महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-29, verse-5

अनुस्मरन्तो जननीं ततस्ते कुरुनन्दनाः ।
कथं नु वृद्धमिथुनं वहत्यद्य पृथा कृशा ॥५॥

5. anusmaranto jananīṁ tataste kurunandanāḥ ,
kathaṁ nu vṛddhamithunaṁ vahatyadya pṛthā kṛśā.

5. anusmarantaḥ jananīm tataḥ te kurunandanāḥ
katham nu vṛddhamithunam vahati adya pṛthā kṛśā

5. te kurunandanāḥ tataḥ jananīm anusmarantaḥ adya
kṛśā pṛthā vṛddhamithunam nu katham vahati

5. Remembering their mother, the Kuru princes then wondered, 'How indeed does the emaciated Kunti now sustain the aged couple?'

Words meanings summery:

• अनुस्मरन्तः (anusmarantaḥ) - remembering, recollecting

• जननीम् (jananīm) - their mother Kunti (mother, creatress)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thereupon, from that, therefore)

• ते (te) - they (the Pandavas) (they, by you, for you)

• कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - the Kuru princes (the Pandavas) (sons of Kuru, descendants of Kuru)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

• नु (nu) - indeed (expressing wonder or doubt) (indeed, now, certainly, an interrogative particle)

• वृद्धमिथुनम् (vṛddhamithunam) - the aged couple (Dhritarashtra and Gandhari) (old couple, aged pair)

• वहति (vahati) - supports, sustains (carries, bears, supports, flows)

• अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at present)

• पृथा (pṛthā) - Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas (Pritha (Kunti))

• कृशा (kṛśā) - emaciated (due to hardship) (thin, emaciated, lean, weak)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुस्मरन्तः (anusmarantaḥ) - remembering, recollecting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anusmarant

anusmarant - remembering, recollecting

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'smṛ' (to remember) with the prefix 'anu', forming a present active participle.

Prefix: anu

Root: smṛ (class 1)

जननीम् (jananīm) - their mother Kunti (mother, creatress)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother, creatress

From root 'jan-' (to be born), an agent noun with the -anī suffix.

Root: jan (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thereupon, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + suffix 'tas'.

ते (te) - they (the Pandavas) (they, by you, for you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Pronominal stem.

कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - the Kuru princes (the Pandavas) (sons of Kuru, descendants of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kurunandana

kurunandana - son of Kuru, descendant of Kuru

Compound word.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – name of an ancient king; his descendants
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, child, delighting
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'nand-' (to rejoice).
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Pandavas.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

नु (nu) - indeed (expressing wonder or doubt) (indeed, now, certainly, an interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

वृद्धमिथुनम् (vṛddhamithunam) - the aged couple (Dhritarashtra and Gandhari) (old couple, aged pair)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛddhamithuna

vṛddhamithuna - old couple, aged pair

Compound word.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vṛddha+mithuna)

• vṛddha – old, aged, grown
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vṛdh-' (to grow).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• mithuna – pair, couple, union
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to Dhritarashtra and Gandhari.

वहति (vahati) - supports, sustains (carries, bears, supports, flows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vah

Conjugation of root 'vah-'.

Root: vah (class 1)

अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at present)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

पृथा (pṛthā) - Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas (Pritha (Kunti))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthā

pṛthā - Pritha (another name for Kunti)

Note: Subject of the verb 'vahati'.

कृशा (kṛśā) - emaciated (due to hardship) (thin, emaciated, lean, weak)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, emaciated, lean, weak

Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'pṛthā'.