महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-4

द्विपा वा बलिनो राजन्वृषभा वा महाबलाः ।
विनिग्राह्या यदि मया निग्रहीष्यामि तानपि ॥४॥

4. dvipā vā balino rājanvṛṣabhā vā mahābalāḥ ,
vinigrāhyā yadi mayā nigrahīṣyāmi tānapi.

4. dvipāḥ vā balinaḥ rājan vṛṣabhāḥ vā mahābalāḥ
vinigrāhyāḥ yadi mayā nigrahīṣyāmi tān api

4. O king, if strong elephants or very powerful bulls are to be subdued by me, I will subdue them also.

Words meanings summery:

• द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants

• वा (vā) - or

• बलिनः (balinaḥ) - strong ones, powerful ones

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• वृषभाः (vṛṣabhāḥ) - bulls

• वा (vā) - or

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - very strong, very powerful

• विनिग्राह्याः (vinigrāhyāḥ) - to be restrained, to be subdued, to be controlled

• यदि (yadi) - if

• मया (mayā) - by me

• निग्रहीष्यामि (nigrahīṣyāmi) - I will restrain, I will subdue

• तान् (tān) - them

• अपि (api) - also, even

Words meanings and morphology

द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvipa

dvipa - elephant (lit. 'two-drinker' from drinking with trunk)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

बलिनः (balinaḥ) - strong ones, powerful ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balin

balin - strong, powerful, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'dvipāḥ' and 'vṛṣabhāḥ'.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

वृषभाः (vṛṣabhāḥ) - bulls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛṣabha

vṛṣabha - bull, lord, chief

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - very strong, very powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - very strong, mighty, having great power

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+bala)

• mahat – great, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'dvipāḥ' and 'vṛṣabhāḥ'.

विनिग्राह्याः (vinigrāhyāḥ) - to be restrained, to be subdued, to be controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinigrāhya

vinigrāhya - to be restrained, to be subdued, to be controlled

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from root grah (to seize, hold) with prefixes vi- and ni-.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Used predicatively.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

निग्रहीष्यामि (nigrahīṣyāmi) - I will restrain, I will subdue

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nigrah

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, them

Note: Refers to 'elephants and bulls'.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)