महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-141, verse-17

सुकुमारौ तथा वीरौ माद्रीनन्दिकरावुभौ ।
दुर्गे संतारयिष्यामि यद्यशक्तौ भविष्यतः ॥१७॥

17. sukumārau tathā vīrau mādrīnandikarāvubhau ,
durge saṁtārayiṣyāmi yadyaśaktau bhaviṣyataḥ.

17. sukumārau tathā vīrau mādrīnandikarau ubhau
durge saṃtārayiṣyāmi yadi aśaktau bhaviṣyataḥ

17. Furthermore, I will carry both the delicate and heroic sons of Mādrī across the difficult terrain, if they become incapable.

Words meanings summery:

• सुकुमारौ (sukumārau) - delicate, tender, youthful (dual)

• तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

• वीरौ (vīrau) - heroic, brave (dual)

• माद्रीनन्दिकरौ (mādrīnandikarau) - Nakula and Sahadeva, sons of Mādrī (the two who bring joy to Mādrī, sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva))

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine dual)

• दुर्गे (durge) - in the difficult terrain, in the fortress, in the difficult place

• संतारयिष्यामि (saṁtārayiṣyāmi) - I will carry across, I will enable to cross, I will make them cross

• यदि (yadi) - if, when

• अशक्तौ (aśaktau) - unable, incapable (dual)

• भविष्यतः (bhaviṣyataḥ) - they two will become, they two will be

Words meanings and morphology

सुकुमारौ (sukumārau) - delicate, tender, youthful (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sukumāra

sukumāra - delicate, tender, youthful, charming

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kumāra)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix
• kumāra – boy, youth, prince, delicate
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'ubhau' and refers to the two sons.

तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)

वीरौ (vīrau) - heroic, brave (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - heroic, brave, valorous

Note: Agrees with 'ubhau' and refers to the two sons.

माद्रीनन्दिकरौ (mādrīnandikarau) - Nakula and Sahadeva, sons of Mādrī (the two who bring joy to Mādrī, sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mādrīnandikara

mādrīnandikara - causing delight to Mādrī, son of Mādrī

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mādrī+nandikara)

• mādrī – Mādrī (name of Pāṇḍu's second wife and mother of Nakula and Sahadeva)
  proper noun (feminine)
• nandikara – causing joy, delighting
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Derived from root nand (to rejoice) + kara (making/causing)
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Refers to Nakula and Sahadeva, the twin sons of Mādrī.

उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

दुर्गे (durge) - in the difficult terrain, in the fortress, in the difficult place

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of durga

durga - difficult path, inaccessible place, fortress, obstacle

संतारयिष्यामि (saṁtārayiṣyāmi) - I will carry across, I will enable to cross, I will make them cross

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of saṃtāray

Causative form

Causative stem from root tṛ (to cross) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛ (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if, when

(indeclinable)

अशक्तौ (aśaktau) - unable, incapable (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of aśakta

aśakta - unable, incapable

Past Passive Participle

Negated form of 'śakta' (past passive participle of śak)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śakta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• śakta – able, capable, powerful
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb root śak (to be able) + kta suffix
  Root: śak (class 5)

भविष्यतः (bhaviṣyataḥ) - they two will become, they two will be

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)