महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-205, verse-26

भूमौ निपतितो ब्रह्मन्नुवाच प्रतिनादयन् ।
नापराध्याम्यहं किंचित्केन पापमिदं कृतम् ॥२६॥

26. bhūmau nipatito brahmannuvāca pratinādayan ,
nāparādhyāmyahaṁ kiṁcitkena pāpamidaṁ kṛtam.

26. bhūmau nipatitaḥ brahman uvāca pratinādayan na
aparādhyāmi aham kiñcit kena pāpam idam kṛtam

26. Having fallen to the ground, O brahmin, he spoke, his voice echoing (with pain): "I have not committed any offense (aparādhyāmi). By whom has this sin been done?"

Words meanings summery:

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

• निपतितः (nipatitaḥ) - having fallen (on the ground) (fallen down, thrown down)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin (O brahmin, O Brahman)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he (the sage) spoke (he said, he spoke)

• प्रतिनादयन् (pratinādayan) - echoing (with pain or sorrow) (echoing, resounding, causing to reverberate)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अपराध्यामि (aparādhyāmi) - I commit an offense (aparādhyāmi) (I offend, I commit an offense)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any (offense) (anything, something, a little)

• केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

• पापम् (pāpam) - this sin (sin, evil, wrong)

• इदम् (idam) - this (sin) (this)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - been committed (done, made, performed)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Adverbial locative.

निपतितः (nipatitaḥ) - having fallen (on the ground) (fallen down, thrown down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nipatita

nipatita - fallen down, thrown down, descended

Past Passive Participle

derived from verb root pat (to fall) with upasarga ni (down)

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject (muni).

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin (O brahmin, O Brahman)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - brahmin, priest; the Absolute (brahman); sacred word (brahman)

Note: Address to the king (speaker of the verse, who is the king).

उवाच (uvāca) - he (the sage) spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

perfect tense of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to the sage speaking.

प्रतिनादयन् (pratinādayan) - echoing (with pain or sorrow) (echoing, resounding, causing to reverberate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratinādayat

pratinādayat - echoing, causing to resound, reverberating

Present Active Participle

derived from verb root nad (to sound) with upasarga prati (back, in return) and causative suffix -i

Prefix: prati

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject (muni), acting adverbially.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb aparādhyāmi.

अपराध्यामि (aparādhyāmi) - I commit an offense (aparādhyāmi) (I offend, I commit an offense)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of aparādh

Present Active

root rādh (to succeed, injure) with upasarga apa (away, badly), verbal stem aparādhya

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 4)

Note: Verb for aham.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of aparādhyāmi.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any (offense) (anything, something, a little)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something, a little, whatsoever

Note: Direct object of aparādhyāmi, in a negative context means 'nothing' or 'not anything'.

केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Agent in passive construction.

पापम् (pāpam) - this sin (sin, evil, wrong)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wrong, bad, wicked

Note: Subject of the passive verb kṛtam.

इदम् (idam) - this (sin) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Modifies pāpam.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - been committed (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

derived from verb root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Passive participle, acting as a verb with 'has been'.