महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-69, verse-24

पूर्वं कृच्छ्रं चरिष्येऽहं पश्चाच्छुभमिति प्रभो ।
धर्मराजं ब्रुवन्नेवं पतितोऽस्मि महीतले ॥२४॥

24. pūrvaṁ kṛcchraṁ cariṣye'haṁ paścācchubhamiti prabho ,
dharmarājaṁ bruvannevaṁ patito'smi mahītale.

24. pūrvam kṛcchram cariṣye aham paścāt śubham iti
prabho dharmarājam bruvan evam patitaḥ asmi mahītale

24. prabho,
aham pūrvam kṛcchram cariṣye,
paścāt śubham iti dharmarājam bruvan evam,
mahītale patitaḥ asmi.

24. O Lord, I had declared, 'First I will undertake penance, and then auspiciousness will follow.' Having spoken thus to Dharmarāja, I have now fallen upon the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (first, before, formerly, previously)

• कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - penance, severe austerity (difficult, painful, distress, penance)

• चरिष्ये (cariṣye) - I will undertake/perform (penance) (I will perform, I will practice, I will wander)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards, behind, later)

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspiciousness, good fortune (auspicious, good, fortunate, beautiful, welfare)

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a quotation (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech))

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O master)

• धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - to Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) (to the king of (dharma), to Yudhiṣṭhira)

• ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - having spoken, while speaking (speaking, saying, declaring)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, so)

• पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen (fallen, degraded, happened)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

• महीतले (mahītale) - upon the ground (on the ground, on the surface of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (first, before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Root: pūr

Note: Used adverbially.

कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - penance, severe austerity (difficult, painful, distress, penance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficult, painful, distress, penance

Root: kṛcch

Note: Used as an object here.

चरिष्ये (cariṣye) - I will undertake/perform (penance) (I will perform, I will practice, I will wander)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of car

Future tense

From root `car` (to move, perform) + future suffix `sya` + personal ending

Root: car (class 1)

Note: `cariṣye` is ātmanepada.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards, behind, later)

(indeclinable)

ablative of `paśca` (back)

शुभम् (śubham) - auspiciousness, good fortune (auspicious, good, fortunate, beautiful, welfare)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, fortunate, beautiful

Root: śubh (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a quotation (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful

From `pra` + root `bhū` (to be)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - to Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) (to the king of (dharma), to Yudhiṣṭhira)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of (natural law), lord of justice, title of Yudhiṣṭhira, Yama

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – (natural law), righteousness, duty, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  From root `dhṛ` (to hold, support)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  From root `rāj` (to shine, rule)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - having spoken, while speaking (speaking, saying, declaring)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bruvant

bruvant - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

From root `brū` (to speak) + suffix `śatṛ`

Root: brū (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen (fallen, degraded, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended

Past Passive Participle

From root `pat` (to fall) + suffix `kta` (past passive participle)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Acts predicatively with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense

Root: as (class 2)

महीतले (mahītale) - upon the ground (on the ground, on the surface of the earth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mah (class 1)
• tala – surface, plane
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tal (class 10)