महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-35, verse-21

तावन्योन्यं समाभाष्य एकतश्च द्वितश्च ह ।
यदूचतुर्मिथः पापौ तन्निबोध जनेश्वर ॥२१॥

21. tāvanyonyaṁ samābhāṣya ekataśca dvitaśca ha ,
yadūcaturmithaḥ pāpau tannibodha janeśvara.

21. tau anyonyam samābhāṣya ekataḥ ca dvitaḥ ca ha
yat ūcatuḥ mithaḥ pāpau tat nibodha janeśvara

21. janeśvara tau ekataḥ ca dvitaḥ ca anyonyam
samābhāṣya ha yat mithaḥ pāpau ūcatuḥ tat nibodha

21. Those two—Ekata and Dvita—having discussed with each other, O ruler of people, listen to what those two wicked ones then said to one another.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - Ekata and Dvita (those two)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, to each other, one another

• समाभाष्य (samābhāṣya) - having addressed, having conversed, having discussed

• एकतः (ekataḥ) - name of one of the brothers (Ekata)

• च (ca) - and

• द्वितः (dvitaḥ) - name of one of the brothers (Dvita)

• च (ca) - and

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said, spoke

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, to each other

• पापौ (pāpau) - Ekata and Dvita, who are plotting against their brother (the two wicked ones, sinful ones)

• तत् (tat) - the content of their speech (that)

• निबोध (nibodha) - listen to and understand (understand, perceive, learn)

• जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - addressing the listener (e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Mahabharata) (O ruler of people, O king of men)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - Ekata and Dvita (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, to each other, one another

(indeclinable)

adverbial use of 'anyonya' (each other)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun
• anya – other, another
  pronoun

Note: Here adverbial, 'to each other'.

समाभाष्य (samābhāṣya) - having addressed, having conversed, having discussed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root 'bhāṣ' with upasargas 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

एकतः (ekataḥ) - name of one of the brothers (Ekata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekata

ekata - Ekata (name of one of the three brothers)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

द्वितः (dvitaḥ) - name of one of the brothers (Dvita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvita

dvita - Dvita (name of one of the three brothers)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the speech that follows.

ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they two said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect 3rd person dual

Root: vac (class 2)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, to each other

(indeclinable)

पापौ (pāpau) - Ekata and Dvita, who are plotting against their brother (the two wicked ones, sinful ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pāpa

pāpa - wicked, evil, sinful; a wicked person, sin

तत् (tat) - the content of their speech (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the entire preceding clause ('yat ūcatuḥ...').

निबोध (nibodha) - listen to and understand (understand, perceive, learn)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of nibudh

Imperative 2nd person singular

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - addressing the listener (e.g., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Mahabharata) (O ruler of people, O king of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janeśvara

janeśvara - lord of men, king, ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+īśvara)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)