महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-67, verse-24

तदुद्यतादित्यसमानवर्चसं शरन्नभोमध्यगभास्करोपमम् ।
वराङ्गमुर्व्यामपतच्चमूपतेर्दिवाकरोऽस्तादिव रक्तमण्डलः ॥२४॥

24. tadudyatādityasamānavarcasaṁ; śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropamam ,
varāṅgamurvyāmapataccamūpate;rdivākaro'stādiva raktamaṇḍalaḥ.

24. tat udyatādityasamānavarcasam
śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropamam
varāṅgam urvyām apatat camūpateḥ
divākaraḥ astāt iva raktamaṇḍalaḥ

24. camūpateḥ udyatādityasamānavarcasam
śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropamam
tat varāṅgam divākaraḥ astāt
raktamaṇḍalaḥ iva urvyām apatat

24. That glorious head of the commander (Karna), brilliant like the rising sun and resembling the sun positioned in the middle of an autumn sky, fell to the earth, just as the sun, with its reddish disc, descends from the setting point.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (head of Karna) (that, it)

• उद्यतादित्यसमानवर्चसम् (udyatādityasamānavarcasam) - having brilliance equal to the rising sun

• शरन्नभोमध्यगभास्करोपमम् (śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropamam) - resembling the sun in the midst of an autumn sky

• वराङ्गम् (varāṅgam) - head (of Karna) (excellent limb, chief part, head, body)

• उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth, on the ground

• अपतत् (apatat) - fell down, dropped

• चमूपतेः (camūpateḥ) - of Karna (the commander) (of the commander, of the chief of an army)

• दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun, day-maker

• अस्तात् (astāt) - from the setting, from the west

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• रक्तमण्डलः (raktamaṇḍalaḥ) - having a red disc/orb

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (head of Karna) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat

tat - that, it

Note: Referring to varāṅgam

उद्यतादित्यसमानवर्चसम् (udyatādityasamānavarcasam) - having brilliance equal to the rising sun

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udyatādityasamānavarcas

udyatādityasamānavarcas - having brilliance equal to the rising sun

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udyata+āditya+samāna+varcas)

• udyata – risen, ascended
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root yam with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yam (class 1)
• āditya – sun, son of Aditi
  noun (masculine)
• samāna – equal, similar
  adjective (neuter)
• varcas – radiance, brilliance, energy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies varāṅgam

शरन्नभोमध्यगभास्करोपमम् (śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropamam) - resembling the sun in the midst of an autumn sky

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropama

śarannabhomadhyagabhāskaropama - resembling the sun in the midst of an autumn sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarat+nabhas+madhyaga+bhāskara+upama)

• śarat – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• madhyaga – situated in the middle
  adjective (neuter)
• bhāskara – sun, maker of light
  noun (masculine)
• upama – resembling, like
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifies varāṅgam

वराङ्गम् (varāṅgam) - head (of Karna) (excellent limb, chief part, head, body)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varāṅga

varāṅga - excellent limb, chief part, head, body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vara+aṅga)

• vara – excellent, best, chief
  adjective (neuter)
• aṅga – limb, body part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of apatat

उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of urvī

urvī - earth, ground

अपतत् (apatat) - fell down, dropped

(verb)

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

imperfect third person singular active

Prefix: a

Root: pat (class 1)

चमूपतेः (camūpateḥ) - of Karna (the commander) (of the commander, of the chief of an army)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of camūpati

camūpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (camū+pati)

• camū – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, of Karna

दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun, day-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of divākara

divākara - sun, day-maker

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, during the day
  indeclinable
• kara – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of simile

अस्तात् (astāt) - from the setting, from the west

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting (of sun), west

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

रक्तमण्डलः (raktamaṇḍalaḥ) - having a red disc/orb

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raktamaṇḍala

raktamaṇḍala - red-orb, having a red disc

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+maṇḍala)

• rakta – red, colored
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from rañj
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• maṇḍala – disc, orb, circle
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies divākaraḥ