महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-50, verse-103

अप्राप्तामेव तां शक्तिं पिता देवव्रतस्तव ।
त्रिधा चिच्छेद समरे सा पृथिव्यामशीर्यत ॥१०३॥

103. aprāptāmeva tāṁ śaktiṁ pitā devavratastava ,
tridhā ciccheda samare sā pṛthivyāmaśīryata.

103. aprāptām eva tām śaktim pitā devavrataḥ tava
tridhā ciccheda samare sā pṛthivyām aśīryata

103. tava pitā devavrataḥ samare tām aprāptām eva
śaktim tridhā ciccheda sā pṛthivyām aśīryata

103. Your father, Devavrata, cut that very divine power (śakti), which had not yet reached its target, into three parts in battle. It then disintegrated on the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• अप्राप्ताम् (aprāptām) - which had not yet reached its target (having not reached, unachieved, which had not obtained)

• एव (eva) - very (indeed, just, only, very)

• ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the divine power) (that (feminine))

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - divine power (śakti) (power, energy, capability, divine feminine power)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• देवव्रतः (devavrataḥ) - Devavrata (Bhishma) (Devavrata (name of Bhishma))

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• त्रिधा (tridhā) - into three parts (in three ways, into three parts)

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (cut, split, divided)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war, on the battlefield)

• सा (sā) - it (referring to the power) (she, that (feminine))

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

• अशीर्यत (aśīryata) - disintegrated (was shattered, disintegrated, scattered)

Words meanings and morphology

अप्राप्ताम् (aprāptām) - which had not yet reached its target (having not reached, unachieved, which had not obtained)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aprāpta

aprāpta - not reached, unattained, unobtained

Past Passive Participle

Formed from 'a-' (negative prefix) + 'prāpta' (PPP of pra-āp).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prāpta)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• prāpta – reached, attained, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra-āp (to obtain, reach)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Qualifying śaktim

एव (eva) - very (indeed, just, only, very)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the divine power) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Qualifying śaktim

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - divine power (śakti) (power, energy, capability, divine feminine power)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, strength, divine feminine power

From root śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

ṛ-ending noun.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

देवव्रतः (devavrataḥ) - Devavrata (Bhishma) (Devavrata (name of Bhishma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devavrata

devavrata - name of Bhishma (lit. 'one who has vowed to the gods')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deva+vrata)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: In apposition to pitā.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Pronominal stem.

त्रिधा (tridhā) - into three parts (in three ways, into three parts)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from tri (three) + dhā suffix.

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (cut, split, divided)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of chid

Perfect active indicative

Perfect tense form of root chid. Reduplication ci-.

Root: chid (class 7)

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war, on the battlefield)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

सा (sā) - it (referring to the power) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the second clause.

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, land

ī-ending feminine noun.

अशीर्यत (aśīryata) - disintegrated (was shattered, disintegrated, scattered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (Laṅ) of śīr

Imperfect middle indicative

Imperfect (Laṅ) form, third person singular, ātmanepada (middle/passive) of root śṝ (to break, decay). The initial 'a-' is the augment for past tenses.

Root: śṝ (class 9)