Skip to content
אתר זה לא תומך בגרסאות ישנות של אינטרנט אקספלורר
מומלץ להשתמש בדפדפן גוגל כרום או פיירפוקס מוזילה
(או באינטרנט אקספלורר / edge עדכני)
Enjoy Learning Sanskrit tips, tools, resources and more...
4,39

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-39, verse-2

क्व नु स्विदर्जुनः पार्थः कौरव्यो वा युधिष्ठिरः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः ॥२॥
2. kva nu svidarjunaḥ pārthaḥ kauravyo vā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ.
2. kva nu svit arjunaḥ pārthaḥ kauravyaḥ vā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
| nakulaḥ sahadevaḥ ca bhīmasenaḥ ca pāṇḍavaḥ
2. Where, I wonder, are Arjuna, the son of Pṛthā, or Yudhiṣṭhira, the prince of the Kurus, along with Nakula, Sahadeva, and Bhīmasena, the sons of Pāṇḍu?

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • क्व (kva) - where?
  • नु (nu) - indeed, then (expressing doubt or inquiry) (indeed, now, then, particle of interrogation or doubt)
  • स्वित् (svit) - I wonder, pray (particle of interrogation or doubt)
  • अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna, the third Pāṇḍava brother (Arjuna)
  • पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - son of Pṛthā (referring to Arjuna) (son of Pṛthā)
  • कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - descendant of Kuru (referring to Yudhiṣṭhira) (descendant of Kuru, Kuru prince)
  • वा (vā) - or
  • युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava brother (Yudhiṣṭhira)
  • नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Nakula)
  • सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Sahadeva)
  • (ca) - and
  • भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena, the second Pāṇḍava brother (Bhīmasena)
  • (ca) - and
  • पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu (referring to Bhīmasena and generally the Pāṇḍavas) (descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?
(indeclinable)
Note: Interrogative adverb
नु (nu) - indeed, then (expressing doubt or inquiry) (indeed, now, then, particle of interrogation or doubt)
(indeclinable)
Note: Interrogative particle
स्वित् (svit) - I wonder, pray (particle of interrogation or doubt)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes the question/doubt
अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna, the third Pāṇḍava brother (Arjuna)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna
arjuna - Arjuna
पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - son of Pṛthā (referring to Arjuna) (son of Pṛthā)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha
pārtha - son of Pṛthā
Note: Appositive to Arjunaḥ
कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - descendant of Kuru (referring to Yudhiṣṭhira) (descendant of Kuru, Kuru prince)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kauravya
kauravya - descendant of Kuru, Kuru prince
Note: Appositive to Yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects Arjuna and Yudhiṣṭhira in the question
युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava brother (Yudhiṣṭhira)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle (Yudhiṣṭhira)
नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Nakula)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula
nakula - Nakula
सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Sahadeva)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva
sahadeva - Sahadeva
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects Nakula and Sahadeva
भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena, the second Pāṇḍava brother (Bhīmasena)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena
bhīmasena - Bhīmasena
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects Sahadeva and Bhīmasena
पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - son of Pāṇḍu (referring to Bhīmasena and generally the Pāṇḍavas) (descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava
pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu
Note: Appositive to Bhīmasenaḥ