महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-165, verse-2

बलवन्तौ नरव्याघ्रौ दृढक्रोधौ प्रहारिणौ ।
गान्धारमुख्यौ तरुणौ दर्शनीयौ महाबलौ ॥२॥

2. balavantau naravyāghrau dṛḍhakrodhau prahāriṇau ,
gāndhāramukhyau taruṇau darśanīyau mahābalau.

2. balavantau naravyāghrau dṛḍhakrodhau prahāriṇau
gāndhāramukhyau taruṇau darśanīyau mahābalau

2. balavantau naravyāghrau dṛḍhakrodhau prahāriṇau
gāndhāramukhyau taruṇau darśanīyau mahābalau

2. They are powerful, tiger-like men (naravyāghrau), fiercely wrathful, and mighty strikers. These two chief Gandhara princes are youthful, handsome, and extremely strong.

2. הם חזקים, נמרים בין אנשים, כעסם איתן ומכותיהם קשות. הם ראשי הגָאנְדְהָארַה, צעירים, נאים למראה ובעלי כוח רב.

Words meanings summery:

• बलवन्तौ (balavantau) - powerful, strong

• नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - tiger among men, excellent men, great warriors

• दृढक्रोधौ (dṛḍhakrodhau) - firm in anger, fiercely wrathful

• प्रहारिणौ (prahāriṇau) - striking, smiting, assaulters

• गान्धारमुख्यौ (gāndhāramukhyau) - chief among the Gandharas, foremost Gandhara princes

• तरुणौ (taruṇau) - young, youthful

• दर्शनीयौ (darśanīyau) - handsome, worth seeing, beautiful

• महाबलौ (mahābalau) - very powerful, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

बलवन्तौ (balavantau) - powerful, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty, having strength

possessive suffix -vat

नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - tiger among men, excellent men, great warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men (metaphor for a pre-eminent man), chief of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

दृढक्रोधौ (dṛḍhakrodhau) - firm in anger, fiercely wrathful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dṛḍhakrodha

dṛḍhakrodha - firm/strong in anger, fiercely wrathful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dṛḍha+krodha)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, rigid, hard
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root dṛh (to be firm)
  Root: dṛh (class 1)
• krodha – anger, wrath, fury
  noun (masculine)
  Root: krudh (class 4)

प्रहारिणौ (prahāriṇau) - striking, smiting, assaulters

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prahārin

prahārin - striking, smiting, assailant, warrior

from root hṛ (to seize) with pra, and suffix -in

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

गान्धारमुख्यौ (gāndhāramukhyau) - chief among the Gandharas, foremost Gandhara princes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gāndhāramukhya

gāndhāramukhya - chief of the Gandharas, principal Gandhara

Compound type : tatpurusha (gāndhāra+mukhya)

• gāndhāra – belonging to Gandhara (country/people), descendant of Gandhari
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

तरुणौ (taruṇau) - young, youthful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of taruṇa

taruṇa - young, youthful, tender

दर्शनीयौ (darśanīyau) - handsome, worth seeing, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of darśanīya

darśanīya - to be seen, visible, handsome, beautiful

Gerundive

from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -anīya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महाबलौ (mahābalau) - very powerful, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahābala

mahābala - great strength, very powerful, mighty

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

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

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