महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-75

अपविद्धैर्महाराज सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलैः ।
ग्रहनक्षत्रशबला द्यौरिवासीद्वसुंधरा ॥७५॥

75. apaviddhairmahārāja suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ ,
grahanakṣatraśabalā dyaurivāsīdvasuṁdharā.

75. apaviddhaiḥ mahārāja suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ
grahanakṣatraśabalā dyauḥ iva āsīt vasundharā

75. mahārāja,
apaviddhaiḥ suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ (vīraiḥ) vasundharā grahanakṣatraśabalā dyauḥ iva āsīt

75. O great king (mahārāja), the earth (vasundharā) was like the sky (dyauḥ), mottled with planets and stars, due to the fallen (warriors) with gold-shining earrings.

Words meanings summery:

• अपविद्धैः (apaviddhaiḥ) - by the fallen bodies/faces of the warriors (by those cast aside, by the fallen (ones))

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

• सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलैः (suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ) - by those with gold-shining earrings

• ग्रहनक्षत्रशबला (grahanakṣatraśabalā) - mottled/variegated with planets and stars

• द्यौः (dyauḥ) - the sky, heaven

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth

Words meanings and morphology

अपविद्धैः (apaviddhaiḥ) - by the fallen bodies/faces of the warriors (by those cast aside, by the fallen (ones))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of apaviddha

apaviddha - thrown down, cast off, rejected, abandoned, fallen

Past Passive Participle

From prefix apa- + root √vyadh (to pierce, strike) + suffix kta

Prefix: apa

Root: vyadh (class 4)

Note: Refers to the implied fallen warriors or their bodies, acting as the cause for the earth's appearance.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलैः (suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalaiḥ) - by those with gold-shining earrings

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍala

suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍala - having gold-shining earrings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (suvarṇa+ujjvala+kuṇḍala)

• suvarṇa – gold
  noun (neuter)
• ujjvala – shining, bright, brilliant
  adjective
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ujjval (class 1)
• kuṇḍala – earring, ring
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with apaviddhaiḥ (implied fallen warriors).

ग्रहनक्षत्रशबला (grahanakṣatraśabalā) - mottled/variegated with planets and stars

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of grahanakṣatraśabala

grahanakṣatraśabala - variegated/mottled with planets and stars

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (graha+nakṣatra+śabala)

• graha – planet, seizing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: grah (class 9)
• nakṣatra – star, constellation, lunar mansion
  noun (neuter)
• śabala – variegated, spotted, mottled
  adjective

Note: Agrees with vasundharā.

द्यौः (dyauḥ) - the sky, heaven

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Root as, third person singular, imperfect tense (laṅ-lakāra).

Root: as (class 2)

वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasundharā

vasundharā - the earth (lit. 'bearer of treasures')

Compound vasu (treasure) + dharā (bearer, from √dhṛ)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vasu+dharā)

• vasu – wealth, treasure
  noun (neuter)
• dharā – bearer, earth
  noun (feminine)
  From root √dhṛ (to bear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb āsīt.