महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-87, verse-8

अष्टक उवाच ।
पृच्छामि त्वां मा प्रपत प्रपातं यदि लोकाः पार्थिव सन्ति मेऽत्र ।
यद्यन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥८॥

8. aṣṭaka uvāca ,
pṛcchāmi tvāṁ mā prapata prapātaṁ; yadi lokāḥ pārthiva santi me'tra ,
yadyantarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ; kṣetrajñaṁ tvāṁ tasya dharmasya manye.

8. aṣṭakaḥ uvāca | pṛcchāmi tvām mā prapata
prapātaṃ yadi lokāḥ pārthiva santi me
atra | yadi antarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ
kṣetrajñam tvām tasya dharmasya manye

8. Aṣṭaka said: "O King, I ask you, do not fall into ruin! If there are realms for me, whether they exist here on Earth, or reside in the mid-region, or in heaven, I consider you to be the knower of the natural law (dharma) pertaining to them."

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टकः (aṣṭakaḥ) - Aṣṭaka

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• मा (mā) - do not

• प्रपत (prapata) - fall down, fall into

• प्रपातं (prapātaṁ) - fall, ruin, abyss

• यदि (yadi) - if

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O son of the earth

• सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• अत्र (atra) - here

• यदि (yadi) - if

• अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the mid-region, in the atmosphere

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or

• दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

• श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - residing, situated, dependent on

• क्षेत्रज्ञम् (kṣetrajñam) - knower of the realms (lokāḥ) and their principles (dharma) (knower of the field, soul)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• तस्य (tasya) - of that

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law governing those realms (of dharma, of natural law, of merit, of duty)

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टकः (aṣṭakaḥ) - Aṣṭaka

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭaka

aṣṭaka - name of a king, son of Viśvāmitra

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

प्रपत (prapata) - fall down, fall into

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of pat

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

प्रपातं (prapātaṁ) - fall, ruin, abyss

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prapāta

prapāta - a fall, falling down, a precipice, abyss, ruin

derived from pra + pat (to fall)

Prefix: pra

Root: pat

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O son of the earth

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial, a king (son of the earth)

derived from pṛthivī (earth)

सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

अत्र (atra) - here

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the mid-region, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - interspace, atmosphere, mid-region

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - residing, situated, dependent on

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrita

śrita - resided, situated, resorted to, dependent on

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root śri

Root: śri (class 1)

क्षेत्रज्ञम् (kṣetrajñam) - knower of the realms (lokāḥ) and their principles (dharma) (knower of the field, soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña

kṣetrajña - knower of the field, the soul, spirit; knowing a place or country

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)

• kṣetra – field, place, realm, body
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knowing, acquainted with, a knower
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

तस्य (tasya) - of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law governing those realms (of dharma, of natural law, of merit, of duty)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, merit

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Root: man (class 4)