महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-224, verse-6

जरितारिः कथं पुत्रः सारिसृक्वः कथं च मे ।
स्तम्बमित्रः कथं द्रोणः कथं सा च तपस्विनी ॥६॥

6. jaritāriḥ kathaṁ putraḥ sārisṛkvaḥ kathaṁ ca me ,
stambamitraḥ kathaṁ droṇaḥ kathaṁ sā ca tapasvinī.

6. jaritāriḥ kathaṃ putraḥ sārisṛkvaḥ kathaṃ ca me
stambamitraḥ kathaṃ droṇaḥ kathaṃ sā ca tapasvinī

6. What will become of my son Jaritari? What of Sarisṛkva? What of Stambamitra and Droṇa? And what of that miserable mother?

Words meanings summery:

• जरितारिः (jaritāriḥ) - Jaritari (proper name)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• सारिसृक्वः (sārisṛkvaḥ) - Sarisṛkva (proper name)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - my

• स्तम्बमित्रः (stambamitraḥ) - Stambamitra (proper name)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa (proper name)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - that miserable one (referring to the mother bird) (miserable one, ascetic woman)

Words meanings and morphology

जरितारिः (jaritāriḥ) - Jaritari (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaritāri

jaritāri - Name of one of the sons of the bird Jaritā

कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

(indeclinable)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

सारिसृक्वः (sārisṛkvaḥ) - Sarisṛkva (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sārisṛkva

sārisṛkva - Name of one of the sons of the bird Jaritā

कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, my, me, us

स्तम्बमित्रः (stambamitraḥ) - Stambamitra (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stambamitra

stambamitra - Name of one of the sons of the bird Jaritā

कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

(indeclinable)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - a measure; name of a guru; name of one of the sons of the bird Jaritā

कथं (kathaṁ) - what (will happen to) (how, what)

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - that miserable one (referring to the mother bird) (miserable one, ascetic woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - performing austerity, ascetic; wretched, miserable, pitiable

Derived from tapas (austerity, penance) with the suffix -vin.

Note: Used here substantively, 'the miserable one'.