महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-96

एवं विवदमानौ स्वस्त्वामिहाभ्यागतौ नृप ।
कुरु धर्ममधर्मं वा विनये नौ समाधय ॥९६॥

96. evaṁ vivadamānau svastvāmihābhyāgatau nṛpa ,
kuru dharmamadharmaṁ vā vinaye nau samādhaya.

96. evam vivadamānau svaḥ tvām iha abhyāgatau nṛpa
kuru dharmam adharmam vā vinaye nau samādhaya

96. nṛpa! evam vivadamānau svaḥ (santau) tvām iha abhyāgatau.
nau vinaye dharmam vā adharmam kuru samādhaya.

96. O King, we two disputants have thus approached you here. In our humility, please establish what is right (dharma) or what is wrong (adharma) for us, and make a decision.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• विवदमानौ (vivadamānau) - disputing, quarreling (two of them)

• स्वः (svaḥ) - we ourselves (referring to the two disputants) (one's own (self), related to self)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (singular, accusative)

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• अभ्यागतौ (abhyāgatau) - approached, arrived (two of them)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform (imperative)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness (dharma), duty, constitution, natural law

• अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness (adharma), injustice, wrong

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• विनये (vinaye) - in humility, in submission, for humility

• नौ (nau) - for us two, of us two

• समाधय (samādhaya) - decide, settle, establish, make a decision

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

विवदमानौ (vivadamānau) - disputing, quarreling (two of them)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vivadamāna

vivadamāna - disputing, quarreling

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Prefix: vi

Root: vad (class 1)

स्वः (svaḥ) - we ourselves (referring to the two disputants) (one's own (self), related to self)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - self, own, kinsman

Note: Used here as a general reference to 'one's own self' in conjunction with dual subjects 'vivadamānau' and 'abhyāgatau'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (singular, accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

अभ्यागतौ (abhyāgatau) - approached, arrived (two of them)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - approached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

नृप (nṛpa) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative Mood

Root: kṛ (class 8)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness (dharma), duty, constitution, natural law

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law (dharma), duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution

अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness (adharma), injustice, wrong

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness (adharma), injustice, wrong

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• dharma – natural law (dharma), duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

विनये (vinaye) - in humility, in submission, for humility

(noun)

masculine, singular of vinaya

vinaya - humility, modesty, discipline, good conduct

नौ (nau) - for us two, of us two

(pronoun)

dual of asmad

asmad - I

समाधय (samādhaya) - decide, settle, establish, make a decision

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sam-ā-dhā

Imperative Mood

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)