महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-17

एवं कृच्छ्रेण महता पुत्रं प्राप्य सुदुर्लभम् ।
चिन्तयन्ति सदा वीर कीदृशोऽयं भविष्यति ॥१७॥

17. evaṁ kṛcchreṇa mahatā putraṁ prāpya sudurlabham ,
cintayanti sadā vīra kīdṛśo'yaṁ bhaviṣyati.

17. evam kṛcchreṇa mahatā putram prāpya sudurlabham
cintayanti sadā vīra kīdṛśaḥ ayam bhaviṣyati

17. Thus, O hero, after obtaining such a very rare son with great difficulty, they constantly ponder, 'What kind of person will he become?'

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - by difficulty, with effort

• महता (mahatā) - great, by great

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, after obtaining

• सुदुर्लभम् (sudurlabham) - very hard to obtain, very rare

• चिन्तयन्ति (cintayanti) - they think, they ponder, they worry

• सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

• वीर (vīra) - O hero

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - what kind of, of what sort

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - he will be, it will become

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - by difficulty, with effort

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficulty, trouble, distress, pain

महता (mahatā) - great, by great

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, after obtaining

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Derived from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

सुदुर्लभम् (sudurlabham) - very hard to obtain, very rare

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sudurlabha

sudurlabha - very hard to obtain, very rare, scarce

Prefixes: su+dur

Root: labh

चिन्तयन्ति (cintayanti) - they think, they ponder, they worry

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of cint

Present tense

Root: cit (class 10)

सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

वीर (vīra) - O hero

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - what kind of, of what sort

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - what kind of, of what sort, like what

अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - he will be, it will become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future tense

Root: bhū (class 1)