महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-296, verse-22

यतः पुरुषशार्दूलौ पानीयहरणे गतौ ।
तौ ददर्श हतौ तत्र भ्रातरौ श्वेतवाहनः ॥२२॥

22. yataḥ puruṣaśārdūlau pānīyaharaṇe gatau ,
tau dadarśa hatau tatra bhrātarau śvetavāhanaḥ.

22. yataḥ puruṣaśārdūlau pānīyaharaṇe gatau tau
dadarśa hatau tatra bhrātarau śvetavāhanaḥ

22. Where those two best of men had gone to fetch water, Śvetavāhana (Arjuna) saw his two brothers lying slain there.

Words meanings summery:

• यतः (yataḥ) - where (indicating location) (whence, from where, because)

• पुरुषशार्दूलौ (puruṣaśārdūlau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (two tigers among men, two best of men)

• पानीयहरणे (pānīyaharaṇe) - in the act of bringing water, for bringing water

• गतौ (gatau) - gone, arrived

• तौ (tau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (those two)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw

• हतौ (hatau) - slain, killed, struck

• तत्र (tatra) - at the lake (there, in that place)

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (two brothers)

• श्वेतवाहनः (śvetavāhanaḥ) - Arjuna, due to his white horses. (Śvetavāhana (one whose vehicles are white))

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - where (indicating location) (whence, from where, because)

(indeclinable)

Formed from yad (which) with the ablative suffix tas.

Note: Indicates the location of the lake.

पुरुषशार्दूलौ (puruṣaśārdūlau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (two tigers among men, two best of men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puruṣaśārdūla

puruṣaśārdūla - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+śārdūla)

• puruṣa – man, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Nakula and Sahadeva.

पानीयहरणे (pānīyaharaṇe) - in the act of bringing water, for bringing water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pānīyaharaṇa

pānīyaharaṇa - bringing water

Compound type : tatpurusha (pānīya+haraṇa)

• pānīya – water, drinkable
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root √pā (to drink) with suffix anīya.
  Root: pā (class 1)
• haraṇa – bringing, carrying
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root √hṛ (to carry, bring) with ana suffix.
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Indicates the purpose or context of their going.

गतौ (gatau) - gone, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go) with kta suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies puruṣaśārdūlau.

तौ (tau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (those two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Object of dadarśa.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect Active

Reduplicated form of root √dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is śvetavāhanaḥ.

हतौ (hatau) - slain, killed, struck

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck

Past Passive Participle

From root √han (to strike, kill) with kta suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies tau and bhrātarau.

तत्र (tatra) - at the lake (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Formed from tad (that) with the locative suffix tra.

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (two brothers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Appears in apposition to tau.

श्वेतवाहनः (śvetavāhanaḥ) - Arjuna, due to his white horses. (Śvetavāhana (one whose vehicles are white))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvetavāhana

śvetavāhana - having white horses/vehicles

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śveta+vāhana)

• śveta – white
  adjective (masculine)
• vāhana – vehicle, horse
  noun (masculine)
  From √vah (to carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of dadarśa.