महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-193, verse-5

कुवलाश्वस्य पुत्राणां सहस्राण्येकविंशतिः ।
सर्वे विद्यासु निष्णाता बलवन्तो दुरासदाः ॥५॥

5. kuvalāśvasya putrāṇāṁ sahasrāṇyekaviṁśatiḥ ,
sarve vidyāsu niṣṇātā balavanto durāsadāḥ.

5. kuvalāśvasya putrāṇām sahasrāṇi ekaviṃśatiḥ
sarve vidyāsu niṣṇātāḥ balavantaḥ durāsadāḥ

5. Kuvalāśva had twenty-one thousand sons. All of them were proficient in various sciences, powerful, and formidable.

Words meanings summery:

• कुवलाश्वस्य (kuvalāśvasya) - of Kuvalāśva

• पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of sons

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• एकविंशतिः (ekaviṁśatiḥ) - twenty-one

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of Kuvalāśva's sons (all)

• विद्यासु (vidyāsu) - in sciences, in knowledge

• निष्णाताः (niṣṇātāḥ) - skilled, proficient, expert

• बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - strong, powerful

• दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - unassailable, formidable, difficult to approach

Words meanings and morphology

कुवलाश्वस्य (kuvalāśvasya) - of Kuvalāśva

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kuvalāśva

kuvalāśva - a proper name

पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of sons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, offspring

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

एकविंशतिः (ekaviṁśatiḥ) - twenty-one

(numeral)

Note: The number itself is feminine singular, modifying 'thousands' in a distributive sense.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of Kuvalāśva's sons (all)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the sons.

विद्यासु (vidyāsu) - in sciences, in knowledge

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, science, learning

Root: vid (class 2)

निष्णाताः (niṣṇātāḥ) - skilled, proficient, expert

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niṣṇāta

niṣṇāta - skilled, proficient, expert

Past Passive Participle

from root snā (to bathe) with prefix niṣ, indicating thoroughly 'steeped' or 'bathed' in knowledge

Prefix: niṣ

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'sarve' (all sons).

बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - strong, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful

possesses strength (bala)

Note: Agrees with 'sarve' (all sons).

दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - unassailable, formidable, difficult to approach

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durāsada

durāsada - unassailable, formidable, difficult to approach

Gerundive/Potential Participle

from root sad (to sit, approach) with prefixes dur and ā, meaning 'difficult to be approached'

Prefixes: dur+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarve' (all sons).