महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-217, verse-8

दग्धपक्षाक्षिचरणा विचेष्टन्तो महीतले ।
तत्र तत्र स्म दृश्यन्ते विनश्यन्तः शरीरिणः ॥८॥

8. dagdhapakṣākṣicaraṇā viceṣṭanto mahītale ,
tatra tatra sma dṛśyante vinaśyantaḥ śarīriṇaḥ.

8. dagdhapakṣākṣicaraṇāḥ viceṣṭantaḥ mahītale
tatra tatra sma dṛśyante vinaśyantaḥ śarīriṇaḥ

8. Embodied beings (śarīriṇaḥ) were seen here and there on the ground, their wings, eyes, and feet burnt, struggling and perishing.

Words meanings summery:

• दग्धपक्षाक्षिचरणाः (dagdhapakṣākṣicaraṇāḥ) - those whose wings, eyes, and feet are burnt

• विचेष्टन्तः (viceṣṭantaḥ) - struggling, writhing

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen

• विनश्यन्तः (vinaśyantaḥ) - perishing, dying, being destroyed

• शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - embodied beings, creatures, living beings

Words meanings and morphology

दग्धपक्षाक्षिचरणाः (dagdhapakṣākṣicaraṇāḥ) - those whose wings, eyes, and feet are burnt

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dagdhapakṣākṣicaraṇa

dagdhapakṣākṣicaraṇa - having burnt wings, eyes, and feet

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dagdha+pakṣa+akṣi+caraṇa)

• dagdha – burnt, consumed by fire
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dah (to burn).
  Root: dah (class 1)
• pakṣa – wing, side, party, fortnight
  noun (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)
• caraṇa – foot, leg, course, conduct
  noun (masculine)
  From root car (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `śarīriṇaḥ`.

विचेष्टन्तः (viceṣṭantaḥ) - struggling, writhing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viceṣṭat

viceṣṭat - struggling, writhing, making efforts

Present Active Participle

From root ceṣṭ (to move, to stir) with upasarga vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound of mahī (earth) and tala (surface).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plain, palm (of hand), sole (of foot)
  noun (neuter)
  From root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From pronoun tad (that) + suffix -tra.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From pronoun tad (that) + suffix -tra.

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (Laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense, 3rd person plural, Passive voice

Formed from root dṛś with passive stem -ya- and middle ending -ante.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विनश्यन्तः (vinaśyantaḥ) - perishing, dying, being destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinaśyat

vinaśyat - perishing, dying, being destroyed, disappearing

Present Active Participle

From root naś (to perish, to be lost) with upasarga vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - embodied beings, creatures, living beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, living being, creature

Derived from śarīra (body) with suffix -in.