महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-94, verse-42

नरनारायणौ यौ तौ तावेवार्जुनकेशवौ ।
विजानीहि महाराज प्रवीरौ पुरुषर्षभौ ॥४२॥

42. naranārāyaṇau yau tau tāvevārjunakeśavau ,
vijānīhi mahārāja pravīrau puruṣarṣabhau.

42. naranārāyaṇau yau tau tau eva arjunakeśavau
vijānīhi mahārāja pravīrau puruṣarṣabhau

42. O great king, understand that those two, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, are indeed those very two, Arjuna and Keśava (Krishna), the two great heroes and foremost among men (puruṣa).

42. הו מלך גדול, דע שנַרַה ונָארָאיַנַה הם בעצמם אַרְג׳וּנַה וקֵשַׁוַה, גיבורים דגולים ואדירי אדם.

Words meanings summery:

• नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - The divine sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa (who are incarnate as Arjuna and Krishna) (Nara and Nārāyaṇa)

• यौ (yau) - those two who (whichever two, who (dual))

• तौ (tau) - those two

• तौ (tau) - those two

• एव (eva) - indeed, none other than (indeed, only, just)

• अर्जुनकेशवौ (arjunakeśavau) - Arjuna and Keśava (Krishna) (incarnations of Nara and Nārāyaṇa) (Arjuna and Keśava (Krishna))

• विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know, understand, recognize

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra! (or general address to a king) (O great king!)

• प्रवीरौ (pravīrau) - two great heroes, two excellent warriors

• पुरुषर्षभौ (puruṣarṣabhau) - two bulls among men, two excellent men, two foremost of men (puruṣa)

Words meanings and morphology

नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - The divine sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa (who are incarnate as Arjuna and Krishna) (Nara and Nārāyaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of naranārāyaṇa

naranārāyaṇa - Nara and Nārāyaṇa (dual deity)

Compound type : Dvandva (nara+nārāyaṇa)

• nara – man, human, primeval man
  noun (masculine)
• nārāyaṇa – Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu), son of Nara, moving in waters
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative with implied 'are'.

यौ (yau) - those two who (whichever two, who (dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

एव (eva) - indeed, none other than (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

अर्जुनकेशवौ (arjunakeśavau) - Arjuna and Keśava (Krishna) (incarnations of Nara and Nārāyaṇa) (Arjuna and Keśava (Krishna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of arjunakeśava

arjunakeśava - Arjuna and Keśava

Compound type : Dvandva (arjuna+keśava)

• arjuna – Arjuna (a Pāṇḍava prince)
  proper noun (masculine)
• keśava – Keśava (an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa), having fine hair, slayer of the demon Keśī
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative with implied 'are'.

विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know, understand, recognize

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vijñā

Imperative

Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular (from vi + jñā (9th class) with imperative ending)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra! (or general address to a king) (O great king!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king, emperor

Vocative singular of mahārājan.

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

प्रवीरौ (pravīrau) - two great heroes, two excellent warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pravīra

pravīra - great hero, excellent warrior

From pra (excellent) + vīra (hero).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (pra+vīra)

• pra – forth, forward, excellent
  indeclinable
• vīra – hero, warrior, valiant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'arjunakeśavau'.

पुरुषर्षभौ (puruṣarṣabhau) - two bulls among men, two excellent men, two foremost of men (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men, chief of men, excellent man (puruṣa)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'arjunakeśavau'.

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