महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-348, verse-6

स हि कार्यान्तराकाङ्क्षी जलेप्सुः स्तोकको यथा ।
वर्षं वर्षप्रियः पक्षी दर्शनं तव काङ्क्षति ॥६॥

6. sa hi kāryāntarākāṅkṣī jalepsuḥ stokako yathā ,
varṣaṁ varṣapriyaḥ pakṣī darśanaṁ tava kāṅkṣati.

6. sa hi kāryāntarākāṅkṣī jalepsuḥ stokakaḥ yathā
varṣam varṣapriyaḥ pakṣī darśanam tava kāṅkṣati

6. sa hi kāryāntarākāṅkṣī stokakaḥ jalepsuḥ yathā
varṣapriyaḥ pakṣī varṣam darśanam tava kāṅkṣati

6. Indeed, he is eager for another purpose, just like the cātaka bird (stokaka) longs for water. Like that rain-loving bird (pakṣī) yearns for rain, so too does he yearn for your presence (darśana).

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that (masculine)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• कार्यान्तराकाङ्क्षी (kāryāntarākāṅkṣī) - desiring another task or purpose

• जलेप्सुः (jalepsuḥ) - desirous of water

• स्तोककः (stokakaḥ) - a cātaka bird

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain

• वर्षप्रियः (varṣapriyaḥ) - rain-loving, fond of rain

• पक्षी (pakṣī) - bird, winged creature

• दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight, seeing, presence, vision

• तव (tava) - your (singular)

• काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati) - desires, longs for, yearns

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

कार्यान्तराकाङ्क्षी (kāryāntarākāṅkṣī) - desiring another task or purpose

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāryāntarākāṅkṣin

kāryāntarākāṅkṣin - desiring another task or purpose

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kārya+antara+ākāṅkṣin)

• kārya – task, duty, purpose, to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root kṛ (to do) + ṇyat
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• antara – other, another, different, interior
  adjective (neuter)
• ākāṅkṣin – desirous, longing for, wishing
  adjective (masculine)
  from ā-kaṅkṣ (to desire) + iṇ
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kaṅkṣ (class 1)

जलेप्सुः (jalepsuḥ) - desirous of water

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jalepsu

jalepsu - desirous of water, longing for water

from jala (water) + īpsu (desirous of)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+īpsu)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• īpsu – desirous of, wishing to obtain
  adjective (masculine)
  from root āp (to obtain) + desiderative suffix san + u (agent suffix)
  Root: āp (class 5)

स्तोककः (stokakaḥ) - a cātaka bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stokaka

stokaka - cātaka bird (Cuculus melanoleucus), often associated with longing for rain

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - rain, a shower, a year

from root vṛṣ (to rain)

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

वर्षप्रियः (varṣapriyaḥ) - rain-loving, fond of rain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṣapriya

varṣapriya - rain-loving, fond of rain

Compound type : tatpurusha (varṣa+priya)

• varṣa – rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• priya – dear, beloved, fond of, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)

पक्षी (pakṣī) - bird, winged creature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

from pakṣa (wing) + iṇ (suffix)

दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight, seeing, presence, vision

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, vision, presence, appearance

from root dṛś (to see) + Lyuṭ (ana)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तव (tava) - your (singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural)

काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati) - desires, longs for, yearns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kāṅkṣ

present active, 3rd person singular

Root: kaṅkṣ (class 1)