महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-180, verse-8

तस्मिन्नष्टे शरीराग्नौ शरीरं तदचेतनम् ।
पतितं याति भूमित्वमयनं तस्य हि क्षितिः ॥८॥

8. tasminnaṣṭe śarīrāgnau śarīraṁ tadacetanam ,
patitaṁ yāti bhūmitvamayanaṁ tasya hi kṣitiḥ.

8. tasmin naṣṭe śarīrāgnau śarīram tat acetanam
patitam yāti bhūmitvam ayanam tasya hi kṣitiḥ

8. tasmin śarīrāgnau naṣṭe tat acetanam śarīram
patitam bhūmitvam yāti tasya ayanam kṣitiḥ hi

8. When that bodily fire is extinguished, the unconscious body falls and becomes one with the earth. Indeed, the earth is its ultimate resting place.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, upon that

• नष्टे (naṣṭe) - destroyed, perished, lost, extinguished

• शरीराग्नौ (śarīrāgnau) - in the vital fire (that sustains the body) (in the bodily fire, in the fire of the body, in the vital fire)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

• पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, having fallen

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, becomes

• भूमित्वम् (bhūmitvam) - the state of being earth, earth-ness

• अयनम् (ayanam) - course, path, way, resting place, destination

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• क्षितिः (kṣitiḥ) - earth, ground

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, upon that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to śarīrāgnau.

नष्टे (naṣṭe) - destroyed, perished, lost, extinguished

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, perished, lost, extinguished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Past Passive Participle, used adjectivally.

शरीराग्नौ (śarīrāgnau) - in the vital fire (that sustains the body) (in the bodily fire, in the fire of the body, in the vital fire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śarīrāgni

śarīrāgni - bodily fire, vital fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+agni)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• agni – fire; digestive fire; vital principle
  noun (masculine)

Note: śarīra + agni = śarīrāgni (a-ā sandhi).

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

Note: Subject of yāti.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to śarīram.

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, inanimate, insentient

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, sentient
  adjective/noun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: nañ-tatpuruṣa compound.

पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, having fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Past Passive Participle, used adjectivally.

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, becomes

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Root √yā means 'to go'.

भूमित्वम् (bhūmitvam) - the state of being earth, earth-ness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūmitva

bhūmitva - earth-ness, the state of being earth

Derived from bhūmi + suffix -tva (abstract noun)

अयनम् (ayanam) - course, path, way, resting place, destination

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ayana

ayana - going, path, course, movement, refuge, ultimate destination

Derived from root i (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject complement.

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to śarīram (the body).

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

क्षितिः (kṣitiḥ) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣiti

kṣiti - earth, ground, soil

Note: Predicate nominative.