महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-70, verse-10

पित्र्येणाश्रुप्रपातेन नाचिकेतः कुरूद्वह ।
प्रास्पन्दच्छयने कौश्ये वृष्ट्या सस्यमिवाप्लुतम् ॥१०॥

10. pitryeṇāśruprapātena nāciketaḥ kurūdvaha ,
prāspandacchayane kauśye vṛṣṭyā sasyamivāplutam.

10. pitryeṇa aśruprapātena nāciketaḥ kurūdvaha
prāspandat śayane kauśye vṛṣṭyā sasyam iva āplutam

10. kurūdvaha pitryeṇa aśruprapātena nāciketaḥ kauśye
śayane vṛṣṭyā āplutam sasyam iva prāspandat

10. O descendant of Kuru, Nachiketa trembled on his silken couch from his father's falling tears, like a crop drenched by rain.

Words meanings summery:

• पित्र्येण (pitryeṇa) - by his father's (tears) (by the paternal; by the father's)

• अश्रुप्रपातेन (aśruprapātena) - by the falling of tears; by tear-fall

• नाचिकेतः (nāciketaḥ) - Nachiketa

• कुरूद्वह (kurūdvaha) - O descendant of Kuru (an address to Janamejaya, the listener of the Mahabharata) (O bearer of the Kurus; O descendant of Kuru)

• प्रास्पन्दत् (prāspandat) - trembled, quivered, vibrated

• शयने (śayane) - on the couch; in bed; on the resting place

• कौश्ये (kauśye) - on the silken; made of silk

• वृष्ट्या (vṛṣṭyā) - by rain; by a shower

• सस्यम् (sasyam) - crop, grain, corn

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आप्लुतम् (āplutam) - drenched, soaked, deluged

Words meanings and morphology

पित्र्येण (pitryeṇa) - by his father's (tears) (by the paternal; by the father's)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitrya

pitrya - paternal, ancestral, belonging to a father

Derived from pitṛ (father) with yaT suffix, meaning 'belonging to' or 'related to'.

Note: Agrees with 'aśruprapātena'.

अश्रुप्रपातेन (aśruprapātena) - by the falling of tears; by tear-fall

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aśruprapāta

aśruprapāta - falling of tears, shedding of tears

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (aśru+prapāta)

• aśru – tear
  noun (neuter)
• prapāta – falling, descent, fall
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-√pat (to fall).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: pat (class 1)

नाचिकेतः (nāciketaḥ) - Nachiketa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāciketa

nāciketa - Nachiketa (name of a sage, hero of Katha Upanishad and Mahabharata)

Note: Subject of 'prāspandat'.

कुरूद्वह (kurūdvaha) - O descendant of Kuru (an address to Janamejaya, the listener of the Mahabharata) (O bearer of the Kurus; O descendant of Kuru)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurūdvaha

kurūdvaha - bearer of the Kurus, descendant of Kuru

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kuru+udvaha)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and his dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• udvaha – bearer, carrying, supporting; descendant
  noun (masculine)
  From ud-√vah (to carry).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vah (class 1)

प्रास्पन्दत् (prāspandat) - trembled, quivered, vibrated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of spand

Prefix: pra

Root: spand (class 1)

शयने (śayane) - on the couch; in bed; on the resting place

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śayana

śayana - couch, bed, lying down, sleeping

From √śī (to lie down).

Root: śī (class 2)

कौश्ये (kauśye) - on the silken; made of silk

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kauśya

kauśya - silken, made of silk, relating to silk

Derived from kośa (silk, cocoon).

Note: Agrees with 'śayane'.

वृष्ट्या (vṛṣṭyā) - by rain; by a shower

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vṛṣṭi

vṛṣṭi - rain, shower, rainfall

From √vṛṣ (to rain).

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

सस्यम् (sasyam) - crop, grain, corn

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sasya

sasya - corn, grain, crop, produce

Note: Subject in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आप्लुतम् (āplutam) - drenched, soaked, deluged

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'sasyam'.