महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-2

कच्चिन्न वारितौ क्षुद्रै रक्षिभिर्नोपलक्षितौ ।
असह्यमिति वा मत्वा न निवृत्तौ महारथौ ॥२॥

2. kaccinna vāritau kṣudrai rakṣibhirnopalakṣitau ,
asahyamiti vā matvā na nivṛttau mahārathau.

2. kaccit na vāritau kṣudraiḥ rakṣibhiḥ na upalakṣitau
| asahyam iti vā matvā na nivṛttau mahārathau

2. kaccit kṣudraiḥ rakṣibhiḥ na vāritau vā na upalakṣitau
vā asahyam iti matvā na nivṛttau mahārathau

2. Were they (Kṛpa and Bhoja) surely not stopped by lowly guards, nor noticed (by them)? Or, considering it unbearable, did those two great charioteers not turn back?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - surely not? (interrogative particle implying negative expectation)

• न (na) - not, no

• वारितौ (vāritau) - stopped, prevented

• क्षुद्रैः (kṣudraiḥ) - by lowly, by insignificant, by mean

• रक्षिभिः (rakṣibhiḥ) - by guards, by protectors

• न (na) - not, no

• उपलक्षितौ (upalakṣitau) - noticed, observed

• असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable, intolerable

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, having considered

• न (na) - not, no

• निवृत्तौ (nivṛttau) - turned back, retreated

• महारथौ (mahārathau) - referring to Kṛpa and Bhoja (the two great charioteers)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - surely not? (interrogative particle implying negative expectation)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वारितौ (vāritau) - stopped, prevented

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vārita

vārita - stopped, prevented, restrained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from causal form of root √vṛ (to cover, restrain)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to Kṛpa and Bhoja

क्षुद्रैः (kṣudraiḥ) - by lowly, by insignificant, by mean

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṣudra

kṣudra - small, tiny, lowly, mean, insignificant

Note: Agrees with 'rakṣibhiḥ'

रक्षिभिः (rakṣibhiḥ) - by guards, by protectors

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rakṣin

rakṣin - guard, protector, watcher

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपलक्षितौ (upalakṣitau) - noticed, observed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of upalakṣita

upalakṣita - noticed, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix upa- and root √lakṣ (to perceive, observe)

Prefix: upa

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to Kṛpa and Bhoja

असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable, intolerable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asahya

asahya - unbearable, intolerable, not to be endured

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from 'a-' (not) + √sah (to bear, endure) + '-ya' (gerundive suffix)

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Object of 'matvā'

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, having considered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Derived from root √man (to think) with suffix -tvā

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निवृत्तौ (nivṛttau) - turned back, retreated

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - turned back, retreated, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix ni- and root √vṛt (to turn)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Refers to Kṛpa and Bhoja

महारथौ (mahārathau) - referring to Kṛpa and Bhoja (the two great charioteers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāratha

mahāratha - great charioteer, warrior fighting from a chariot

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (on a chariot)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Kṛpa and Bhoja