महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-238, verse-16

रिपूणां शिरसि स्थित्वा तथा विक्रम्य चोरसि ।
आत्मदोषात्परिभ्रष्टः कथं वक्ष्यामि तानहम् ॥१६॥

16. ripūṇāṁ śirasi sthitvā tathā vikramya corasi ,
ātmadoṣātparibhraṣṭaḥ kathaṁ vakṣyāmi tānaham.

16. ripūṇām śirasi sthitvā tathā vikramya ca urasi
ātmadoṣāt paribhraṣṭaḥ katham vakṣyāmi tān aham

16. How can I speak to them, I who, after having stood triumphantly upon the heads of enemies and bravely attacked their chests, have now fallen due to my own faults?

Words meanings summery:

• रिपूणाम् (ripūṇām) - of enemies

• शिरसि (śirasi) - on the head

• स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having stood, having remained

• तथा (tathā) - thus, and, so

• विक्रम्य (vikramya) - having acted bravely, having shown valor, having attacked, having stepped over

• च (ca) - and

• उरसि (urasi) - on the chest

• आत्मदोषात् (ātmadoṣāt) - from one's own fault, due to one's own shortcomings

• परिभ्रष्टः (paribhraṣṭaḥ) - fallen, ruined, deprived, strayed

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall speak, I shall say

• तान् (tān) - them

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

रिपूणाम् (ripūṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe, adversary

शिरसि (śirasi) - on the head

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having stood, having remained

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, and, so

(indeclinable)

विक्रम्य (vikramya) - having acted bravely, having shown valor, having attacked, having stepped over

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -ya (lyap)

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उरसि (urasi) - on the chest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uras

uras - chest, breast, heart

आत्मदोषात् (ātmadoṣāt) - from one's own fault, due to one's own shortcomings

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ātmadoṣa

ātmadoṣa - one's own fault, self-defect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+doṣa)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, sin, error
  noun (masculine)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

परिभ्रष्टः (paribhraṣṭaḥ) - fallen, ruined, deprived, strayed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paribhraṣṭa

paribhraṣṭa - fallen, lost, strayed, deprived, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pari

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall speak, I shall say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us