महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-18

एवमेतौ महावीर्यौ तौ पश्यत समागतौ ।
वासुदेवार्जुनौ वीरौ समवेतौ महारथौ ॥१८॥

18. evametau mahāvīryau tau paśyata samāgatau ,
vāsudevārjunau vīrau samavetau mahārathau.

18. evam etau mahāvīryau tau paśyata samāgatau
vāsudevārjunau vīrau samavetau mahārathau

18. Behold, then, these two greatly valorous ones, the heroic great charioteers Vasudeva (Krishna) and Arjuna, who have thus met.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• एतौ (etau) - these two

• महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - greatly valorous, extremely powerful

• तौ (tau) - those two

• पश्यत (paśyata) - you (plural) behold!

• समागतौ (samāgatau) - having come together, met

• वासुदेवार्जुनौ (vāsudevārjunau) - Vasudeva (Krishna) and Arjuna

• वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

• समवेतौ (samavetau) - assembled, met

• महारथौ (mahārathau) - great charioteers

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एतौ (etau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, that

महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - greatly valorous, extremely powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāvīrya

mahāvīrya - greatly valorous, of great might

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+vīrya)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
  feminine form of mahat, used as first member of compound
• vīrya – valor, strength, might
  noun (neuter)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

पश्यत (paśyata) - you (plural) behold!

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

समागतौ (samāgatau) - having come together, met

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samāgata

samāgata - met, assembled, arrived

Past Passive Participle

formed from root gam with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies etau and vāsudevārjunau.

वासुदेवार्जुनौ (vāsudevārjunau) - Vasudeva (Krishna) and Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vāsudevārjuna

vāsudevārjuna - Vasudeva and Arjuna

Compound type : dvandva (vāsudeva+arjuna)

• vāsudeva – Vasudeva (a name for Krishna)
  proper noun (masculine)
• arjuna – Arjuna (a celebrated hero of the Mahābhārata)
  proper noun (masculine)

वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valiant

समवेतौ (samavetau) - assembled, met

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samaveta

samaveta - met, assembled, united

Past Passive Participle

formed from root i (to go) with prefixes sam- and ava-

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies vāsudevārjunau.

महारथौ (mahārathau) - great charioteers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great warrior fighting from a chariot, great charioteer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
  feminine form of mahat, used as first member of compound
• ratha – chariot, warrior (from chariot)
  noun (masculine)