महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-119, verse-22

न ते नियुद्धे न जवे न योग्यासु कदाचन ।
कुमारा उत्तरं चक्रुः स्पर्धमाना वृकोदरम् ॥२२॥

22. na te niyuddhe na jave na yogyāsu kadācana ,
kumārā uttaraṁ cakruḥ spardhamānā vṛkodaram.

22. na te niyuddhe na jave na yogyāsu kadācana |
kumārāḥ uttaram cakruḥ spardhamānāḥ vṛkodaram

22. The boys, even when competing with Vṛkodara, could never match him in wrestling, speed, or any other exercises.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, nor

• ते (te) - they (the other boys) (they, those)

• नियुद्धे (niyuddhe) - in wrestling, in combat

• न (na) - not, nor

• जवे (jave) - in speed, in quickness

• न (na) - not, nor

• योग्यासु (yogyāsu) - in exercises (physical activities) (in exercises, in suitable places/actions, in skills)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

• कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - boys, young men

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - a match, a retort (in the sense of matching someone) (answer, reply, counter-action, superiority)

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made (a match), they equaled (they did, they made)

• स्पर्धमानाः (spardhamānāḥ) - competing, challenging, vying

• वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vṛkodara, the son of Pāṇḍu, Bhīma (Vṛkodara (Bhīma))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they (the other boys) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the other boys (the Dhārtarāṣṭras).

नियुद्धे (niyuddhe) - in wrestling, in combat

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of niyuddha

niyuddha - wrestling, close combat

From ni-yudh (to fight)

Prefix: ni

Root: yudh (class 4)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

जवे (jave) - in speed, in quickness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of java

java - speed, swiftness, quickness

From jū (to speed, to quicken)

Root: jū

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

योग्यासु (yogyāsu) - in exercises (physical activities) (in exercises, in suitable places/actions, in skills)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of yogyā

yogyā - suitable, fit, proper; an exercise, a practice

Gerundive

From yuj (to join, to yoke, to apply) + ya. Feminine form.

Root: yuj (class 7)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

kadā (when) + cana (particle)

कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - boys, young men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kumāra

kumāra - boy, young man

Note: Subject of cakruḥ (implied).

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - a match, a retort (in the sense of matching someone) (answer, reply, counter-action, superiority)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - upper, northern, later, answer, reply, counter-action

Note: In the idiom uttaram kṛ (to do a reply), it means to match or equal.

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made (a match), they equaled (they did, they made)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect Active

Root kṛ (8th class)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The subject is kumārāḥ.

स्पर्धमानाः (spardhamānāḥ) - competing, challenging, vying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of spardhamāna

spardhamāna - competing, challenging

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From spardh (to compete, to rival) + śānac suffix.

Root: spardh (class 1)

Note: Modifies kumārāḥ.

वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vṛkodara, the son of Pāṇḍu, Bhīma (Vṛkodara (Bhīma))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied; an epithet for Bhīma

Compound: vṛka (wolf) + udara (belly).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, stomach
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of spardhamānāḥ (implied with a preposition like 'against').