महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-149, verse-18

माद्रीसुताभ्यामुक्ते तु स्वमते कुरुनन्दनः ।
वासविर्वासवसमः सव्यसाच्यब्रवीद्वचः ॥१८॥

18. mādrīsutābhyāmukte tu svamate kurunandanaḥ ,
vāsavirvāsavasamaḥ savyasācyabravīdvacaḥ.

18. mādrīsutābhyām ukte tu svamate kurunandanaḥ
vāsaviḥ vāsavasamaḥ savyasācī abravīt vacaḥ

18. tu mādrīsutābhyām svamate ukte kurunandanaḥ
vāsaviḥ vāsavasamaḥ savyasācī vacaḥ abravīt

18. But after the two sons of Mādrī had expressed their own views, Arjuna (Vāsavi), the delight of the Kurus, who was equal to Indra (Vasava) and ambidextrous (Savyasācī), spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• माद्रीसुताभ्याम् (mādrīsutābhyām) - by Nakula and Sahadeva (by the two sons of Mādrī)

• उक्ते (ukte) - when their opinions were spoken (having been spoken, when spoken)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• स्वमते (svamate) - in one's own opinion, according to one's own view

• कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (delight of the Kurus)

• वासविः (vāsaviḥ) - Arjuna (son of Vasava (Indra))

• वासवसमः (vāsavasamaḥ) - equal to Vasava (Indra)

• सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Arjuna (who can shoot arrows with both hands) (ambidextrous)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, utterance

Words meanings and morphology

माद्रीसुताभ्याम् (mādrīsutābhyām) - by Nakula and Sahadeva (by the two sons of Mādrī)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of mādrīsuta

mādrīsuta - son of Mādrī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mādrī+suta)

• mādrī – Mādrī (name of Pāṇḍu's second wife)
  proper noun (feminine)
• suta – son, born
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √sū (to beget)
  Root: sū (class 2)

उक्ते (ukte) - when their opinions were spoken (having been spoken, when spoken)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, dual of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Locative dual, agreeing with svamate (which can be dual also or just agree with subject implied)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

स्वमते (svamate) - in one's own opinion, according to one's own view

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of svamati

svamati - one's own opinion/view

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+mati)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun
• mati – opinion, thought, mind
  noun (feminine)
  from √man
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: This form can also be neuter dual locative. Here it functions as a locative absolute with ukte.

कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (delight of the Kurus)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, son of Kuru

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (ancestor of a royal lineage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  from √nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

वासविः (vāsaviḥ) - Arjuna (son of Vasava (Indra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsavi

vāsavi - son of Vasava (Indra)

patronymic from Vasava/Vasudeva

वासवसमः (vāsavasamaḥ) - equal to Vasava (Indra)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsavasama

vāsavasama - equal to Vasava (Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsava+sama)

• vāsava – Indra
  proper noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, like, same
  adjective (masculine)

सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Arjuna (who can shoot arrows with both hands) (ambidextrous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - ambidextrous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left
  adjective
• sācin – moving, going, shooting
  adjective
  from √sac
  Root: sac (class 1)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Root: bru (class 2)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance

from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)