महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-36, verse-25

इमौ च सिंहसंकाशौ भ्रातरौ सहितौ शिशू ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च कथं पार्थ चरिष्यतः ॥२५॥

25. imau ca siṁhasaṁkāśau bhrātarau sahitau śiśū ,
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca kathaṁ pārtha cariṣyataḥ.

25. imau ca siṃhasaṃkāśau bhrātarau sahitau śiśū
nakulaḥ sahadevaḥ ca katham pārtha cariṣyataḥ

25. And how, O Pārtha, will these two lion-like brothers, Nakula and Sahadeva, who are always together and still young, be able to live unrecognized?

Words meanings summery:

• इमौ (imau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (these two)

• च (ca) - and

• सिंहसंकाशौ (siṁhasaṁkāśau) - resembling lions, lion-like

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

• सहितौ (sahitau) - together, accompanied, united

• शिशू (śiśū) - two young ones, two youths

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

• च (ca) - and

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā (Kuntī))

• चरिष्यतः (cariṣyataḥ) - will live in disguise, will remain incognito (dual) (will wander, will move about, will live)

Words meanings and morphology

इमौ (imau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to Nakula and Sahadeva.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सिंहसंकाशौ (siṁhasaṁkāśau) - resembling lions, lion-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of siṃhasaṃkāśa

siṁhasaṁkāśa - lion-like, resembling a lion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (siṃha+saṃkāśa)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar in appearance
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from prefix 'sam-' + root 'kāś' (to shine) + suffix 'a'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Modifies `bhrātarau`.

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Refers to Nakula and Sahadeva.

सहितौ (sahitau) - together, accompanied, united

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, together with, united

Past Passive Participle

Often explained as 'sa' (with) + 'hita' (placed).

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies `bhrātarau`.

शिशू (śiśū) - two young ones, two youths

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young one, youth

Note: Modifies `bhrātarau` and refers to Nakula and Sahadeva.

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (one of the Pāṇḍavas); mongoose

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (one of the Pāṇḍavas)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saha+deva)

• saha – with, together
  indeclinable
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā (Kuntī))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā, descendant of Pṛthā

Vṛddhi derivative from Pṛthā.

चरिष्यतः (cariṣyataḥ) - will live in disguise, will remain incognito (dual) (will wander, will move about, will live)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, future (lṛṭ) of car

Future tense

Future tense form of root 'car'.

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to Nakula and Sahadeva.