महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-24, verse-6

पुत्रैश्वर्यं महदिदमपास्य च महाफलम् ।
का नु गच्छेद्वनं दुर्गं पुत्रानुत्सृज्य मूढवत् ॥६॥

6. putraiśvaryaṁ mahadidamapāsya ca mahāphalam ,
kā nu gacchedvanaṁ durgaṁ putrānutsṛjya mūḍhavat.

6. putra aiśvaryam mahat idam apāsya ca mahāphalam kā
nu gacchet vanam durgam putrān utsṛjya mūḍhavat

6. kā nu mahat idam putra aiśvaryam ca mahāphalam apāsya,
putrān utsṛjya mūḍhavat,
durgam vanam gacchet?

6. Having cast aside this great prosperity of sons and its immense fruit, who indeed would go to a difficult forest, abandoning her sons like a fool?

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्र (putra) - (of) sons (first part of compound putraiśvaryam) (son)

• ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - prosperity (of sons) (sovereignty, dominion, power, prosperity, wealth)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अपास्य (apāsya) - having cast aside (having cast aside, having thrown away, having rejected)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महाफलम् (mahāphalam) - (and its) great fruit (having great fruit, of great result)

• का (kā) - what woman, who (who (feminine))

• नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, then, now, surely (interrogative particle))

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would go (should go, would go, might go)

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest (forest, wood, grove)

• दुर्गम् (durgam) - difficult (forest) (difficult to access, impassable, fortified place, fortress)

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons (sons (accusative plural))

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up, having released)

• मूढवत् (mūḍhavat) - like a fool (like a fool, foolishly)

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्र (putra) - (of) sons (first part of compound putraiśvaryam) (son)

(noun)

of putra

putra - son, child

Note: This word is part of a compound word 'putraiśvaryam'. Here the sandhi with aiśvaryam is undone, yielding 'putra aiśvaryam'.

ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - prosperity (of sons) (sovereignty, dominion, power, prosperity, wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aiśvarya

aiśvarya - sovereignty, dominion, power, prosperity, wealth

from īśvara + ṣyañ

Note: Forms a compound with 'putra' as 'putraiśvaryam'.

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

Root √mah + śatṛ suffix. Used as an adjective here.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'aiśvaryam'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'aiśvaryam'.

अपास्य (apāsya) - having cast aside (having cast aside, having thrown away, having rejected)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

from apa-√as with -ya suffix for absolutives of verbs with prefixes

Prefix: apa

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महाफलम् (mahāphalam) - (and its) great fruit (having great fruit, of great result)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāphala

mahāphala - having great fruit/reward, yielding great results

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+phala)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

का (kā) - what woman, who (who (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Feminine singular nominative of 'kim'.

नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, then, now, surely (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used to express wonder or query.

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would go (should go, would go, might go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of gam

Optative mood, 3rd Person, Singular

from √gam, optative form

Root: gam (class 1)

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove; water

Note: Object of the verb 'gacchet'.

दुर्गम् (durgam) - difficult (forest) (difficult to access, impassable, fortified place, fortress)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durga

durga - difficult to access, impassable; a fortress, stronghold

from dur-√gam

Prefix: dur

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vanam'.

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons (sons (accusative plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of 'utsṛjya'.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up, having released)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

from ut-√sṛj with -ya suffix for absolutives of verbs with prefixes

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

मूढवत् (mūḍhavat) - like a fool (like a fool, foolishly)

(indeclinable)

from mūḍha (foolish) + -vat (like, as)