महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-69, verse-27

कूपेऽऽत्मानमधःशीर्षमपश्यं पतितं च ह ।
तिर्यग्योनिमनुप्राप्तं न तु मामजहात्स्मृतिः ॥२७॥

27. kūpe''tmānamadhaḥśīrṣamapaśyaṁ patitaṁ ca ha ,
tiryagyonimanuprāptaṁ na tu māmajahātsmṛtiḥ.

27. kūpe ātmanam adhaḥśīrṣam apaśyam patitam ca ha
tiryagyonim anuprāptam na tu mām ajahāt smṛtiḥ

27. kūpe ātmanam adhaḥśīrṣam patitam apaśyam ca ha
tiryagyonim anuprāptam tu mām smṛtiḥ na ajahāt

27. I saw myself fallen headfirst into a well. Although I had attained a subhuman birth, my memory (smṛti) did not abandon me.

Words meanings summery:

• कूपे (kūpe) - in the well

• आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - oneself, the self

• अधःशीर्षम् (adhaḥśīrṣam) - head downwards, headfirst

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

• पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, having fallen

• च (ca) - and, also

• ह (ha) - indeed, verily, surely

• तिर्यग्योनिम् (tiryagyonim) - subhuman birth, animal species

• अनुप्राप्तम् (anuprāptam) - having attained, having reached

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• माम् (mām) - me

• अजहात् (ajahāt) - abandoned, left

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

Words meanings and morphology

कूपे (kūpe) - in the well

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kūpa

kūpa - well, cave, hole

आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - oneself, the self

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

अधःशीर्षम् (adhaḥśīrṣam) - head downwards, headfirst

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhaḥśīrṣa

adhaḥśīrṣa - head downwards, headfirst

Compound type : avyayībhāva (adhas+śīrṣa)

• adhas – below, downwards, underneath
  indeclinable
• śīrṣa – head, top, peak
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Substitute for √dṛś in present tense system

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, having fallen

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, elapsed, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, verily, surely

(indeclinable)

तिर्यग्योनिम् (tiryagyonim) - subhuman birth, animal species

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tiryagyoni

tiryagyoni - animal birth, lower species, animal kingdom

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tiryak+yoni)

• tiryak – horizontal, transverse, animal
  indeclinable
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth
  noun (feminine)

अनुप्राप्तम् (anuprāptam) - having attained, having reached

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - attained, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

अजहात् (ajahāt) - abandoned, left

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of hā

Root: hā (class 3)

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition, law-book