महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-97, verse-9

अत्र सूर्यांशुभिर्भिन्नाः पातालतलमाश्रिताः ।
मृता दिवसतः सूत पुनर्जीवन्ति ते निशि ॥९॥

9. atra sūryāṁśubhirbhinnāḥ pātālatalamāśritāḥ ,
mṛtā divasataḥ sūta punarjīvanti te niśi.

9. atra sūryāṃśubhiḥ bhinnāḥ pātālatalam āśritāḥ
mṛtāḥ divasataḥ sūta punaḥ jīvanti te niśi

9. Here, O Sūta, those who dwell in the nether regions (Pātāla), tormented by the sun's rays, die during the day and come back to life again at night.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• सूर्यांशुभिः (sūryāṁśubhiḥ) - by the sun's rays, by sunbeams

• भिन्नाः (bhinnāḥ) - tormented or afflicted by the sun's rays (split, pierced, shattered, afflicted, tormented)

• पातालतलम् (pātālatalam) - the netherworld, the Pātāla region, the lowest realm

• आश्रिताः (āśritāḥ) - those who reside in (dwelling in, resorted to, dependent on, taken refuge in)

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead, deceased

• दिवसतः (divasataḥ) - from the day, during the day, by day

• सूत (sūta) - addressed to the narrator (O charioteer, O narrator)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they come to life, they revive

• ते (te) - those who dwell in Pātāla (they, those)

• निशि (niśi) - at night, in the night

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place

सूर्यांशुभिः (sūryāṁśubhiḥ) - by the sun's rays, by sunbeams

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sūryāṃśu

sūryāṁśu - sunbeam, sunray

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūrya+aṃśu)

• sūrya – sun, sun god
  noun (masculine)
• aṃśu – ray, beam, light, fibre
  noun (masculine)

भिन्नाः (bhinnāḥ) - tormented or afflicted by the sun's rays (split, pierced, shattered, afflicted, tormented)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhinna

bhinna - split, pierced, broken, different, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (they)

पातालतलम् (pātālatalam) - the netherworld, the Pātāla region, the lowest realm

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pātālatala

pātālatala - the bottom of Pātāla, the netherworld

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pātāla+tala)

• pātāla – the netherworld, one of the seven lower worlds (a specific realm)
  proper noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, level, bottom, region, sole
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'āśritāḥ'

आश्रिताः (āśritāḥ) - those who reside in (dwelling in, resorted to, dependent on, taken refuge in)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, dwelling in, dependent on, protected, having recourse to

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (they)

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, death

Past Passive Participle

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (they)

दिवसतः (divasataḥ) - from the day, during the day, by day

(indeclinable)

formed with the suffix -tas from divasa (day)

Note: Adverb of time

सूत (sūta) - addressed to the narrator (O charioteer, O narrator)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, narrator, bard (often a class of mixed caste)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they come to life, they revive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

ते (te) - those who dwell in Pātāla (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

निशि (niśi) - at night, in the night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

Note: Adverbial use indicating time