महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-76, verse-15

एतान्येव तु भूतानि प्राक्रोशन्वृत्तिकाङ्क्षया ।
वृत्तिदं चान्वपद्यन्त तृषिताः पितृमातृवत् ॥१५॥

15. etānyeva tu bhūtāni prākrośanvṛttikāṅkṣayā ,
vṛttidaṁ cānvapadyanta tṛṣitāḥ pitṛmātṛvat.

15. etāni eva tu bhūtāni prākrośan vṛtti-kāṅkṣayā
vṛttidam ca anvapadyanta tṛṣitāḥ pitṛ-mātṛ-vat

15. etāni eva tu bhūtāni vṛtti-kāṅkṣayā prākrośan
tṛṣitāḥ ca pitṛ-mātṛ-vat vṛttidam anvapadyanta

15. These very beings, indeed, cried out with a longing for sustenance. And, being parched, they resorted to the provider of sustenance, just as thirsty children would turn to their father and mother.

Words meanings summery:

• एतानि (etāni) - these

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• प्राक्रोशन् (prākrośan) - they cried out, they wailed

• वृत्ति-काङ्क्षया (vṛtti-kāṅkṣayā) - with a desire for sustenance, out of a longing for livelihood

• वृत्तिदम् (vṛttidam) - the giver of sustenance, the provider

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्वपद्यन्त (anvapadyanta) - they followed, they resorted to, they obtained

• तृषिताः (tṛṣitāḥ) - thirsty ones, being parched

• पितृ-मातृ-वत् (pitṛ-mātṛ-vat) - like father and mother

Words meanings and morphology

एतानि (etāni) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्राक्रोशन् (prākrośan) - they cried out, they wailed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of kruś

Prefix: pra

Root: kruś (class 1)

वृत्ति-काङ्क्षया (vṛtti-kāṅkṣayā) - with a desire for sustenance, out of a longing for livelihood

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vṛtti-kāṅkṣā

vṛtti-kāṅkṣā - desire for livelihood, longing for sustenance

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛtti+kāṅkṣā)

• vṛtti – sustenance, livelihood, profession, existence, mode of being
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' (to be, to exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• kāṅkṣā – desire, longing, wish, expectation
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'kāṅkṣ' (to desire)
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

वृत्तिदम् (vṛttidam) - the giver of sustenance, the provider

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛttida

vṛttida - provider of sustenance, giving livelihood

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛtti+da)

• vṛtti – sustenance, livelihood, profession, existence
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' (to be, to exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• da – giver, bestower, donor
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix derived from root 'dā' (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used substantively as 'the provider'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्वपद्यन्त (anvapadyanta) - they followed, they resorted to, they obtained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect past (laṅ) of pad

Prefix: anu

Root: pad (class 4)

तृषिताः (tṛṣitāḥ) - thirsty ones, being parched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tṛṣita

tṛṣita - thirsty, parched, desirous

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tṛṣ' (to be thirsty)

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Used substantively or as an adjective describing the 'beings'.

पितृ-मातृ-वत् (pitṛ-mātṛ-vat) - like father and mother

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (pitṛ+mātṛ+vat)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity