महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-70, verse-8

नाचिकेतं पिता दृष्ट्वा पतितं दुःखमूर्छितः ।
किं मया कृतमित्युक्त्वा निपपात महीतले ॥८॥

8. nāciketaṁ pitā dṛṣṭvā patitaṁ duḥkhamūrchitaḥ ,
kiṁ mayā kṛtamityuktvā nipapāta mahītale.

8. nāciketam pitā dṛṣṭvā patitam duḥkha mūrcchitaḥ
kim mayā kṛtam iti uktvā nipapāta mahītale

8. pitā patitam nāciketam dṛṣṭvā duḥkhamūrcchitaḥ
(san) "kim mayā kṛtam" iti uktvā mahītale nipapāta

8. Upon seeing Naciketa fallen and overcome with grief, the father, saying 'What have I done?', himself collapsed onto the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• नाचिकेतम् (nāciketam) - Naciketa (proper name)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - upon seeing (having seen)

• पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, collapsed

• दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow, pain, suffering

• मूर्च्छितः (mūrcchitaḥ) - overcome (with sorrow) (fainted, swooned, unconscious)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

• इति (iti) - marks direct speech (thus, so)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said

• निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down

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

Words meanings and morphology

नाचिकेतम् (nāciketam) - Naciketa (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāciketa

nāciketa - Naciketa (the name of the son of Uddālaka, protagonist of the Kaṭha Upaniṣad)

Patronymic derived from Nacikā.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - upon seeing (having seen)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle derived from the root √dṛś 'to see'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, collapsed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √pat 'to fall'.

Root: pat (class 1)

दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow, pain, suffering

(noun)

neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery, unhappiness

मूर्च्छितः (mūrcchitaḥ) - overcome (with sorrow) (fainted, swooned, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūrcchita

mūrcchita - fainted, swooned, unconscious, infatuated, overcome, thickened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √mūrcch 'to faint, swoon, grow thick'.

Root: mūrcch (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

Interrogative pronoun.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √kṛ 'to do, make'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - marks direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle derived from the root √vac 'to speak'.

Root: vac (class 2)

निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pat

Perfect active

Third person singular, perfect tense, active voice of √pat 'to fall' with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

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

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground, terrestrial region

Tatpuruṣa compound 'mahī' (earth) + 'tala' (surface).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground, base
  noun (masculine)