महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-18

दारकौ च हि मे नीतौ वसतस्तत्र बालकौ ।
पित्रा विहीनौ शोकार्तौ मया चैव कथं नु तौ ॥१८॥

18. dārakau ca hi me nītau vasatastatra bālakau ,
pitrā vihīnau śokārtau mayā caiva kathaṁ nu tau.

18. dārakau ca hi me nītau vasataḥ tatra bālakau |
pitrā vihīnau śokārtau mayā ca eva katham nu tau

18. Indeed, my two young boys, who were taken away, are residing there. Deprived of their father and afflicted by grief, how will they possibly fare even without me?

Words meanings summery:

• दारकौ (dārakau) - two boys, two children

• च (ca) - and, also

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• मे (me) - my, to me

• नीतौ (nītau) - taken, led, brought

• वसतः (vasataḥ) - they dwell, they reside (dual)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• बालकौ (bālakau) - two boys, two children

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father, from the father

• विहीनौ (vihīnau) - deprived of, forsaken, destitute

• शोकार्तौ (śokārtau) - distressed by grief, afflicted by sorrow

• मया (mayā) - by me

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - even, only, indeed

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• नु (nu) - then, now, indeed (interrogative particle)

• तौ (tau) - those two

Words meanings and morphology

दारकौ (dārakau) - two boys, two children

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dāraka

dāraka - boy, child, youth

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

नीतौ (nītau) - taken, led, brought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nīta

nīta - taken, led, brought

Past Passive Participle

From root nī (to lead, to take).

Root: nī (class 1)

वसतः (vasataḥ) - they dwell, they reside (dual)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

बालकौ (bālakau) - two boys, two children

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bālaka

bālaka - boy, child, young one

Note: Appears to be in apposition to dārakau.

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father, from the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

विहीनौ (vihīnau) - deprived of, forsaken, destitute

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vihīna

vihīna - deprived of, forsaken, destitute

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon, to leave) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Governs instrumental pitrā.

शोकार्तौ (śokārtau) - distressed by grief, afflicted by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śokārta

śokārta - distressed by grief, afflicted by sorrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+ārta)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, pained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ṛ (to go, to move) + ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - even, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - then, now, indeed (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those