durātman - evil-minded, wicked person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+ātman)

• dus – bad, evil, difficult
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction