महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-36, verse-14

नकुलः सहदेवश्च वृद्धा माता च वीरसूः ।
तवैव प्रियमिच्छन्त आसते जडमूकवत् ॥१४॥

14. nakulaḥ sahadevaśca vṛddhā mātā ca vīrasūḥ ,
tavaiva priyamicchanta āsate jaḍamūkavat.

14. nakulaḥ sahadevaḥ ca vṛddhā mātā ca vīrasūḥ
tava eva priyam icchantaḥ āsate jaḍamūkavat

14. Nakula and Sahadeva, and your aged mother, the mother of heroes, remain here wishing only for your well-being, like dull and mute individuals.

Words meanings summery:

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula (name of a Pandava brother)

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (name of a Pandava brother)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• वृद्धा (vṛddhā) - aged, old, grown up

• माता (mātā) - mother

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• वीरसूः (vīrasūḥ) - mother of heroes, producing heroes

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, agreeable, welfare, good

• इच्छन्तः (icchantaḥ) - desiring, wishing, wanting

• आसते (āsate) - they sit, they remain, they exist

• जडमूकवत् (jaḍamūkavat) - like an idiot and a mute, like dumb and inert persons

Words meanings and morphology

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula (name of a Pandava brother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (one of the Pandavas), mongoose, a kind of musical instrument

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (name of a Pandava brother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (one of the Pandavas), with the gods

Compound of saha (with) and deva (god).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saha+deva)

• saha – with, together with
  indeclinable
• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

वृद्धा (vṛddhā) - aged, old, grown up

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased, augmented

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root vṛdh- (to grow, increase).

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Past Passive Participle used adjectivally.

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother, a divine mother

Note: Here refers to Kunti.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

वीरसूः (vīrasūḥ) - mother of heroes, producing heroes

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vīrasū

vīrasū - mother of heroes, giving birth to heroes

Compound of vīra (hero) and sū (giving birth, mother). From root sū- (to bear, produce).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+sū)

• vīra – hero, brave, mighty
  noun (masculine)
• sū – bearing, producing, mother
  noun (feminine)
  From root sū- (to bear, produce)
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Epithet for Kunti.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural or respectful singular)

Second person pronoun.

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, agreeable, welfare, good

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, agreeable, pleasant; welfare, beloved person

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Object of icchantaḥ.

इच्छन्तः (icchantaḥ) - desiring, wishing, wanting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of icchat

icchat - desiring, wishing, wanting

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root iṣ- (to wish, desire) from class 6 icchati.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Present Active Participle.

आसते (āsate) - they sit, they remain, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Present Tense, Ātmanepada

Root ās, class 2, Ātmanepada.

Root: ās (class 2)

जडमूकवत् (jaḍamūkavat) - like an idiot and a mute, like dumb and inert persons

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from compound jaḍamūka (idiot and mute) + suffix -vat (like, similar to).

Compound type : dvandva (jaḍa+mūka)

• jaḍa – dull, inert, senseless, idiotic, cold
  adjective (masculine)
• mūka – mute, dumb, silent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adverb of manner.