महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-199, verse-3

यदा तु मन्यते वीरः कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
भीमसेनार्जुनौ चैव यमौ च पुरुषर्षभौ ॥३॥

3. yadā tu manyate vīraḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
bhīmasenārjunau caiva yamau ca puruṣarṣabhau.

3. yadā tu manyate vīraḥ kuntīputraḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhīmasenārjunau ca eva yamau ca puruṣarṣabhau

3. But when the hero Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī, and indeed Bhīmasena and Arjuna, as well as the two foremost men, the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva), consider it appropriate,

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• मन्यते (manyate) - Yudhiṣṭhira (and implicitly, the other Pāṇḍavas) thinks or considers. (he thinks, considers, believes)

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero, the brave one

• कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntīputraḥ) - the son of Kuntī

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

• भीमसेनार्जुनौ (bhīmasenārjunau) - Bhīmasena and Arjuna (dual)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

• यमौ (yamau) - The twin brothers Nakula and Sahadeva. (the twins)

• च (ca) - and

• पुरुषर्षभौ (puruṣarṣabhau) - the two bulls among men, the two foremost men

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Root: yad

Note: Introduces a temporal clause

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a slight contrast or continuation

मन्यते (manyate) - Yudhiṣṭhira (and implicitly, the other Pāṇḍavas) thinks or considers. (he thinks, considers, believes)

(verb)

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

Present tense

From root man (to think), Ātmanepada, present indicative

Root: man (class 4)

Note: The singular verb typically agrees with the primary subject (Yudhiṣṭhira), even if multiple entities are listed as being part of the 'consideration'.

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero, the brave one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valiant man, chief

Root: vīr (class 10)

Note: Qualifies Yudhiṣṭhira

कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntīputraḥ) - the son of Kuntī

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuntīputra

kuntīputra - son of Kuntī

Compound type : Genitive Tatpuruṣa (kuntī+putra)

• kuntī – Kuntī (proper noun)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies Yudhiṣṭhira

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun, firm in battle)

From yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

Compound type : Aluk-Tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Primary subject of "manyate"

भीमसेनार्जुनौ (bhīmasenārjunau) - Bhīmasena and Arjuna (dual)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhīmasenārjuna

bhīmasenārjuna - Bhīmasena and Arjuna (two of the Pāṇḍavas)

Dvandva compound

Compound type : Dvandva (bhīmasena+arjuna)

• bhīmasena – Bhīmasena (proper noun, one of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• arjuna – Arjuna (proper noun, one of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects elements

एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

(indeclinable)

यमौ (yamau) - The twin brothers Nakula and Sahadeva. (the twins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yama

yama - twin; controller, binder, god of death

Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects elements

पुरुषर्षभौ (puruṣarṣabhau) - the two bulls among men, the two foremost men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men, chief of men, eminent man

Compound

Compound type : Upamita-Tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, male, human being, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies "yamau"