महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-69, verse-13

तावुभौ समनुप्राप्तौ विवदन्तौ भृशज्वरौ ।
भवान्दाता भवान्हर्तेत्यथ तौ मां तदोचतुः ॥१३॥

13. tāvubhau samanuprāptau vivadantau bhṛśajvarau ,
bhavāndātā bhavānhartetyatha tau māṁ tadocatuḥ.

13. tau ubhau samanuprāptau vivadantau bhṛśa jvarau
bhavān dātā bhavān hartā iti atha tau mām tadā ūcatuḥ

13. tau ubhau vivadantau bhṛśa jvarau samanuprāptau atha tau tadā mām "bhavān dātā,
bhavān hartā" iti ūcatuḥ

13. Those two, greatly agitated and arguing, approached me. Then they said, 'You are the donor, and you are the taker!'

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (masculine)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine)

• समनुप्राप्तौ (samanuprāptau) - having arrived, having come

• विवदन्तौ (vivadantau) - arguing, disputing

• भृश (bhṛśa) - greatly (agitated) (much, greatly, severely)

• ज्वरौ (jvarau) - greatly agitated or distressed (dual) (feverish, agitated (dual))

• भवान् (bhavān) - You (the narrator, presumably a king or judge) (your honor, you (polite address))

• दाता (dātā) - giver, donor

• भवान् (bhavān) - You (the narrator, presumably a king or judge) (your honor, you (polite address))

• हर्ता (hartā) - taker, remover, thief

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

• अथ (atha) - then, next, now

• तौ (tau) - those two (masculine)

• माम् (mām) - me

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

Nominative dual masculine of tad.

उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Nominative dual masculine of ubha.

समनुप्राप्तौ (samanuprāptau) - having arrived, having come

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samanuprāpta

samanuprāpta - arrived at, attained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root āp (to obtain) with prefixes sam, anu, pra.

Prefixes: sam+anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe the two Brahmins.

विवदन्तौ (vivadantau) - arguing, disputing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vivadant

vivadant - disputing, arguing

Present Active Participle

From root vad (to speak) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Describes the state of the Brahmins.

भृश (bhṛśa) - greatly (agitated) (much, greatly, severely)

(adjective)

of bhṛśa

bhṛśa - much, greatly, severely, vehement

Note: Part of a compound or adjectival phrase with jvarau.

ज्वरौ (jvarau) - greatly agitated or distressed (dual) (feverish, agitated (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jvara

jvara - fever, distress, agitation

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+jvara)

• bhṛśa – much, greatly, vehement
  adjective (masculine)
• jvara – fever, distress, agitation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jvar (class 1)

Note: Used adjectivally with bhṛśa to describe the two Brahmins.

भवान् (bhavān) - You (the narrator, presumably a king or judge) (your honor, you (polite address))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite), your honor

Present Active Participle (as nominal stem)

Nominative singular masculine of bhavat, originally a participle of bhū (to be) used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used in direct address.

दाता (dātā) - giver, donor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor, bestower

Agent Noun

From root dā (to give) with tṛ suffix.

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Predicate nominative for bhavān.

भवान् (bhavān) - You (the narrator, presumably a king or judge) (your honor, you (polite address))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite), your honor

Present Active Participle (as nominal stem)

Nominative singular masculine of bhavat.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used in direct address.

हर्ता (hartā) - taker, remover, thief

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hartṛ

hartṛ - taker, remover, destroyer, thief

Agent Noun

From root hṛ (to take, carry) with tṛ suffix.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for bhavān.

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

Particle marking a quotation.

अथ (atha) - then, next, now

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

तौ (tau) - those two (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

Nominative dual masculine of tad.

Note: Subject of ūcatuḥ.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Accusative singular of asmad.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person dual perfect of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)