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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-11

कथं नु राजंस्तृषितः क्षुधितः श्रमकर्शितः ।
सायाह्ने वृक्षमूलेषु मामपश्यन्भविष्यसि ॥११॥
11. kathaṁ nu rājaṁstṛṣitaḥ kṣudhitaḥ śramakarśitaḥ ,
sāyāhne vṛkṣamūleṣu māmapaśyanbhaviṣyasi.
11. katham nu rājan tṛṣitaḥ kṣudhitaḥ śramakarśitaḥ
sāyāhne vṛkṣamūleṣu mām apaśyan bhaviṣyasi
11. O king, how will you be in the evening, thirsty, hungry, and worn out by toil, under the trees, without seeing me?

Words meanings summery:

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  • कथम् (katham) - how (how, why, in what manner)
  • नु (nu) - indeed (an interrogative particle emphasizing the question) (indeed, now, surely, interrogative particle)
  • राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressed to Nala) (O king)
  • तृषितः (tṛṣitaḥ) - being thirsty (thirsty, parched)
  • क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - being hungry (hungry, famished)
  • श्रमकर्शितः (śramakarśitaḥ) - exhausted by toil (emaciated/weakened by fatigue/toil)
  • सायाह्ने (sāyāhne) - in the evening (in the evening, at sunset)
  • वृक्षमूलेषु (vṛkṣamūleṣu) - under trees (at the roots of trees, under trees)
  • माम् (mām) - me (Damayantī) (me)
  • अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - without seeing (me) (not seeing, not perceiving)
  • भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be (you will be, you will become)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why, in what manner)
(indeclinable)
नु (nu) - indeed (an interrogative particle emphasizing the question) (indeed, now, surely, interrogative particle)
(indeclinable)
राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressed to Nala) (O king)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
Note: The form 'rājan' is the vocative singular. The nominative singular is 'rājā'.
तृषितः (tṛṣitaḥ) - being thirsty (thirsty, parched)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tṛṣita
tṛṣita - thirsty, parched, desirous
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root √tṛṣ (to thirst) + -ita suffix.
Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'you' (rājan).
क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - being hungry (hungry, famished)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudhita
kṣudhita - hungry, famished
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root √kṣudh (to be hungry) + -ita suffix.
Root: kṣudh (class 4)
Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'you' (rājan).
श्रमकर्शितः (śramakarśitaḥ) - exhausted by toil (emaciated/weakened by fatigue/toil)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śramakarśita
śramakarśita - emaciated/weakened by fatigue/toil
Compound word.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrama+karśita)
  • śrama – toil, fatigue, exertion, effort
    noun (masculine)
    Root: śram (class 4)
  • karśita – emaciated, weakened, worn out
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from the root √kṛś (to emaciate, to become lean) + -ita suffix.
    Root: kṛś (class 1)
Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'you' (rājan).
सायाह्ने (sāyāhne) - in the evening (in the evening, at sunset)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of sāyāhna
sāyāhna - evening, afternoon
Note: Denotes time.
वृक्षमूलेषु (vṛkṣamūleṣu) - under trees (at the roots of trees, under trees)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of vṛkṣamūla
vṛkṣamūla - root of a tree
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+mūla)
  • vṛkṣa – tree
    noun (masculine)
  • mūla – root, base, foundation
    noun (neuter)
Note: Denotes location.
माम् (mām) - me (Damayantī) (me)
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me, we, us (first person pronoun)
Note: Object of 'apaśyan'.
अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - without seeing (me) (not seeing, not perceiving)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of apaśyat
apaśyat - not seeing, not looking, unseeing
Present Active Participle
Derived from the root √dṛś (to see) with the prefix 'a-' (negation) and present active participle suffix.
Prefix: a
Root: dṛś (class 1)
Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'you' (rājan).
भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be (you will be, you will become)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)