महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-35, verse-20

तयोश्चिन्ता समभवद्दृष्ट्वा पशुगणं महत् ।
कथं न स्युरिमा गाव आवाभ्यां वै विना त्रितम् ॥२०॥

20. tayościntā samabhavaddṛṣṭvā paśugaṇaṁ mahat ,
kathaṁ na syurimā gāva āvābhyāṁ vai vinā tritam.

20. tayoḥ cintā samabhavat dṛṣṭvā paśugaṇam mahat
katham na syuḥ imāḥ gāvaḥ āvābhyām vai vinā tritam

20. mahat paśugaṇam dṛṣṭvā tayoḥ cintā samabhavat
katham imāḥ gāvaḥ āvābhyām vinā tritam vai na syuḥ

20. Upon seeing the large herd of cattle, a concern arose in the minds of the two of them: "How can these cows become exclusively ours, without Trit?"

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Ekata and Dvita (of them, of the two)

• चिन्ता (cintā) - thought, worry, concern

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose, originated, happened

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• पशुगणम् (paśugaṇam) - herd of animals, flock of cattle

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, abundant

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• न (na) - not, no

• स्युः (syuḥ) - may be, might be, should be

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• आवाभ्याम् (āvābhyām) - by Ekata and Dvita (by us two, from us two)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• विना (vinā) - without, except

• त्रितम् (tritam) - the third brother (Trit)

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Ekata and Dvita (of them, of the two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

चिन्ता (cintā) - thought, worry, concern

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, consideration, anxiety, worry

from root 'cit' (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 1)

समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose, originated, happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of saṃbhū

Imperfect 3rd person singular

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root 'dṛś'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पशुगणम् (paśugaṇam) - herd of animals, flock of cattle

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paśugaṇa

paśugaṇa - herd of animals, flock of cattle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paśu+gaṇa)

• paśu – animal, cattle
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, collection, multitude, herd
  noun (masculine)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, abundant

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, abundant, important

present active participle

from root 'mah' (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'paśugaṇam'.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - may be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative 3rd person plural

Root: as (class 2)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'gāvaḥ'.

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

आवाभ्याम् (āvābhyām) - by Ekata and Dvita (by us two, from us two)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Used with 'vinā' implying exclusion or separation from.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

विना (vinā) - without, except

(indeclinable)

Note: Here with instrumental 'āvābhyām'.

त्रितम् (tritam) - the third brother (Trit)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of trita

trita - Trita (name of a Vedic deity or a mythical sage)

Note: Object of exclusion indicated by 'vinā'.