महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-221, verse-10

कमुपादाय शक्येत गन्तुं कस्यापदुत्तमा ।
किं नु कृत्वा कृतं कार्यं भवेदिति च विह्वला ॥१०॥

10. kamupādāya śakyeta gantuṁ kasyāpaduttamā ,
kiṁ nu kṛtvā kṛtaṁ kāryaṁ bhavediti ca vihvalā.

10. kam upādāya śakyeta gantum kasya āpat uttamā
kim nu kṛtvā kṛtam kāryam bhavet iti ca vihvalā

10. Distraught, she thought, 'Whom can I take refuge in to escape? What is the utmost distress? What can I do to achieve the desired outcome?'

Words meanings summery:

• कम् (kam) - whom, what

• उपादाय (upādāya) - having resorted to, taking refuge in, by taking up

• शक्येत (śakyeta) - could be able, might be possible

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go, for going

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• आपत् (āpat) - calamity, distress, misfortune

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, utmost, best

• किम् (kim) - what

• नु (nu) - indeed, an interrogative particle

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, accomplished, made

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, what is to be done

• भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, would be

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• च (ca) - and, also

• विह्वला (vihvalā) - distressed, bewildered, agitated

Words meanings and morphology

कम् (kam) - whom, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

उपादाय (upādāya) - having resorted to, taking refuge in, by taking up

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

शक्येत (śakyeta) - could be able, might be possible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhiliṅ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go, for going

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Root: gam (class 1)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

आपत् (āpat) - calamity, distress, misfortune

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress

उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, utmost, best

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, supreme, utmost

Note: Agrees with 'āpat'

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

नु (nu) - indeed, an interrogative particle

(indeclinable)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, accomplished, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, accomplished

past passive participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'kāryam'

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, what is to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, duty, business, task, what is to be done

gerundive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विह्वला (vihvalā) - distressed, bewildered, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vihvala

vihvala - bewildered, distressed, agitated

Note: Refers to the mother bird