महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-17, verse-28

स्वशिरः पञ्चशाखाभ्यामभिहत्यायतेक्षणा ।
पतत्युरसि वीरस्य कुरुराजस्य माधव ॥२८॥

28. svaśiraḥ pañcaśākhābhyāmabhihatyāyatekṣaṇā ,
patatyurasi vīrasya kururājasya mādhava.

28. svaśiraḥ pañcaśākhābhyām abhihatya āyatekṣaṇā
patati urasi vīrasya kururājasya mādhava

28. mādhava āyatekṣaṇā svaśiraḥ pañcaśākhābhyām
abhihatya vīrasya kururājasya urasi patati

28. O Madhava, with wide eyes, having struck her own head with her two hands, she falls onto the chest of the hero, the king of the Kurus.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वशिरः (svaśiraḥ) - her own head

• पञ्चशाखाभ्याम् (pañcaśākhābhyām) - with her two hands (literally 'with the two five-branched ones', referring to hands with five fingers) (with five branches, with five-fingered ones)

• अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck (her head) (having struck, having hit)

• आयतेक्षणा (āyatekṣaṇā) - with wide eyes (having long eyes, with wide eyes)

• पतति (patati) - falls (falls, descends)

• उरसि (urasi) - on the chest (on the chest, in the breast)

• वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero (referring to the king of Kurus) (of the hero, of the brave one)

• कुरुराजस्य (kururājasya) - of the king of the Kurus (of the king of Kurus)

• माधव (mādhava) - O Madhava (addressing Krishna/Vāsudeva) (O Madhava (a name of Krishna))

Words meanings and morphology

स्वशिरः (svaśiraḥ) - her own head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svaśiras

svaśiras - one's own head

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+śiras)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the head of the grieving woman.

पञ्चशाखाभ्याम् (pañcaśākhābhyām) - with her two hands (literally 'with the two five-branched ones', referring to hands with five fingers) (with five branches, with five-fingered ones)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of pañcaśākha

pañcaśākha - five-branched (referring to hands)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañcan+śākhā)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• śākhā – branch, arm, hand, finger
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to two hands, each having five fingers.

अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck (her head) (having struck, having hit)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root han (to strike, kill) with prefix abhi; ends in -ya because of abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

आयतेक्षणा (āyatekṣaṇā) - with wide eyes (having long eyes, with wide eyes)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyatekṣaṇa

āyatekṣaṇa - having long or wide eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āyata+īkṣaṇa)

• āyata – long, extended, stretched
  adjective (participle) (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yam (to extend) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the grieving woman.

पतति (patati) - falls (falls, descends)

(verb)

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

present active

root pat, 1st conjugation, parasmaipada, present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: pat (class 1)

उरसि (urasi) - on the chest (on the chest, in the breast)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uras

uras - chest, breast, bosom

वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero (referring to the king of Kurus) (of the hero, of the brave one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

कुरुराजस्य (kururājasya) - of the king of the Kurus (of the king of Kurus)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kururāja

kururāja - king of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+rājan)

• kuru – Kuru (name of a dynasty/people)
  proper noun (masculine)
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

माधव (mādhava) - O Madhava (addressing Krishna/Vāsudeva) (O Madhava (a name of Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu, a name of Krishna or Vishnu

Derived from Madhu