महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-2, verse-51

भीष्मद्रोणौ हतौ श्रुत्वा सूतपुत्रं च पातितम् ।
सेनापतिं प्रणेतारं किमकुर्वत मामकाः ॥५१॥

51. bhīṣmadroṇau hatau śrutvā sūtaputraṁ ca pātitam ,
senāpatiṁ praṇetāraṁ kimakurvata māmakāḥ.

51. bhīṣmadroṇau hatau śrutvā sūtaputram ca pātitam
senāpatim praṇetāram kim akurvata māmakāḥ

51. bhīṣmadroṇau hatau ca sūtaputram pātitam
senāpatim praṇetāram śrutvā māmakāḥ kim akurvata

51. Having heard that Bhīṣma and Droṇa were slain, and the charioteer's son (Karṇa), their commander and leader, was felled, what did my people (māmakāḥ) then do?

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मद्रोणौ (bhīṣmadroṇau) - Bhīṣma and Droṇa

• हतौ (hatau) - killed, slain

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• सूतपुत्रम् (sūtaputram) - Karṇa, the son of the charioteer Adhiratha (though biologically son of Kuntī) (son of the charioteer)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पातितम् (pātitam) - fallen, struck down, felled

• सेनापतिम् (senāpatim) - Karṇa, who was appointed as commander of the army (commander-in-chief, general)

• प्रणेतारम् (praṇetāram) - Karṇa, as the one who leads the army (leader, guide)

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• अकुर्वत (akurvata) - they did, they made

• मामकाः (māmakāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's own sons, the Kauravas (my people, my sons)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मद्रोणौ (bhīṣmadroṇau) - Bhīṣma and Droṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bhīṣmadroṇa

bhīṣmadroṇa - Bhīṣma and Droṇa

Compound type : Dvandva (bhīṣma+droṇa)

• bhīṣma – Bhīṣma (a prominent character in the Mahābhārata)
  proper noun (masculine)
• droṇa – Droṇa (a renowned teacher of warfare in the Mahābhārata)
  proper noun (masculine)

हतौ (hatau) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, injured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'bhīṣmadroṇau'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Absolutive form

सूतपुत्रम् (sūtaputram) - Karṇa, the son of the charioteer Adhiratha (though biologically son of Kuntī) (son of the charioteer)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sūta+putra)

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

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पातितम् (pātitam) - fallen, struck down, felled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pātita

pātita - caused to fall, thrown down, felled

Past Passive Participle (causative)

Derived from the causative stem of root √pat (to fall), 'pātay-'

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sūtaputram'.

सेनापतिम् (senāpatim) - Karṇa, who was appointed as commander of the army (commander-in-chief, general)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : Tatpurusha (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host, battle-array
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, chief, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: In apposition to 'sūtaputram'.

प्रणेतारम् (praṇetāram) - Karṇa, as the one who leads the army (leader, guide)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praṇetṛ

praṇetṛ - leader, guide, director

Agent noun

Derived from root √nī (to lead) with prefix pra- and agent suffix -tṛ.

Prefix: pra

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: In apposition to 'sūtaputram' and 'senāpatim'.

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb.

अकुर्वत (akurvata) - they did, they made

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मामकाः (māmakāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's own sons, the Kauravas (my people, my sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māmaka

māmaka - my, mine (adjective); my kinsmen, my people (noun)

Derived from 'mama' (my)