महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-10

क्व नु सा क्षुत्पिपासार्ता श्रान्ता शेते तपस्विनी ।
स्मरन्ती तस्य मन्दस्य कं वा साद्योपतिष्ठति ॥१०॥

10. kva nu sā kṣutpipāsārtā śrāntā śete tapasvinī ,
smarantī tasya mandasya kaṁ vā sādyopatiṣṭhati.

10. kva nu sā kṣutpipāsārtā śrāntā śete tapasvinī
smarantī tasya mandasya kam vā sā adya upatiṣṭhati

10. Where, I wonder, does that poor, weary woman, afflicted by hunger and thirst, now lie? Remembering that dull-witted man, whom does she now serve or attend to?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?

• नु (nu) - indeed, I wonder

• सा (sā) - Damayanti (she, that (feminine))

• क्षुत्पिपासार्ता (kṣutpipāsārtā) - afflicted by hunger and thirst

• श्रान्ता (śrāntā) - weary, exhausted

• शेते (śete) - lies, sleeps

• तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - ascetic woman, unfortunate woman, poor creature

• स्मरन्ती (smarantī) - remembering, recollecting

• तस्य (tasya) - of King Nala (who is referring to himself) (of him, his)

• मन्दस्य (mandasya) - of Nala, who considers himself foolish for his past actions (of the dull-witted, of the foolish)

• कम् (kam) - whom? to whom?

• वा (vā) - or

• सा (sā) - Damayanti (she, that (feminine))

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• उपतिष्ठति (upatiṣṭhati) - approaches, serves, attends, stands by

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, I wonder

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - Damayanti (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षुत्पिपासार्ता (kṣutpipāsārtā) - afflicted by hunger and thirst

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣutpipāsārta

kṣutpipāsārta - afflicted by hunger and thirst, distressed by hunger and thirst

Tatpuruṣa compound: kṣudh (hunger) + pipāsā (thirst) + ārta (afflicted)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣudh+pipāsā+ārta)

• kṣudh – hunger, appetite
  noun (feminine)
• pipāsā – thirst, desire to drink
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the desiderative stem of √pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, suffering
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √ṛ (to go) with prefix ā-, but more commonly understood as 'afflicted' from a separate root meaning distress
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

श्रान्ता (śrāntā) - weary, exhausted

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrānta

śrānta - weary, exhausted, tired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √śram (to be weary, to toil)

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe Damayanti

शेते (śete) - lies, sleeps

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Present

3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada), from root √śī

Root: śī (class 2)

तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - ascetic woman, unfortunate woman, poor creature

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapasvinī

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee; (feminine) a woman practicing penance, also implying unfortunate or pitiful due to her condition

Feminine form of tapasvin

स्मरन्ती (smarantī) - remembering, recollecting

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smarant

smarant - remembering, recalling

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of King Nala (who is referring to himself) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मन्दस्य (mandasya) - of Nala, who considers himself foolish for his past actions (of the dull-witted, of the foolish)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manda

manda - dull, slow, foolish, weak, dim

कम् (kam) - whom? to whom?

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Note: Object of 'upatiṣṭhati'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - Damayanti (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

उपतिष्ठति (upatiṣṭhati) - approaches, serves, attends, stands by

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present

3rd person singular, active voice, from the root √sthā (to stand) with prefix upa-. The root undergoes guṇa/vṛddhi and takes the form -tiṣṭh- in the present system.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)