महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-69, verse-14

कथमल्पबलप्राणा वक्ष्यन्तीमे हया मम ।
महानध्वा च तुरगैर्गन्तव्यः कथमीदृशैः ॥१४॥

14. kathamalpabalaprāṇā vakṣyantīme hayā mama ,
mahānadhvā ca turagairgantavyaḥ kathamīdṛśaiḥ.

14. katham alpa-bala-prāṇāḥ vakṣyanti ime hayāḥ mama
mahān adhvā ca turagaiḥ gantavyaḥ katham īdṛśaiḥ

14. "How will these horses of mine, with their meager strength and life, be able to carry me? And how can such horses possibly traverse this long journey?"

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• अल्प-बल-प्राणाः (alpa-bala-prāṇāḥ) - having little strength and life, weak

• वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - will carry, will bear

• इमे (ime) - these

• हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• महान् (mahān) - great, long

• अध्वा (adhvā) - path, road, journey

• च (ca) - and

• तुरगैः (turagaiḥ) - by horses

• गन्तव्यः (gantavyaḥ) - to be gone, to be traversed

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• ईदृशैः (īdṛśaiḥ) - by such (horses)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

अल्प-बल-प्राणाः (alpa-bala-prāṇāḥ) - having little strength and life, weak

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alpa-bala-prāṇa

alpa-bala-prāṇa - having little strength and life, weak

Compound type : bahuvrihi (alpa+bala+prāṇa)

• alpa – small, little, weak
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)
• prāṇa – life, breath
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying 'hayāḥ'.

वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - will carry, will bear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vah

Future 3rd person plural

Root: vah (class 1)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

महान् (mahān) - great, long

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast

अध्वा (adhvā) - path, road, journey

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhvan

adhvan - road, path, journey

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तुरगैः (turagaiḥ) - by horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of turaga

turaga - horse (lit. 'swift-goer')

गन्तव्यः (gantavyaḥ) - to be gone, to be traversed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gantavya

gantavya - to be gone, to be walked, suitable to go

Gerundive

from root gam with suffix -tavya

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'adhvā'.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

ईदृशैः (īdṛśaiḥ) - by such (horses)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind

Note: Modifies 'turagaiḥ'.