महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-18

निष्ठुरः स च नैष्ठुर्याद्भज्येदपि न संनमेत् ।
तिर्यक्प्रेक्षी संहतभ्रूः कथं शाम्येद्वृकोदरः ॥१८॥

18. niṣṭhuraḥ sa ca naiṣṭhuryādbhajyedapi na saṁnamet ,
tiryakprekṣī saṁhatabhrūḥ kathaṁ śāmyedvṛkodaraḥ.

18. niṣṭhuraḥ sa ca naiṣṭhuryāt bhajyet api na saṃnamet
tiryakprekṣī saṃhatabhrūḥ katham śāmyet vṛkodaraḥ

18. And he is unyielding; he might even be broken by harshness, but he would not bend. How could Vṛkodara (Bhīma), who looks sideways with contracted eyebrows, ever be pacified?

Words meanings summery:

• निष्ठुरः (niṣṭhuraḥ) - unyielding in character (harsh, cruel, firm, unyielding)

• स (sa) - Bhīma (he, that)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नैष्ठुर्यात् (naiṣṭhuryāt) - due to harshness, from cruelty

• भज्येत् (bhajyet) - might be broken

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• संनमेत् (saṁnamet) - might bend, might yield

• तिर्यप्रेक्षी (tiryaprekṣī) - Bhīma, who looks askance (indicating anger or defiance) (looking sideways, glancing obliquely)

• संहतभ्रूः (saṁhatabhrūḥ) - Bhīma, with eyebrows knitted (indicating anger or determination) (with contracted eyebrows, having knitted brows)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - might be pacified, might be calmed

• वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Vṛkodara, an epithet of Bhīma (Vṛkodara (wolf-bellied))

Words meanings and morphology

निष्ठुरः (niṣṭhuraḥ) - unyielding in character (harsh, cruel, firm, unyielding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣṭhura

niṣṭhura - harsh, cruel, firm, hard, unyielding

स (sa) - Bhīma (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नैष्ठुर्यात् (naiṣṭhuryāt) - due to harshness, from cruelty

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of naiṣṭhurya

naiṣṭhurya - harshness, cruelty, severity, firmness

Derived from niṣṭhura

भज्येत् (bhajyet) - might be broken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of bhaj

Optative 3rd Person Singular Passive

Root: bhaj (class 7)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संनमेत् (saṁnamet) - might bend, might yield

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of saṃnam

Optative 3rd Person Singular Active

Prefix: sam

Root: nam (class 1)

तिर्यप्रेक्षी (tiryaprekṣī) - Bhīma, who looks askance (indicating anger or defiance) (looking sideways, glancing obliquely)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tiryakprekṣin

tiryakprekṣin - looking sideways, glancing obliquely

Agent Noun / Adjective from verb

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tiryak+prekṣin)

• tiryak – across, sideways, obliquely
  indeclinable
• prekṣin – seeing, looking, observing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Adjective
  from root īkṣ with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

संहतभ्रूः (saṁhatabhrūḥ) - Bhīma, with eyebrows knitted (indicating anger or determination) (with contracted eyebrows, having knitted brows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃhatabhrū

saṁhatabhrū - having contracted eyebrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃhata+bhrū)

• saṃhata – contracted, joined, struck, dense
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)
• bhrū – eyebrow
  noun (feminine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

शाम्येत् (śāmyet) - might be pacified, might be calmed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śam

Optative 3rd Person Singular Active

Root: śam (class 4)

वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Vṛkodara, an epithet of Bhīma (Vṛkodara (wolf-bellied))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied, having a wolf's appetite; an epithet of Bhīma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, stomach
  noun (neuter)