महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-56

स जानुभ्यां महीं गत्वा शिरसा प्रणिपत्य च ।
प्रसादयामास हरं पार्थः परपुरंजयः ॥५६॥

56. sa jānubhyāṁ mahīṁ gatvā śirasā praṇipatya ca ,
prasādayāmāsa haraṁ pārthaḥ parapuraṁjayaḥ.

56. saḥ jānubhyām mahīm gatvā śirasā praṇipatya ca
| prasādayāmāsa haram pārthaḥ parapurañjayaḥ

56. He, Pārtha, the conqueror of enemy cities, knelt on the ground and bowed his head, thereby propitiating Hara (Śiva).

56. פָּארְתְהַא, כובש ערי האויבים, כרע על ברכיו ארצה, השתטח בראשו ופייס את הַרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he

• जानुभ्याम् (jānubhyām) - with two knees, by means of two knees

• महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, having approached

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head, by the head

• प्रणिपत्य (praṇipatya) - having bowed down, having prostrated

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रसादयामास (prasādayāmāsa) - propitiated, appeased, made favorable

• हरम् (haram) - Hara (an epithet of Śiva)

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna, son of Pṛthā/Kuntī)

• परपुरञ्जयः (parapurañjayaḥ) - conqueror of enemy cities

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जानुभ्याम् (jānubhyām) - with two knees, by means of two knees

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of jānu

jānu - knee

महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed with suffix -tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head, by the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

प्रणिपत्य (praṇipatya) - having bowed down, having prostrated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed with prefix(es) pra, ni and suffix -ya

Prefixes: pra+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रसादयामास (prasādayāmāsa) - propitiated, appeased, made favorable

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prasādaya

Causative stem + Periphrastic Perfect

Causative of pra-sad (to sit down, become clear), meaning to make clear, propitiate. Formed with suffix -āmāsa for perfect tense.

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

हरम् (haram) - Hara (an epithet of Śiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hara

hara - taker, remover, destroyer (an epithet of Śiva)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna, son of Pṛthā/Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet of Arjuna

Derived from Pṛthā with patronymic suffix

परपुरञ्जयः (parapurañjayaḥ) - conqueror of enemy cities

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parapurañjaya

parapurañjaya - conquering hostile cities, vanquisher of enemies' strongholds

Compound type : aluk-tatpuruṣa (para+pura+jaya)

• para – other, hostile, enemy
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• pura – city, fortress, town
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquering, triumph
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

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