महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-53, verse-6

वितस्थे सोऽन्तरिक्षेऽथ हृदयेन विदूयता ।
यथा तिष्ठेत वै कश्चिद्गोचक्रस्यान्तरा नरः ॥६॥

6. vitasthe so'ntarikṣe'tha hṛdayena vidūyatā ,
yathā tiṣṭheta vai kaścidgocakrasyāntarā naraḥ.

6. vitasthe saḥ antarikṣe atha hṛdayena vidūyatā
yathā tiṣṭheta vai kaścit gocakrasya antarā naraḥ

6. Then he stood in the sky, his heart aching, just as a man might stand amidst a herd of cows.

Words meanings summery:

• वितस्थे (vitasthe) - remained suspended (stood, remained)

• सः (saḥ) - (referring to Astika) (he, that)

• अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the air, suspended above (in the sky, in space)

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

• हृदयेन (hṛdayena) - with his heart (by the heart, with the heart)

• विदूयता (vidūyatā) - (his heart) suffering, aching (by one who is pained, suffering)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

• तिष्ठेत (tiṣṭheta) - would stand (might stand, should stand)

• वै (vai) - (particle for emphasis, implying a hypothetical example) (indeed, surely, as is well known)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - a certain person, anyone (someone, anyone)

• गोचक्रस्य (gocakrasya) - of a herd of cows (of a herd of cows, of a circle of cows)

• अन्तरा (antarā) - in the midst (of the cows) (between, in the midst of)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man

Words meanings and morphology

वितस्थे (vitasthe) - remained suspended (stood, remained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vi-sthā

Prefix: vi

Root: sthā (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - (referring to Astika) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the air, suspended above (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - intermediate space, atmosphere, sky

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

(indeclinable)

हृदयेन (hṛdayena) - with his heart (by the heart, with the heart)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core

विदूयता (vidūyatā) - (his heart) suffering, aching (by one who is pained, suffering)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vidūyat

vi-dū - to be pained, to suffer

present participle (ātmanepada)

Formed from `vi-dū` (to cause pain, to suffer)

Prefix: vi

Root: dū (class 9)

Note: Agreeing with `hṛdayena` in gender, number, and case.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठेत (tiṣṭheta) - would stand (might stand, should stand)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

वै (vai) - (particle for emphasis, implying a hypothetical example) (indeed, surely, as is well known)

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or assertion.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - a certain person, anyone (someone, anyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, anyone, something, anything

Formed from `kim` + `cid`.

गोचक्रस्य (gocakrasya) - of a herd of cows (of a herd of cows, of a circle of cows)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of gocakra

gocakra - a herd of cows, a circle of cows

Compound word.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (go+cakra)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• cakra – circle, wheel, multitude, herd
  noun (neuter)

अन्तरा (antarā) - in the midst (of the cows) (between, in the midst of)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage.

नरः (naraḥ) - a man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ