महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-282, verse-8

ततस्तौ पुनराश्वस्तौ वृद्धौ पुत्रदिदृक्षया ।
बाल्ये वृत्तानि पुत्रस्य स्मरन्तौ भृशदुःखितौ ॥८॥

8. tatastau punarāśvastau vṛddhau putradidṛkṣayā ,
bālye vṛttāni putrasya smarantau bhṛśaduḥkhitau.

8. tataḥ tau punaḥ āśvastau vṛddhau putradidṛkṣayā
bālye vṛttāni putrasya smarantau bhṛśaduḥkhitau

8. Then, those two aged individuals, though once again consoled, were still deeply distressed, as they remembered the events of their son's childhood and yearned to see him.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter)

• तौ (tau) - those two (the king and his wife) (those two, they two)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• आश्वस्तौ (āśvastau) - consoled (comforted, consoled, rested)

• वृद्धौ (vṛddhau) - aged (old, aged)

• पुत्रदिदृक्षया (putradidṛkṣayā) - by the desire to see their son, yearning to see him (by the desire to see their son)

• बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood (in childhood, in infancy)

• वृत्तानि (vṛttāni) - the events (events, occurrences, happenings)

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of their son (of the son)

• स्मरन्तौ (smarantau) - remembering (remembering, recollecting)

• भृशदुःखितौ (bhṛśaduḥkhitau) - deeply distressed (greatly distressed, intensely sorrowful)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas applied to tad (that)

तौ (tau) - those two (the king and his wife) (those two, they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

nominative dual masculine of tad

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

आश्वस्तौ (āśvastau) - consoled (comforted, consoled, rested)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of āśvasta

āśvasta - consoled, comforted, rested

Past Passive Participle

from root śvas (to breathe) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

वृद्धौ (vṛddhau) - aged (old, aged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛdh (to grow)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

पुत्रदिदृक्षया (putradidṛkṣayā) - by the desire to see their son, yearning to see him (by the desire to see their son)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of putradidṛkṣā

putradidṛkṣā - desire to see a son

feminine noun formed from desiderative of root dṛś (to see) with 'putra'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+didṛkṣā)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• didṛkṣā – desire to see
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative noun
  from desiderative stem of root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood (in childhood, in infancy)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy

from bāla (child) + -ya (abstract suffix)

वृत्तानि (vṛttāni) - the events (events, occurrences, happenings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vṛtta

vṛtta - event, occurrence, happened

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛt (to be, exist, happen)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of smarantau.

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of their son (of the son)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

स्मरन्तौ (smarantau) - remembering (remembering, recollecting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of smarant

smarant - remembering, recollecting

Present Active Participle

from root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adjective describing the state of 'tau'.

भृशदुःखितौ (bhṛśaduḥkhitau) - deeply distressed (greatly distressed, intensely sorrowful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhṛśaduḥkhita

bhṛśaduḥkhita - greatly distressed, intensely sorrowful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+duḥkhita)

• bhṛśa – much, excessive, intense
  indeclinable
  Root: bhṛś
• duḥkhita – distressed, sorrowful, unhappy
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from causative stem of root duh (to suffer) + -ita
  Root: duh (class 4)