महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-264, verse-42

भर्तृस्मरणतन्वङ्गी तापसीवेषधारिणी ।
उपवासतपःशीला तत्र सा पृथुलेक्षणा ।
उवास दुःखवसतीः फलमूलकृताशना ॥४२॥

42. bhartṛsmaraṇatanvaṅgī tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī ,
upavāsatapaḥśīlā tatra sā pṛthulekṣaṇā ,
uvāsa duḥkhavasatīḥ phalamūlakṛtāśanā.

42. bhartṛsmaraṇatanvaṅgī tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī upavāsatapaḥśīlā
tatra sā pṛthulekṣaṇā uvāsa duḥkhavasatīḥ phalamūlakṛtāśanā

42. There, she, with slender limbs due to the remembrance of her husband (bhartṛsmaraṇa), wearing the garb of a female ascetic (tāpasī), and dedicated to fasting and ascetic practices (tapas), the broad-eyed one, lived in miserable dwellings, subsisting on fruits and roots as her food.

Words meanings summery:

• भर्तृस्मरणतन्वङ्गी (bhartṛsmaraṇatanvaṅgī) - slender-limbed due to husband's remembrance

• तापसीवेषधारिणी (tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī) - wearing the garb of an ascetic woman

• उपवासतपःशीला (upavāsatapaḥśīlā) - devoted to fasting and ascetic practices

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सा (sā) - Sita (she, that (feminine))

• पृथुलेक्षणा (pṛthulekṣaṇā) - broad-eyed

• उवास (uvāsa) - she lived, she dwelled

• दुःखवसतीः (duḥkhavasatīḥ) - miserable dwellings/abodes

• फलमूलकृताशना (phalamūlakṛtāśanā) - having made fruits and roots her food

Words meanings and morphology

भर्तृस्मरणतन्वङ्गी (bhartṛsmaraṇatanvaṅgī) - slender-limbed due to husband's remembrance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhartṛsmaraṇatanvaṅgī

bhartṛsmaraṇatanvaṅgī - one whose limbs have become slender due to the remembrance of her husband

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhartṛsmaraṇa+tanvaṅgī)

• bhartṛsmaraṇa – remembrance of husband
  noun (neuter)
• tanvaṅgī – slender-limbed woman
  adjective (feminine)

तापसीवेषधारिणी (tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī) - wearing the garb of an ascetic woman

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī

tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī - one who wears the attire of a female ascetic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tāpasī+veṣa+dhāriṇī)

• tāpasī – female ascetic
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tapas
• veṣa – dress, attire, garb
  noun (masculine)
• dhāriṇī – holding, wearing, carrying (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ

उपवासतपःशीला (upavāsatapaḥśīlā) - devoted to fasting and ascetic practices

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upavāsatapaḥśīlā

upavāsatapaḥśīlā - one whose nature is fasting and asceticism

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (upavāsa+tapas+śīla)

• upavāsa – fasting, abstinence from food
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: vas (class 1)
• tapas – asceticism, penance, heat, spiritual fervor
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• śīla – nature, character, habit, conduct
  noun (neuter)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - Sita (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

पृथुलेक्षणा (pṛthulekṣaṇā) - broad-eyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthulekṣaṇā

pṛthulekṣaṇā - broad-eyed (woman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pṛthula+īkṣaṇa)

• pṛthula – broad, wide, large
  adjective (masculine)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

उवास (uvāsa) - she lived, she dwelled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

दुःखवसतीः (duḥkhavasatīḥ) - miserable dwellings/abodes

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of duḥkhavasati

duḥkhavasati - miserable dwelling, sorrowful abode

Compound type : karmadhāraya (duḥkha+vasati)

• duḥkha – suffering, misery, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• vasati – dwelling, abode, residence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

फलमूलकृताशना (phalamūlakṛtāśanā) - having made fruits and roots her food

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of phalamūlakṛtāśanā

phalamūlakṛtāśanā - one whose food is made of fruits and roots

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phala+mūla+kṛta+aśana)

• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)