महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-102, verse-11

गोधानिमीलिताः केचिन्मृदुप्रकृतयोऽपि च ।
तुरंगगतिनिर्घोषास्ते नराः पारयिष्णवः ॥११॥

11. godhānimīlitāḥ kecinmṛduprakṛtayo'pi ca ,
turaṁgagatinirghoṣāste narāḥ pārayiṣṇavaḥ.

11. godhānīmīlitāḥ kecit mṛduprakṛtayaḥ api ca
turaṅgagatinirghoṣāḥ te narāḥ pārayiṣṇavaḥ

11. kecit narāḥ mṛduprakṛtayaḥ api ca godhānīmīlitāḥ
turaṅgagatinirghoṣāḥ te pārayiṣṇavaḥ

11. Some individuals, even if gentle by nature (prakṛti), who possess eyes that seem half-closed like a lizard's and a resounding gait like that of a horse, those people are capable.

Words meanings summery:

• गोधानीमीलिताः (godhānīmīlitāḥ) - lizard-eyed, having eyes like a lizard's (half-closed, cunningly closed)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

• मृदुप्रकृतयः (mṛduprakṛtayaḥ) - of gentle nature (prakṛti)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• च (ca) - and

• तुरङ्गगतिनिर्घोषाः (turaṅgagatinirghoṣāḥ) - having a sound/noise like the gait of a horse, with a resounding horse-like gait

• ते (te) - those

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, individuals

• पारयिष्णवः (pārayiṣṇavaḥ) - capable, able to accomplish, successful

Words meanings and morphology

गोधानीमीलिताः (godhānīmīlitāḥ) - lizard-eyed, having eyes like a lizard's (half-closed, cunningly closed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of godhānīmīlita

godhānīmīlita - having eyes half-closed like a lizard, feigning inertness/blindness

compound of godhā + nīmīlita (past passive participle of nī-mīl)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (godhā+nīmīlita)

• godhā – iguana, large lizard
  noun (feminine)
• nīmīlita – closed, shut (eyes)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix ni- and root mīl (to close)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: mīl (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what (interrogative pronoun)

used with `cit` for indefiniteness

Note: `cit` is an indeclinable particle.

मृदुप्रकृतयः (mṛduprakṛtayaḥ) - of gentle nature (prakṛti)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛduprakṛti

mṛduprakṛti - of gentle disposition/nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛdu+prakṛti)

• mṛdu – soft, gentle, tender
  adjective (masculine)
• prakṛti – nature, essential character, primordial matter
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तुरङ्गगतिनिर्घोषाः (turaṅgagatinirghoṣāḥ) - having a sound/noise like the gait of a horse, with a resounding horse-like gait

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of turaṅgagatinirghoṣa

turaṅgagatinirghoṣa - having a sound like the gait of a horse

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (turaṅga+gati+nirghoṣa)

• turaṅga – horse
  noun (masculine)
• gati – gait, movement, course
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• nirghoṣa – sound, noise, roar, loud sound
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

pronominal stem

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, individuals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person

पारयिष्णवः (pārayiṣṇavaḥ) - capable, able to accomplish, successful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārayiṣṇu

pārayiṣṇu - capable, successful, bringing to an end, able to perform

agent noun / derived adjective (kṛt pratyaya -iṣṇuc)

derived from the causative of root `pṛ` (to fill, overcome)

Root: pṛ (class 3)