महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-238, verse-2

भ्रातॄनर्हसि नो वीर मोक्तुं गन्धर्वसत्तम ।
अनर्हा धर्षणं हीमे जीवमानेषु पाण्डुषु ॥२॥

2. bhrātṝnarhasi no vīra moktuṁ gandharvasattama ,
anarhā dharṣaṇaṁ hīme jīvamāneṣu pāṇḍuṣu.

2. bhrātṝn arhasi naḥ vīra moktum gandharvasattama
anarhā dharṣaṇam hi ime jīvamāneṣu pāṇḍuṣu

2. O hero, best of Gandharvas, you should release our brothers. For it is not fitting that they should suffer such humiliation while the Pandavas are still alive.

2. הו גיבור, מובחר הגַנְדְהַרְוַות, ראוי שתשחרר את אחינו. הם אינם ראויים להשפלה כל עוד בני פָּאנְדוּ חיים.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

• नः (naḥ) - our, to us

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (referring to Citrasena) (O hero, brave one)

• मोक्तुम् (moktum) - to release, to free

• गन्धर्वसत्तम (gandharvasattama) - O best of Gandharvas (addressing Citrasena) (best of Gandharvas)

• अनर्हा (anarhā) - unworthy, not fit

• धर्षणम् (dharṣaṇam) - humiliation, assault, violation

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• इमे (ime) - these (brothers) (these)

• जीवमानेषु (jīvamāneṣu) - while living, while alive

• पाण्डुषु (pāṇḍuṣu) - while the Pandavas are alive (among the Pandavas)

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Refers to the Kauravas.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Active

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Subject is implicit 'you' (Citrasena).

नः (naḥ) - our, to us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: 'our brothers'

वीर (vīra) - O hero (referring to Citrasena) (O hero, brave one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man

Note: Address to Citrasena.

मोक्तुम् (moktum) - to release, to free

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of root muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Governed by arhasi.

गन्धर्वसत्तम (gandharvasattama) - O best of Gandharvas (addressing Citrasena) (best of Gandharvas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of gandharvasattama

gandharvasattama - best among Gandharvas

Superlative compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandharva+sattama)

• gandharva – Gandharva (a celestial musician/spirit)
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

Note: Address to Citrasena.

अनर्हा (anarhā) - unworthy, not fit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anarha

anarha - unworthy, not fit

Negative compound (na + arha)

Compound type : tatpurusha (an+arha)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• arha – worthy, deserving
  adjective
  Derived from root arh
  Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ime' (these [brothers]).

धर्षणम् (dharṣaṇam) - humiliation, assault, violation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharṣaṇa

dharṣaṇa - humiliation, assault, violation

From root dhṛṣ

Root: dhṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of implicit verb 'to suffer' or 'to receive'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle expressing emphasis or cause.

इमे (ime) - these (brothers) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to the Kauravas.

जीवमानेषु (jīvamāneṣu) - while living, while alive

(participle)

Locative, masculine, plural of jīvamāna

jīvamāna - living, alive

Present Middle Participle

From root jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction with Pāṇḍuṣu. 'While the Pāṇḍavas are alive'.

पाण्डुषु (pāṇḍuṣu) - while the Pandavas are alive (among the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍu

pāṇḍu - Pāṇḍu (name of the father of the Pāṇḍavas); referring to the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

Note: Locative absolute construction with jīvamāneṣu.

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