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.

17. ואת שני הגיבורים הרכים, בני מָאדְרִי המשמחים, אעביר במקומות הקשים אם לא יוכלו ללכת.

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)

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