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?

25. ושני האחים האלה, הצעירים הדומים לאריות, נַקוּלַה וסַהַדֵוַה, כיצד יתהלכו (בהסתר) יחד, הו פָּארְטְהַא?

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.

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