महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-239, verse-16

दर्भप्रस्तरमास्तीर्य निश्चयाद्धृतराष्ट्रजः ।
संस्पृश्यापः शुचिर्भूत्वा भूतलं समुपाश्रितः ॥१६॥

16. darbhaprastaramāstīrya niścayāddhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ ,
saṁspṛśyāpaḥ śucirbhūtvā bhūtalaṁ samupāśritaḥ.

16. darbhaprastaram āstīrya niścayāt dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ
saṃspṛśya āpaḥ śuciḥ bhūtvā bhūtalam samupāśritaḥ

16. The son of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana), with determination, spread a layer of kusha grass, and after touching water and becoming pure, sat down upon the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• दर्भप्रस्तरम् (darbhaprastaram) - a seat made of kusha grass (for meditation) (a layer of kusha grass, a seat of kusha grass)

• आस्तीर्य (āstīrya) - having spread out (the kusha grass) (having spread, having covered)

• निश्चयात् (niścayāt) - with determination (to achieve his goal) (from determination, with resolve, certainly)

• धृतराष्ट्रजः (dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ) - Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra (son of Dhritarashtra)

• संस्पृश्य (saṁspṛśya) - having touched (water for purification) (having touched, having come into contact with)

• आपः (āpaḥ) - water (for ritual purification) (waters)

• शुचिः (śuciḥ) - purified (ritually) (pure, clean)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (pure) (having been, having become)

• भूतलम् (bhūtalam) - the ground (where he sat) (the surface of the earth, the ground)

• समुपाश्रितः (samupāśritaḥ) - sat down upon (the ground) (resorted to, taken refuge in, sat upon, approached)

Words meanings and morphology

दर्भप्रस्तरम् (darbhaprastaram) - a seat made of kusha grass (for meditation) (a layer of kusha grass, a seat of kusha grass)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of darbhaprastara

darbhaprastara - a layer of kusha grass, a bed or seat of kusha grass

Compound type : tatpurusha (darbha+prastara)

• darbha – kusha grass, sacred grass
  noun (masculine)
• prastara – layer, bed, couch, seat
  noun (masculine)

आस्तीर्य (āstīrya) - having spread out (the kusha grass) (having spread, having covered)

(indeclinable)

absolutives (gerund)

formed with prefix ā + root √stṛ + suffix lyaP

Prefix: ā

Root: √stṛ (स्तृ) (class 5)

निश्चयात् (niścayāt) - with determination (to achieve his goal) (from determination, with resolve, certainly)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - determination, resolve, certainty, ascertainment

Prefix: nis

Root: √ci (चि) (class 5)

धृतराष्ट्रजः (dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ) - Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra (son of Dhritarashtra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭraja

dhṛtarāṣṭraja - son of Dhritarashtra

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhṛtarāṣṭra+ja)

• dhṛtarāṣṭra – Dhritarashtra (name of a king, father of the Kauravas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from, son
  noun (masculine)
  suffix added to form 'born from'
  Root: √jan (जन्) (class 4)

संस्पृश्य (saṁspṛśya) - having touched (water for purification) (having touched, having come into contact with)

(indeclinable)

absolutives (gerund)

formed with prefix sam + root √spṛś + suffix lyaP

Prefix: sam

Root: √spṛś (स्पृश्) (class 6)

आपः (āpaḥ) - water (for ritual purification) (waters)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters

Note: In nominative and accusative plural.

शुचिः (śuciḥ) - purified (ritually) (pure, clean)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, bright, holy

Note: Qualifies Dhritarashtrajaḥ.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (pure) (having been, having become)

(indeclinable)

absolutives (gerund)

formed from root √bhū + suffix ktvā

Root: √bhū (भू) (class 1)

भूतलम् (bhūtalam) - the ground (where he sat) (the surface of the earth, the ground)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - the surface of the earth, the ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, flat ground, level
  noun (neuter)

समुपाश्रितः (samupāśritaḥ) - sat down upon (the ground) (resorted to, taken refuge in, sat upon, approached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samupāśrita

samupāśrita - resorted to, taken refuge in, sat upon, approached

Past Passive Participle

formed with prefixes sam + upa + root √śri + suffix kta

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: √śri (श्रि) (class 1)

Note: Often used as a finite verb in older Sanskrit.