महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-66, verse-42

ततश्चक्रमपतत्तस्य भूमौ स विह्वलः समरे सूतपुत्रः ।
घूर्णे रथे ब्राह्मणस्याभिशापाद्रामादुपात्तेऽप्रतिभाति चास्त्रे ॥४२॥

42. tataścakramapatattasya bhūmau; sa vihvalaḥ samare sūtaputraḥ ,
ghūrṇe rathe brāhmaṇasyābhiśāpā;drāmādupātte'pratibhāti cāstre.

42. tataḥ cakram apatat tasya bhūmau
saḥ vihvalaḥ samare sūtaputraḥ
ghūrṇe rathe brāhmaṇasya abhiśāpāt
rāmāt upātte apratibhāti ca astre

42. tataḥ tasya cakram bhūmau apatat
saḥ sūtaputraḥ samare vihvalaḥ
ghūrṇe rathe brāhmaṇasya abhiśāpāt
ca rāmāt upātte astre apratibhāti

42. Then, his chariot's wheel sank into the ground, and Karna (sūtaputra) became distraught in battle. This occurred because, due to a Brahmin's curse and the failure of the weapon (astra) he had received from Rama (Parashurama), his chariot was sinking.

Words meanings summery:

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

• चक्रम् (cakram) - chariot wheel (wheel, discus)

• अपतत् (apatat) - fell, sank down

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Karna's) (his, of him)

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

• सः (saḥ) - he (Karna) (he, that)

• विह्वलः (vihvalaḥ) - distraught, agitated, bewildered

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - Karna (son of a charioteer)

• घूर्णे (ghūrṇe) - in the sinking (chariot) (in the spinning, in the sinking)

• रथे (rathe) - in the chariot

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brahmin

• अभिशापात् (abhiśāpāt) - from a curse, due to a curse

• रामात् (rāmāt) - from Parashurama (from Rama)

• उपात्ते (upātte) - in the received (weapon) (in the received, in the acquired)

• अप्रतिभाति (apratibhāti) - failing, not shining, not appearing

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्त्रे (astre) - in the weapon (astra)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

चक्रम् (cakram) - chariot wheel (wheel, discus)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle

अपतत् (apatat) - fell, sank down

(verb)

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

Imperfect

3rd person singular, augment 'a' prefix, past tense

Root: pat (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his (Karna's) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

सः (saḥ) - he (Karna) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विह्वलः (vihvalaḥ) - distraught, agitated, bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihvala

vihvala - distraught, agitated, bewildered

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat

सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - Karna (son of a charioteer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

घूर्णे (ghūrṇe) - in the sinking (chariot) (in the spinning, in the sinking)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ghūrṇa

ghūrṇa - spinning, revolving, agitated

Past Passive Participle (from ghūrṇ 'to revolve, sink')

Root: ghūrṇ (class 1)

Note: modifies rathe, part of locative absolute construction

रथे (rathe) - in the chariot

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brahmin

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, related to Brahman

अभिशापात् (abhiśāpāt) - from a curse, due to a curse

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhiśāpa

abhiśāpa - curse, imprecation

Prefix: abhi

Root: śap (class 1)

रामात् (rāmāt) - from Parashurama (from Rama)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, here Parashurama)

उपात्ते (upātte) - in the received (weapon) (in the received, in the acquired)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of upātta

upātta - received, obtained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dā (to give) with prefixes upa- and ā-

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: modifies astre, part of locative absolute construction

अप्रतिभाति (apratibhāti) - failing, not shining, not appearing

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of apratibhā

Present

Derived from root bhā (to shine) with prefixes a- (negative) and prati-

Prefixes: a+prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Verb in a locative absolute context. Though inflected as a verb, in this construction it acts adverbially, expressing a state.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्त्रे (astre) - in the weapon (astra)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - weapon, missile

Note: Part of locative absolute construction with upātte apratibhāti