महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-44, verse-18

मातरौ ते तथैवेमे शीर्णपर्णकृताशने ।
मम तुल्यव्रते पुत्र नचिरं वर्तयिष्यतः ॥१८॥

18. mātarau te tathaiveme śīrṇaparṇakṛtāśane ,
mama tulyavrate putra naciraṁ vartayiṣyataḥ.

18. mātarau te tathā eva ime śīrṇaparṇakṛtāśane
mama tulyavrate putra naciram vartayiṣyataḥ

18. putra,
te ime mātarau,
tathā eva śīrṇaparṇakṛtāśane mama tulyavrate,
naciram vartayiṣyataḥ.

18. These two mothers of yours, who like me sustain themselves by eating dried leaves and observe ascetic vows similar to mine, O son, will not live for much longer.

Words meanings summery:

• मातरौ (mātarau) - two mothers

• ते (te) - your, to you

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इमे (ime) - these two

• शीर्णपर्णकृताशने (śīrṇaparṇakṛtāśane) - whose food is dried leaves

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• तुल्यव्रते (tulyavrate) - observing similar vows, having similar practices

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• नचिरम् (naciram) - not long, soon, shortly

• वर्तयिष्यतः (vartayiṣyataḥ) - they two will exist, they two will live

Words meanings and morphology

मातरौ (mātarau) - two mothers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Enclitic form of yuşmad.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

इमे (ime) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

शीर्णपर्णकृताशने (śīrṇaparṇakṛtāśane) - whose food is dried leaves

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of śīrṇaparṇakṛtāśana

śīrṇaparṇakṛtāśana - one for whom dried leaves are food

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīrṇa+parṇa+kṛta+āśana)

• śīrṇa – dried, withered, fallen
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śṝ (to tear, to break) or śṝ (to decay, wither).
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• parṇa – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• āśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  From root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तुल्यव्रते (tulyavrate) - observing similar vows, having similar practices

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of tulyavrata

tulyavrata - having similar vows/practices

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tulya+vrata)

• tulya – similar, equal, like
  adjective (masculine)
  From root tul (to weigh).
  Root: tul (class 10)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

नचिरम् (naciram) - not long, soon, shortly

(indeclinable)

Compound of na (not) and ciram (for a long time).

वर्तयिष्यतः (vartayiṣyataḥ) - they two will exist, they two will live

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, future (lṛṭ) of vartay

Future Active

Causal of root vṛt (to turn, to be).

Root: vṛt (class 1)