महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-102, verse-10

बिडालकुब्जास्तनवस्तनुकेशास्तनुत्वचः ।
शूराश्चपलचित्ताश्च ते भवन्ति दुरासदाः ॥१०॥

10. biḍālakubjāstanavastanukeśāstanutvacaḥ ,
śūrāścapalacittāśca te bhavanti durāsadāḥ.

10. biḍālakubjāstanavaḥ tanukeśāḥ tanutvacaḥ
śūrāḥ ca capalacittāḥ ca te bhavanti durāsadāḥ

10. te biḍālakubjāstanavaḥ tanukeśāḥ tanutvacaḥ ca
śūrāḥ ca capalacittāḥ ca bhavanti durāsadāḥ

10. Those who have cat-like stooped bodies, sparse hair, and thin skin, and who are brave yet fickle-minded, are formidable.

Words meanings summery:

• बिडालकुब्जास्तनवः (biḍālakubjāstanavaḥ) - those with cat-like hunched bodies

• तनुकेशाः (tanukeśāḥ) - sparse-haired, thin-haired

• तनुत्वचः (tanutvacaḥ) - thin-skinned, delicate-skinned

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, valiant, heroic

• च (ca) - and, also

• चपलचित्ताः (capalacittāḥ) - fickle-minded, unsteady-hearted

• च (ca) - and

• ते (te) - they

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are, they become

• दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - formidable, difficult to approach/overcome

Words meanings and morphology

बिडालकुब्जास्तनवः (biḍālakubjāstanavaḥ) - those with cat-like hunched bodies

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of biḍālakubjāstanu

biḍālakubjāstanu - one whose body is hunched like a cat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (biḍāla+kubja+tanu)

• biḍāla – cat
  noun (masculine)
• kubja – hunchbacked, bent
  adjective (masculine)
• tanu – body, delicate, slender
  noun (masculine)

तनुकेशाः (tanukeśāḥ) - sparse-haired, thin-haired

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanukeśa

tanukeśa - sparse-haired, thin-haired

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+keśa)

• tanu – thin, slender, delicate
  adjective (masculine)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)

तनुत्वचः (tanutvacaḥ) - thin-skinned, delicate-skinned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanutvac

tanutvac - thin-skinned

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+tvac)

• tanu – thin, slender, delicate
  adjective (masculine)
• tvac – skin, hide
  noun (feminine)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, valiant, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, heroic, powerful

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चपलचित्ताः (capalacittāḥ) - fickle-minded, unsteady-hearted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of capalacitta

capalacitta - fickle-minded, restless-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (capala+citta)

• capala – fickle, restless, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

pronominal stem

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are, they become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present active indicative

3rd person plural, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - formidable, difficult to approach/overcome

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, formidable

formed with prefix `dur-` and root `sad` (to sit, approach)

Prefix: dur

Root: sad (class 1)