महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-82, verse-7

तच्छिन्नं सहसा तस्य शिरः कुञ्चितमूर्धजम् ।
सकिरीटं महीं प्राप्य बभौ ज्योतिरिवाम्बरात् ॥७॥

7. tacchinnaṁ sahasā tasya śiraḥ kuñcitamūrdhajam ,
sakirīṭaṁ mahīṁ prāpya babhau jyotirivāmbarāt.

7. tat chinnam sahasā tasya śiraḥ kuñcitamūrdhajam
sakirīṭam mahīm prāpya babhau jyotiḥ iva ambarāt

7. sahasā tasya tat chinnam śiraḥ kuñcitamūrdhajam
sakirīṭam mahīm prāpya ambarāt jyotiḥ iva babhau

7. Suddenly, that severed head of his, with its curled hair and diadem, having fallen to the earth, shone like a meteor from the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the head) (that, it)

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - severed (severed, cut)

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcibly, with violence)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, of that)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• कुञ्चितमूर्धजम् (kuñcitamūrdhajam) - with curled hair (having curled hair)

• सकिरीटम् (sakirīṭam) - with a diadem (crown) (with a diadem/crown, crowned)

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having reached, having obtained)

• बभौ (babhau) - it shone (it shone, it appeared)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - a meteor/light (light, radiance, star, meteor)

• इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

• अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the head) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - severed (severed, cut)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, broken, severed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with śiraḥ.

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcibly, with violence)

(indeclinable)

Instrumental of sahas (force) used adverbially

तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

कुञ्चितमूर्धजम् (kuñcitamūrdhajam) - with curled hair (having curled hair)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kuñcitamūrdhaja

kuñcitamūrdhaja - having curled hair

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kuñcita+mūrdhaja)

• kuñcita – curled, bent
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kuñc' (to curl, bend)
  Root: kuñc (class 1)
• mūrdhaja – hair (literally 'born from the head')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with śiraḥ.

सकिरीटम् (sakirīṭam) - with a diadem (crown) (with a diadem/crown, crowned)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sakirīṭa

sakirīṭa - having a diadem, crowned

sa (with) + kirīṭa (diadem)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kirīṭa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'with'
• kirīṭa – diadem, crown
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śiraḥ.

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground

Note: Object of prāpya.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having reached, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from pra-āp + lyap

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

बभौ (babhau) - it shone (it shone, it appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - a meteor/light (light, radiance, star, meteor)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, radiance, star, heavenly body

इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth