महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-31, verse-57

भ्रातॄणां भवतामेको युध्यतां गदया मया ।
सहदेवेन वा योत्स्ये भीमेन नकुलेन वा ॥५७॥

57. bhrātṝṇāṁ bhavatāmeko yudhyatāṁ gadayā mayā ,
sahadevena vā yotsye bhīmena nakulena vā.

57. bhrātṝṇām bhavatām ekaḥ yudhyatām gadayā mayā
sahadevena vā yotsye bhīmena nakulena vā

57. bhavatām bhrātṝṇām ekaḥ mayā gadayā yudhyatām
vā bhīmena vā sahadevena vā nakulena yotsye

57. Let one of you brothers fight me with a mace. I will contend with Bhīma, or Sahadeva, or Nakula.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of the brothers

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you (plural, honorific)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single one

• युध्यताम् (yudhyatām) - let him fight, they should fight

• गदया (gadayā) - with a mace

• मया (mayā) - by me, with me

• सहदेवेन (sahadevena) - with Sahadeva

• वा (vā) - or, either

• योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight, I will contend

• भीमेन (bhīmena) - with Bhīma

• नकुलेन (nakulena) - with Nakula

• वा (vā) - or, either

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of the brothers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you (plural, honorific)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor (honorific second person pronoun)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhū, used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, a certain

युध्यताम् (yudhyatām) - let him fight, they should fight

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

गदया (gadayā) - with a mace

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

मया (mayā) - by me, with me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

सहदेवेन (sahadevena) - with Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (name of the youngest Pāṇḍava brother)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight, I will contend

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

भीमेन (bhīmena) - with Bhīma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (name of the second Pāṇḍava brother)

नकुलेन (nakulena) - with Nakula

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (name of one of the Pāṇḍava brothers)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

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