महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-38, verse-29

तच्छिरः प्रापतद्भूमौ श्येनाहृतमिवामिषम् ।
ततोऽस्य कायो वसुधां पश्चात्प्राप तदा च्युतः ॥२९॥

29. tacchiraḥ prāpatadbhūmau śyenāhṛtamivāmiṣam ,
tato'sya kāyo vasudhāṁ paścātprāpa tadā cyutaḥ.

29. tat śiraḥ prāpatat bhūmau śyena āhṛtam iva āmiṣam
tataḥ asya kāyaḥ vasudhām paścāt prāpa tadā cyutaḥ

29. tat śiraḥ bhūmau śyena āhṛtam āmiṣam iva prāpatat
tataḥ tadā asya cyutaḥ kāyaḥ paścāt vasudhām prāpa

29. That head fell to the ground like a piece of meat snatched by a hawk. Then, his (Suketu's) body, detached (from the head), subsequently fell to the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• प्रापतत् (prāpatat) - fell down

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• श्येन (śyena) - by a hawk, by an eagle

• आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - carried, brought, snatched

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - flesh, meat, prey

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• अस्य (asya) - of Suketu (of him, his)

• कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

• वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - to the earth, ground

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, behind

• प्राप (prāpa) - reached, obtained, fell

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• च्युतः (cyutaḥ) - fallen, detached, severed

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (pronoun)

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

प्रापतत् (prāpatat) - fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

श्येन (śyena) - by a hawk, by an eagle

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śyena

śyena - hawk, eagle, bird of prey

आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - carried, brought, snatched

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āhṛta

āhṛta - carried, brought, taken, snatched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'hṛ' (to carry) with prefix 'ā' and kta suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'āmiṣam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - flesh, meat, prey

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āmiṣa

āmiṣa - flesh, meat, prey

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of Suketu (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, it (pronoun)

कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body

वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - to the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, ground (literally 'treasure-holder')

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, behind

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

प्राप (prāpa) - reached, obtained, fell

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

च्युतः (cyutaḥ) - fallen, detached, severed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, detached, severed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'cyu' (to fall, move) with kta suffix.

Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'kāyaḥ'.