महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-80, verse-3

इतो दुःखतरं किं नु यन्मे माता सुखैधिता ।
भूमौ निपतितं वीरमनुशेते मृतं पतिम् ॥३॥

3. ito duḥkhataraṁ kiṁ nu yanme mātā sukhaidhitā ,
bhūmau nipatitaṁ vīramanuśete mṛtaṁ patim.

3. itaḥ duḥkhataram kim nu yat me mātā sukhaidhitā
| bhūmau nipatitam vīram anuśete mṛtam patim

3. itaḥ kim nu duḥkhataram yat sukhaidhitā me mātā
bhūmau nipatitam mṛtam vīram patim anuśete

3. What, indeed, is more sorrowful than this, that my mother, who was nurtured in comfort, lies on the ground, grieving for (anuśete) her dead hero husband who has fallen?

Words meanings summery:

• इतः (itaḥ) - than this (from here, than this, therefore)

• दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful (more sorrowful, more painful)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why, whether)

• नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then (particle of emphasis or interrogation))

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction) (that, which, because)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• सुखैधिता (sukhaidhitā) - nurtured in comfort (nurtured in happiness/comfort, grown in comfort)

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

• निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen (fallen, thrown down)

• वीरम् (vīram) - hero (hero, brave man)

• अनुशेते (anuśete) - grieves for (literally 'lies after/by') (lies after, follows, grieves for, rests on)

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead (dead, deceased)

• पतिम् (patim) - husband (husband, lord, master)

Words meanings and morphology

इतः (itaḥ) - than this (from here, than this, therefore)

(indeclinable)

दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful (more sorrowful, more painful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkhatara

duḥkhatara - more sorrowful, more painful, more unhappy

Comparative degree of duḥkha

किम् (kim) - what (what, why, whether)

(interrogative pronoun)

नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then (particle of emphasis or interrogation))

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction) (that, which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that (relative pronoun/conjunction)

Note: Functions as a conjunction here.

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of asmad.

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

सुखैधिता (sukhaidhitā) - nurtured in comfort (nurtured in happiness/comfort, grown in comfort)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhaidhita

sukhaidhita - nurtured in happiness, grown in comfort, accustomed to ease

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+edhita)

• sukha – happiness, comfort, ease, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• edhita – grown, increased, nurtured
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root edh (to grow, thrive)
  Root: edh (class 1)

Note: Refers to mātā.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, place

निपतितम् (nipatitam) - fallen (fallen, thrown down)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nipatita

nipatita - fallen, thrown down, descended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Accusative masculine singular, modifying vīram and patim.

वीरम् (vīram) - hero (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

अनुशेते (anuśete) - grieves for (literally 'lies after/by') (lies after, follows, grieves for, rests on)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anu-śī

Present Middle

3rd Person Singular Present Middle Ātmanepada of root śī (to lie) with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: śī (class 2)

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Accusative masculine singular, modifying patim.

पतिम् (patim) - husband (husband, lord, master)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, lord, master, owner