महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-194, verse-19

तौ प्रहस्य हृषीकेशं महावीर्यौ महासुरौ ।
प्रत्यब्रूतां महाराज सहितौ मधुसूदनम् ॥१९॥

19. tau prahasya hṛṣīkeśaṁ mahāvīryau mahāsurau ,
pratyabrūtāṁ mahārāja sahitau madhusūdanam.

19. tau prahasya hṛṣīkeśam mahāvīryau mahāsurau
prati abrūtām mahārāja sahitau madhusūdanam

19. O great king, those two exceedingly powerful great demons, laughing heartily, together replied to Hṛṣīkeśa, the slayer of Madhu.

19. הו מלך גדול, שני האַסוּרַה האדירים, בעלי הגבורה העצומה, פרצו בצחוק, ויחד ענו להְרְשִׁיקֵשַׁה, הוא מַדְהוּסוּדַנַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two demons (Madhu and Kaiṭabha) (those two)

• प्रहस्य (prahasya) - laughing heartily (having laughed, laughing)

• हृषीकेशम् (hṛṣīkeśam) - to Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)

• महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - greatly powerful, exceedingly valorous

• महासुरौ (mahāsurau) - great demons

• प्रति (prati) - to, towards, in return

• अब्रूताम् (abrūtām) - they replied (dual) (they said, they spoke, they replied)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• सहितौ (sahitau) - together (accompanied, together with)

• मधुसूदनम् (madhusūdanam) - to the slayer of Madhu (an epithet of Viṣṇu)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two demons (Madhu and Kaiṭabha) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

प्रहस्य (prahasya) - laughing heartily (having laughed, laughing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

gerund of pra-√has (to laugh)

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

हृषीकेशम् (hṛṣīkeśam) - to Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hṛṣīkeśa

hṛṣīkeśa - lord of the senses, a name for Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hṛṣīka+īśa)

• hṛṣīka – sense organ
  noun (neuter)
• īśa – lord, master
  noun (masculine)

महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - greatly powerful, exceedingly valorous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāvīrya

mahāvīrya - greatly powerful, mighty, very valorous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+vīrya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vīrya – valor, strength, potency, heroism
  noun (neuter)

महासुरौ (mahāsurau) - great demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāsura

mahāsura - great demon

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+asura)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• asura – demon, evil spirit
  noun (masculine)

प्रति (prati) - to, towards, in return

(indeclinable)

अब्रूताम् (abrūtām) - they replied (dual) (they said, they spoke, they replied)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Forms 'pratyabrūtām' when combined with 'prati'.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

सहितौ (sahitau) - together (accompanied, together with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, joined with, together with

Past Passive Participle

from sam-√dhā (to place together)

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

मधुसूदनम् (madhusūdanam) - to the slayer of Madhu (an epithet of Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana

madhusūdana - slayer of the demon Madhu, an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – a demon, honey, sweetness
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – destroying, slayer, killer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from √sūd (to destroy, kill)
  Root: sūd (class 10)

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