महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-296, verse-23

प्रसुप्ताविव तौ दृष्ट्वा नरसिंहः सुदुःखितः ।
धनुरुद्यम्य कौन्तेयो व्यलोकयत तद्वनम् ॥२३॥

23. prasuptāviva tau dṛṣṭvā narasiṁhaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ ,
dhanurudyamya kaunteyo vyalokayata tadvanam.

23. pra-suptau iva tau dṛṣṭvā narasiṃhaḥ su-duḥkhitaḥ
dhanuḥ udyamya kaunteyaḥ vyalokayat tat vanam

23. Seeing those two as if fast asleep, Narasiṃha became greatly distressed. Kaunteya, raising his bow, surveyed that forest.

Words meanings summery:

• प्र-सुप्तौ (pra-suptau) - both (Bhīma and Nakula) deeply asleep (both deeply asleep, both fast asleep)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• तौ (tau) - Bhīma and Nakula (those two, them both)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• नरसिंहः (narasiṁhaḥ) - Narasiṃha (a character, likely Yudhishthira as an epithet) (man-lion, best among men, a great man)

• सु-दुःखितः (su-duḥkhitaḥ) - greatly distressed, very sad

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised, having lifted

• कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Kunti) (son of Kunti)

• व्यलोकयत् (vyalokayat) - he surveyed, he looked around

• तत् (tat) - that

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

Words meanings and morphology

प्र-सुप्तौ (pra-suptau) - both (Bhīma and Nakula) deeply asleep (both deeply asleep, both fast asleep)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pra-supta

pra-supta - deeply asleep, fast asleep, unconscious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √svap with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Refers to Bhīma and Nakula, whom Kaunteya (Arjuna) or Narasiṃha (Yudhishthira) finds.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - Bhīma and Nakula (those two, them both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to Bhīma and Nakula.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √dṛś with suffix -tvā.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नरसिंहः (narasiṁhaḥ) - Narasiṃha (a character, likely Yudhishthira as an epithet) (man-lion, best among men, a great man)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of narasiṃha

narasiṁha - man-lion, best among men, a specific avatāra of Vishnu, a proper name

सु-दुःखितः (su-duḥkhitaḥ) - greatly distressed, very sad

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of su-duḥkhita

su-duḥkhita - greatly distressed, very sad, highly grieved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √duḥkh with prefix su-.

Prefix: su

Root: duḥkh

Note: Agrees with 'narasiṃhaḥ'.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Object of `udyamya`.

उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised, having lifted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √yam with prefix ud-, and suffix -ya.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Kunti) (son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti (Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna)

Patronymic from Kunti.

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

व्यलोकयत् (vyalokayat) - he surveyed, he looked around

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vyalokayat

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Derived from root √lok with prefix vi- and the augment 'a-' for imperfect tense.

Prefix: vi

Root: lok (class 10)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Adjective for `vanam`.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Object of `vyalokayat`.