महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-14

जरामृत्यू ह भूतानि खादितारौ वृकाविव ।
बलिनां दुर्बलानां च ह्रस्वानां महतामपि ॥१४॥

14. jarāmṛtyū ha bhūtāni khāditārau vṛkāviva ,
balināṁ durbalānāṁ ca hrasvānāṁ mahatāmapi.

14. jarāmṛtyū ha bhūtāni khāditārau vṛkau iva
balinām durbalānām ca hrasvānām mahatām api

14. ha jarāmṛtyū vṛkau iva bali-nām durbalānām
ca hrasvānām mahatām api bhūtāni khāditārau

14. Indeed, old age and death are like two wolves, devouring all beings—the strong and the weak, the small and the great alike.

Words meanings summery:

• जरामृत्यू (jarāmṛtyū) - old age and death

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, surely

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• खादितारौ (khāditārau) - two devourers, two eaters

• वृकौ (vṛkau) - two wolves

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बलिनाम् (balinām) - of the strong

• दुर्बलानाम् (durbalānām) - of the weak

• च (ca) - and

• ह्रस्वानाम् (hrasvānām) - of the short, of the small

• महताम् (mahatām) - of the great, of the mighty

• अपि (api) - also, even

Words meanings and morphology

जरामृत्यू (jarāmṛtyū) - old age and death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jarāmṛtyu

jarāmṛtyu - old age and death

Compound type : dvandva (jarā+mṛtyu)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  From root jṝ (to become old).
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  From root mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Refers to the two subjects, old age and death.

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, living thing, past, element

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū (to be, to exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of devouring by old age and death.

खादितारौ (khāditārau) - two devourers, two eaters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of khāditṛ

khāditṛ - eater, devourer, consumer

Agent noun (TṛC suffix)

Formed from root khād (to eat, to devour) with the agent suffix -tṛ.

Root: khād (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun for 'jarāmṛtyū'.

वृकौ (vṛkau) - two wolves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛka

vṛka - wolf

Root: vṛk

Note: Part of the simile 'like two wolves'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

बलिनाम् (balinām) - of the strong

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of balin

balin - strong, powerful, mighty

From bala (strength) with suffix in.

Note: Genitive of possession or relation, specifying whom they devour.

दुर्बलानाम् (durbalānām) - of the weak

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless

Compound: dur (bad, difficult) + bala (strength).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Connected by 'ca' to 'balinām'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ह्रस्वानाम् (hrasvānām) - of the short, of the small

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hrasva

hrasva - short, small, little, dwarf

महताम् (mahatām) - of the great, of the mighty

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, mighty

Stem ends in at.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)