महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-4, verse-8

इमौ तौ परिघप्रख्यौ भुजौ मम दुरासदौ ।
ययोरन्तरमासाद्य धार्तराष्ट्राः क्षयं गताः ॥८॥

8. imau tau parighaprakhyau bhujau mama durāsadau ,
yayorantaramāsādya dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ kṣayaṁ gatāḥ.

8. imau tau parighaprakhyau bhujau mama durāsadau
yayoḥ antaram āsādya dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ kṣayam gatāḥ

8. imau tau mama durāsadau parighaprakhyau bhujau,
yayoḥ antaram āsādya dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ kṣayam gatāḥ

8. These are my two formidable arms, resembling maces, by coming within the grasp of which the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra met their destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• इमौ (imau) - these two (arms) (these two)

• तौ (tau) - those (referring to the arms mentioned implicitly or previously) (those two, they two)

• परिघप्रख्यौ (parighaprakhyau) - (arms) that resemble maces (resembling maces)

• भुजौ (bhujau) - (Bhīma's) two arms (two arms)

• मम (mama) - my (Bhīma's) (my, of me)

• दुरासदौ (durāsadau) - formidable, unassailable (arms) (difficult to approach/assail, unassailable, formidable)

• ययोः (yayoḥ) - by which two (arms) (of which two, by which two)

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - reach, space (between/within the arms' power) (interval, space, interior, middle)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having come within the grasp/reach of (having approached, having obtained, having reached)

• धार्तराष्ट्राः (dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ) - the Kauravas, led by Duryodhana (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, end (death) (destruction, ruin, loss)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - met, reached (destruction) (gone, attained)

Words meanings and morphology

इमौ (imau) - these two (arms) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with "bhujau".

तौ (tau) - those (referring to the arms mentioned implicitly or previously) (those two, they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with "bhujau".

परिघप्रख्यौ (parighaprakhyau) - (arms) that resemble maces (resembling maces)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of parighaprakhya

parighaprakhya - resembling a mace

Compound type : tatpurusha (parigha+prakhya)

• parigha – mace, iron club
  noun (masculine)
• prakhya – resembling, appearing like
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'khyā' with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with "bhujau".

भुजौ (bhujau) - (Bhīma's) two arms (two arms)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm

Note: Subject of the sentence.

मम (mama) - my (Bhīma's) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Possessive for "bhujau".

दुरासदौ (durāsadau) - formidable, unassailable (arms) (difficult to approach/assail, unassailable, formidable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, formidable

Prefix: dur

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "bhujau".

ययोः (yayoḥ) - by which two (arms) (of which two, by which two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Refers to "bhujau".

अन्तरम् (antaram) - reach, space (between/within the arms' power) (interval, space, interior, middle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, interior, space, difference

Note: Object of "āsādya".

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having come within the grasp/reach of (having approached, having obtained, having reached)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root 'sad' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Connects to the action of the Dhārtarāṣṭras.

धार्तराष्ट्राः (dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ) - the Kauravas, led by Duryodhana (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, a descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Note: Subject of the second clause.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, end (death) (destruction, ruin, loss)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, end, loss

Note: Object of "gatāḥ" in the sense of "to go to destruction".

गताः (gatāḥ) - met, reached (destruction) (gone, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ".