महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-100, verse-8

प्रभाते समदृश्यन्त नियताहारकर्शिताः ।
महीतलस्था मुनयः शरीरैर्गतजीवितैः ॥८॥

8. prabhāte samadṛśyanta niyatāhārakarśitāḥ ,
mahītalasthā munayaḥ śarīrairgatajīvitaiḥ.

8. prabhāte samadṛśyanta niyatāhārakarśitāḥ
mahītalasthā munayaḥ śarīraiḥ gatajīvitaiḥ

8. In the morning, the monks, emaciated from their regulated diet, were seen lying on the ground, their bodies bereft of life.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभाते (prabhāte) - in the morning, at dawn

• समदृश्यन्त (samadṛśyanta) - they were seen, they appeared

• नियताहारकर्शिताः (niyatāhārakarśitāḥ) - emaciated by regulated diet/food

• महीतलस्था (mahītalasthā) - lying on the ground, situated on the earth's surface

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics, monks

• शरीरैः (śarīraiḥ) - with bodies

• गतजीवितैः (gatajīvitaiḥ) - their bodies bereft of life (with departed life, lifeless)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभाते (prabhāte) - in the morning, at dawn

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of prabhāta

prabhāta - morning, dawn

समदृश्यन्त (samadṛśyanta) - they were seen, they appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of saṃdṛś

Imperfect, Passive Voice

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नियताहारकर्शिताः (niyatāhārakarśitāḥ) - emaciated by regulated diet/food

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niyatāhārakarśita

niyatāhārakarśita - emaciated by restricted diet

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niyatāhāra+karśita)

• niyatāhāra – regulated food, restricted diet
  noun (masculine)
• karśita – emaciated, weakened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root kṛś
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

महीतलस्था (mahītalasthā) - lying on the ground, situated on the earth's surface

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahītalastha

mahītalastha - situated on the surface of the earth, lying on the ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahītala+stha)

• mahītala – earth's surface, ground
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics, monks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, silent one, monk

शरीरैः (śarīraiḥ) - with bodies

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body

गतजीवितैः (gatajīvitaiḥ) - their bodies bereft of life (with departed life, lifeless)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of gatajīvita

gatajīvita - lifeless, dead, whose life has departed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+jīvita)

• gata – gone, departed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)