महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-18, verse-3

प्रासादतलचारिण्यश्चरणैर्भूषणान्वितैः ।
आपन्ना यत्स्पृशन्तीमा रुधिरार्द्रां वसुंधराम् ॥३॥

3. prāsādatalacāriṇyaścaraṇairbhūṣaṇānvitaiḥ ,
āpannā yatspṛśantīmā rudhirārdrāṁ vasuṁdharām.

3. prāsādatalacāriṇyaḥ caraṇaiḥ bhūṣaṇānvitaiḥ
āpannāḥ yat spṛśanti imāḥ rudhirārdrām vasundharām

3. yat prāsādatalacāriṇyaḥ bhūṣaṇānvitaiḥ caraṇaiḥ
āpannāḥ imāḥ rudhirārdrām vasundharām spṛśanti

3. It is distressing that these women, who once walked on palace terraces with their feet adorned with ornaments, now in their distress, touch this blood-soaked earth.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रासादतलचारिण्यः (prāsādatalacāriṇyaḥ) - daughters-in-law accustomed to a luxurious life in palaces (women who roam on palace terraces)

• चरणैः (caraṇaiḥ) - by feet, with feet

• भूषणान्वितैः (bhūṣaṇānvitaiḥ) - adorned with ornaments, accompanied by jewels

• आपन्नाः (āpannāḥ) - fallen into distress, distressed, afflicted

• यत् (yat) - that, because

• स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• रुधिरार्द्राम् (rudhirārdrām) - blood-soaked, wet with blood

• वसुन्धराम् (vasundharām) - the earth

Words meanings and morphology

प्रासादतलचारिण्यः (prāsādatalacāriṇyaḥ) - daughters-in-law accustomed to a luxurious life in palaces (women who roam on palace terraces)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prāsādatalacāriṇī

prāsādatalacāriṇī - one who moves on palace roofs/terraces

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāsāda+tala+cāriṇī)

• prāsāda – palace, mansion
  noun (masculine)
• tala – surface, flat roof, terrace
  noun (neuter)
• cāriṇī – female mover, wanderer (agent noun)
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine of cārin, from root car 'to move'
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied snuṣāḥ

चरणैः (caraṇaiḥ) - by feet, with feet

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot, leg

भूषणान्वितैः (bhūṣaṇānvitaiḥ) - adorned with ornaments, accompanied by jewels

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhūṣaṇānvita

bhūṣaṇānvita - adorned with ornaments

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūṣaṇa+anvita)

• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, decoration
  noun (neuter)
• anvita – accompanied, joined, endowed (past passive participle)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root i 'to go' with upasarga anu- and vi-
  Prefixes: anu+vi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with caraṇaiḥ

आपन्नाः (āpannāḥ) - fallen into distress, distressed, afflicted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āpannā

āpannā - fallen into, afflicted (feminine form of āpanna, past passive participle)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad 'to go' with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with implied snuṣāḥ

यत् (yat) - that, because

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - that, which, what

Note: Used as a conjunction here.

स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of spṛś

Present Active

Present 3rd person plural active of root spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Agrees with implied snuṣāḥ

रुधिरार्द्राम् (rudhirārdrām) - blood-soaked, wet with blood

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rudhirārdra

rudhirārdra - wet with blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rudhira+ārdra)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ārdra – wet, moist
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with vasundharām

वसुन्धराम् (vasundharām) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasundharā

vasundharā - earth (lit. 'bearer of wealth')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vasu+dharā)

• vasu – wealth, treasure
  noun (neuter)
• dharā – bearer, holder (feminine form of dhara)
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine noun from root dhṛ 'to hold'
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)