महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-14

पितर ऊचुः ।
यायावरा नाम वयमृषयः संशितव्रताः ।
संतानप्रक्षयाद्ब्रह्मन्नधो गच्छाम मेदिनीम् ॥१४॥

14. pitara ūcuḥ ,
yāyāvarā nāma vayamṛṣayaḥ saṁśitavratāḥ ,
saṁtānaprakṣayādbrahmannadho gacchāma medinīm.

14. pitaraḥ ūcuḥ yāyāvarāḥ nāma vayam ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
saṃtānaprakṣayāt brahman adhaḥ gacchāma medinīm

14. The ancestors said: "O Brahmin, we are sages known as Yāyāvaras, men of strict vows. Due to the cessation of our lineage, we are falling downwards towards the earth."

Words meanings summery:

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the ancestors (plural) (ancestors, fathers)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said (they said, they spoke)

• यायावराः (yāyāvarāḥ) - sages known as Yāyāvaras (Yāyāvaras (plural))

• नाम (nāma) - known as (indicating a name/designation) (by name, indeed, verily)

• वयम् (vayam) - we (we (nominative plural))

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages (sages, seers (plural))

• संशितव्रताः (saṁśitavratāḥ) - men of strict vows (of firm vows, austere (plural))

• संतानप्रक्षयात् (saṁtānaprakṣayāt) - due to the cessation of our lineage (from the destruction of offspring/lineage)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (vocative address to Jaratkaru) (O Brahmin)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards (downwards, below)

• गच्छाम (gacchāma) - we are falling (implies moving downwards) (we go, we are going)

• मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - towards the earth (to the earth, the earth (accusative))

Words meanings and morphology

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the ancestors (plural) (ancestors, fathers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said (they said, they spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form

यायावराः (yāyāvarāḥ) - sages known as Yāyāvaras (Yāyāvaras (plural))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yāyāvara

yāyāvara - wandering ascetic, a particular class of brahmins devoted to a wandering life

agent noun

from root yā- (to go) with intensive reduplication

Root: yā (class 2)

नाम (nāma) - known as (indicating a name/designation) (by name, indeed, verily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Also can be a noun 'nāman' (name) but here it acts as an indeclinable 'indeed, by name'.

वयम् (vayam) - we (we (nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages (sages, seers (plural))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

संशितव्रताः (saṁśitavratāḥ) - men of strict vows (of firm vows, austere (plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃśitavrata

saṁśitavrata - one who has strict vows, firm in ascetic practices

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃśita+vrata)

• saṃśita – sharpened, firm, resolute
  adjective
  past participle
  from root śi- (to sharpen)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śi (class 2)
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred duty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'ones whose vows are firm'

संतानप्रक्षयात् (saṁtānaprakṣayāt) - due to the cessation of our lineage (from the destruction of offspring/lineage)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃtānaprakṣaya

saṁtānaprakṣaya - destruction of offspring/lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃtāna+prakṣaya)

• saṃtāna – offspring, progeny, lineage, continuation
  noun (masculine)
  from root tan- (to stretch, extend) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)
• prakṣaya – destruction, decay, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root kṣi- (to destroy, diminish) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (vocative address to Jaratkaru) (O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, sacred knowledge, the Absolute

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards (downwards, below)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often appears as adho in sandhi

गच्छाम (gacchāma) - we are falling (implies moving downwards) (we go, we are going)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - towards the earth (to the earth, the earth (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - earth, ground