महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-180, verse-21

यौ तौ कुमाराविव कार्त्तिकेयौ द्वावश्विनेयाविति मे प्रतर्कः ।
मुक्ता हि तस्माज्जतुवेश्मदाहान्मया श्रुताः पाण्डुसुताः पृथा च ॥२१॥

21. yau tau kumārāviva kārttikeyau; dvāvaśvineyāviti me pratarkaḥ ,
muktā hi tasmājjatuveśmadāhā;nmayā śrutāḥ pāṇḍusutāḥ pṛthā ca.

21. yau tau kumārāv iva kārttikeyau
dvau aśvineyau iti me pratarkaḥ
| muktāḥ hi tasmāt jatuveśmadāhāt
mayā śrutāḥ pāṇḍusutāḥ pṛthā ca

21. My conjecture is that those two are like two Kārttikeyas, or like the two Aśvinīkumāras. Indeed, I have heard that Pāṇḍu's sons and Pṛthā were released from the burning of the lac-house.

Words meanings summery:

• यौ (yau) - those two, which two

• तौ (tau) - those two

• कुमाराव् (kumārāv) - two boys, two youths, two princes, two Kārttikeyas

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कार्त्तिकेयौ (kārttikeyau) - two sons of Kṛttikā, two Kārttikeyas

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• अश्विनेयौ (aśvineyau) - two sons of Aśvinī (the Aśvinīkumāras)

• इति (iti) - used to mark direct speech or a thought (thus, so, in this manner)

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• प्रतर्कः (pratarkaḥ) - conjecture, inference, opinion

• मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - released, liberated, set free

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

• जतुवेश्मदाहात् (jatuveśmadāhāt) - from the burning of the lac-house

• मया (mayā) - by me

• श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - heard

• पाण्डुसुताः (pāṇḍusutāḥ) - sons of Pāṇḍu

• पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā (Kuntī)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

यौ (yau) - those two, which two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yad

yad - which, who, what

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

कुमाराव् (kumārāv) - two boys, two youths, two princes, two Kārttikeyas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, prince, son, Kārttikeya

Note: Sandhi with iva.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कार्त्तिकेयौ (kārttikeyau) - two sons of Kṛttikā, two Kārttikeyas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kārttikeya

kārttikeya - son of Kṛttikā, Skanda, god of war

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

अश्विनेयौ (aśvineyau) - two sons of Aśvinī (the Aśvinīkumāras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of aśvineya

aśvineya - son of Aśvinī, an Aśvinīkumāra

Note: Sandhi with iti.

इति (iti) - used to mark direct speech or a thought (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Also dative singular. Here functioning as genitive 'my'.

प्रतर्कः (pratarkaḥ) - conjecture, inference, opinion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratarka

pratarka - conjecture, inference, opinion, reasoning

Prefix: prati

Root: tark (class 10)

मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - released, liberated, set free

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mukta

mukta - released, liberated, free, discharged

Past Passive Participle

derived from root muc (to release) + kta suffix

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with Pṛthā and Pāṇḍu's sons.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the event of the lac-house burning.

जतुवेश्मदाहात् (jatuveśmadāhāt) - from the burning of the lac-house

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of jatuveśmadāha

jatuveśmadāha - burning of the lac-house

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jatuveśma+dāha)

• jatuveśma – lac-house
  noun (neuter)
• dāha – burning, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
  nominalization
  derived from root dah (to burn)
  Root: dah (class 1)

Note: From jatuveśmadāha.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Agent of śrutāḥ.

श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, famous, revealed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root śru (to hear) + kta suffix

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pāṇḍusutāḥ (masc. pl.).

पाण्डुसुताः (pāṇḍusutāḥ) - sons of Pāṇḍu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍusuta

pāṇḍusuta - son of Pāṇḍu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+suta)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son, born
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root su (to produce) + kta
  Root: su (class 5)

पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā (Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthā

pṛthā - Pṛthā (another name for Kuntī, mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)