महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-85, verse-8

षष्टिं सहस्राणि पतन्ति व्योम्नि तथा अशीतिं परिवत्सराणि ।
तान्वै तुदन्ति प्रपततः प्रपातं भीमा भौमा राक्षसास्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राः ॥८॥

8. ṣaṣṭiṁ sahasrāṇi patanti vyomni; tathā aśītiṁ parivatsarāṇi ,
tānvai tudanti prapatataḥ prapātaṁ; bhīmā bhaumā rākṣasāstīkṣṇadaṁṣṭrāḥ.

8. ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrāṇi patanti vyomni
tathā aśītiṃ parivatsarāṇi tān
vai tudanti patataḥ prapātaṃ bhīmāḥ
bhaumāḥ rākṣasāḥ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāḥ

8. They fall for sixty thousand years in the sky, and eighty more years. Indeed, terrible, earthly Rākṣasas with sharp fangs torment those who are falling into the abyss.

Words meanings summery:

• षष्टिं (ṣaṣṭiṁ) - sixty

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands of years (thousands)

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

• तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, and, also)

• अशीतिं (aśītiṁ) - eighty

• परिवत्सराणि (parivatsarāṇi) - years

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, truly

• तुदन्ति (tudanti) - they torment, they afflict, they strike

• पततः (patataḥ) - those who are falling, falling

• प्रपातं (prapātaṁ) - a fall, an abyss, a precipice

• भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• भौमाः (bhaumāḥ) - earthly, terrestrial

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, Rākṣasas

• तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राः (tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭrāḥ) - sharp-fanged, having sharp teeth

Words meanings and morphology

षष्टिं (ṣaṣṭiṁ) - sixty

(numeral)

Note: Acts as an adjective for implied 'years' or 'thousands of years'.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands of years (thousands)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Duration accusative.

पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Refers to the people/souls.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अशीतिं (aśītiṁ) - eighty

(numeral)

Note: Acts as an adjective for implied 'years'.

परिवत्सराणि (parivatsarāṇi) - years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of parivatsara

parivatsara - year, a period of time

Note: Duration accusative.

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Object of `tudanti`.

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, truly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तुदन्ति (tudanti) - they torment, they afflict, they strike

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of tud

Root: tud (class 6)

पततः (patataḥ) - those who are falling, falling

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of patat

patat - falling down, descending

present active participle

From √pat (to fall down, to descend) with -at suffix.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Present active participle, agrees with `tān` (accusative plural).

प्रपातं (prapātaṁ) - a fall, an abyss, a precipice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prapāta

prapāta - a fall, descent, precipice, chasm, abyss

From pra-√pat.

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Object of a verb of motion or related to `tudanti` (torment into the abyss).

भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with `rākṣasāḥ`.

भौमाः (bhaumāḥ) - earthly, terrestrial

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhauma

bhauma - earthly, terrestrial, born from earth

Derived from bhūmi (earth).

Note: Agrees with `rākṣasāḥ`.

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, Rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, an evil spirit, Rākṣasa (a class of beings)

Note: Subject of `tudanti`.

तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राः (tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭrāḥ) - sharp-fanged, having sharp teeth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭra

tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭra - sharp-fanged, having sharp teeth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīkṣṇa+daṃṣṭra)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, piercing
  adjective (neuter)
• daṃṣṭra – tusk, fang, large tooth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `rākṣasāḥ`.