महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-103

स्वकार्यदक्षिणौ राजन्गृध्रो जम्बुक एव च ।
क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तौ शास्त्रमालम्ब्य जल्पतः ॥१०३॥

103. svakāryadakṣiṇau rājangṛdhro jambuka eva ca ,
kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntau śāstramālambya jalpataḥ.

103. svakāryadakṣiṇau rājan gṛdhraḥ jambukaḥ eva ca
kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntau śāstram ālambya jalpataḥ

103. rājan svakāryadakṣiṇau kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntau
gṛdhraḥ ca jambukaḥ eva śāstram ālambya jalpataḥ

103. O King, the vulture and the jackal, both adept at their respective tasks and exhausted by hunger and thirst, conversed, supporting their arguments with scriptures.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वकार्यदक्षिणौ (svakāryadakṣiṇau) - adept at their respective tasks (skillful in one's own work/affair)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O king)

• गृध्रः (gṛdhraḥ) - the vulture (vulture)

• जम्बुकः (jambukaḥ) - the jackal (jackal)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तौ (kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntau) - exhausted by hunger and thirst

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scriptures (scripture, sacred treatise, rule)

• आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having resorted to, supporting (their arguments) with (having grasped, having resorted to, having supported)

• जल्पतः (jalpataḥ) - they (the vulture and jackal) converse/speak (they (two) converse, murmur, babble)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वकार्यदक्षिणौ (svakāryadakṣiṇau) - adept at their respective tasks (skillful in one's own work/affair)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of svakāryadakṣiṇa

svakāryadakṣiṇa - skillful in one's own work/affair

Compound.

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (sva+kārya+dakṣiṇa)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun
  Reflexive possessive pronoun.
• kārya – work, duty, business, action (to be done)
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root √kṛ (to do), suffix -ya.
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)
• dakṣiṇa – skillful, clever, right (side), southern
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'gṛdhraḥ jambukaḥ'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

N-stem noun.

गृध्रः (gṛdhraḥ) - the vulture (vulture)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy, longing for

Note: Part of a dual subject, implied 'and'.

जम्बुकः (jambukaḥ) - the jackal (jackal)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jambuka

jambuka - jackal

Note: Part of a dual subject, implied 'and'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Links 'gṛdhraḥ' and 'jambukaḥ' implicitly as a dual pair.

क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तौ (kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntau) - exhausted by hunger and thirst

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṣutpipāsāpariśrānta

kṣutpipāsāpariśrānta - exhausted by hunger and thirst

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣudh+pipāsā+pariśrānta)

• kṣudh – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• pipāsā – thirst, desire to drink
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative noun from √pā (to drink).
  Root: √pā (class 1)
• pariśrānta – exhausted, weary, fatigued
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'pari' (completely) + √śram (to be weary).
  Prefix: pari
  Root: √śram (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'gṛdhraḥ jambukaḥ'.

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scriptures (scripture, sacred treatise, rule)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - sacred precept, rule, teaching, scripture, treatise, science

From root √śās (to teach, instruct).

Root: √śās (class 2)

आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having resorted to, supporting (their arguments) with (having grasped, having resorted to, having supported)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From 'ā' (towards) + root √lamb (to hang, depend).

Prefix: ā

Root: √lamb (class 1)

Note: Denotes prior action.

जल्पतः (jalpataḥ) - they (the vulture and jackal) converse/speak (they (two) converse, murmur, babble)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of √jalp

Present 3rd person dual

From root √jalp (to mutter, speak).

Root: √jalp (class 1)