महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-3, verse-17

यमौ च दृढधन्वानौ यमकल्पौ महाद्युती ।
को जिजीविषुरासीदेद्धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् ॥१७॥

17. yamau ca dṛḍhadhanvānau yamakalpau mahādyutī ,
ko jijīviṣurāsīdeddhṛṣṭadyumnaṁ ca pārṣatam.

17. yamau ca dṛḍhadhanvānau yamakalpau mahādyutī
kaḥ jijīviṣuḥ āsīdet dhṛṣṭadyumnam ca pārṣatam

17. And who, desiring to live, would confront the two highly resplendent twins (Nakula and Sahadeva), who are like the twin gods of death (Yama) and possess strong bows? And who would confront Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata?

Words meanings summery:

• यमौ (yamau) - the two twins, Nakula and Sahadeva (the two Yamas; the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva))

• च (ca) - and

• दृढधन्वानौ (dṛḍhadhanvānau) - the twins, who have strong bows (having strong bows)

• यमकल्पौ (yamakalpau) - the twins, who are like the two Yamas (gods of death) (like Yama, resembling Yama)

• महाद्युती (mahādyutī) - the twins, who are highly resplendent (of great splendor, highly resplendent)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• जिजीविषुः (jijīviṣuḥ) - desiring to live, wishing to live

• आसीदेत् (āsīdet) - would confront, would approach

• धृष्टद्युम्नम् (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna

• च (ca) - and

• पार्षतम् (pārṣatam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata (the son of Pṛṣata)

Words meanings and morphology

यमौ (yamau) - the two twins, Nakula and Sahadeva (the two Yamas; the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yama

yama - Yama (god of death); twin; controller

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दृढधन्वानौ (dṛḍhadhanvānau) - the twins, who have strong bows (having strong bows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dṛḍhadhanvan

dṛḍhadhanvan - having a strong bow, firmly strung bow

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dṛḍha+dhanvan)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, hard, fixed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √dṛh (to be firm, strengthen)
  Root: dṛh (class 1)
• dhanvan – bow, archer
  noun (masculine)

यमकल्पौ (yamakalpau) - the twins, who are like the two Yamas (gods of death) (like Yama, resembling Yama)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yamakalpa

yamakalpa - like Yama, resembling Yama

Compound type : tatpurusha (yama+kalpa)

• yama – Yama (god of death); twin
  proper noun (masculine)
• kalpa – like, resembling, almost
  adjective (masculine)

महाद्युती (mahādyutī) - the twins, who are highly resplendent (of great splendor, highly resplendent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - of great splendor, highly luminous, very bright

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• dyuti – splendor, luster, brilliance, light
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dyut (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

जिजीविषुः (jijīviṣuḥ) - desiring to live, wishing to live

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jijīviṣu

jijīviṣu - desirous of life, wishing to live

Desiderative Agent

Derived from the desiderative stem of √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

आसीदेत् (āsīdet) - would confront, would approach

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of āsīd

Optative

3rd person singular active optative of √sad (to sit) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

धृष्टद्युम्नम् (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭadyumna

dhṛṣṭadyumna - Dhṛṣṭadyumna (name of Draupadi's brother, son of Drupada)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पार्षतम् (pārṣatam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata (the son of Pṛṣata)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pārṣata

pārṣata - son of Pṛṣata (an epithet for Dhṛṣṭadyumna)

Derived from Pṛṣata