महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-142, verse-15

तावन्योन्यं समाश्लिष्य विकर्षन्तौ परस्परम् ।
दावाग्निधूमसदृशं चक्रतुः पार्थिवं रजः ॥१५॥

15. tāvanyonyaṁ samāśliṣya vikarṣantau parasparam ,
dāvāgnidhūmasadṛśaṁ cakratuḥ pārthivaṁ rajaḥ.

15. tau anyonyam samāśliṣya vikarṣantau parasparam
dāvāgnidhūmasadṛśam cakratuḥ pārthivam rajaḥ

15. Embracing each other, those two pulled one another, raising terrestrial dust that resembled the smoke of a forest fire.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other

• समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - embracing

• विकर्षन्तौ (vikarṣantau) - pulling

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other

• दावाग्निधूमसदृशम् (dāvāgnidhūmasadṛśam) - resembling the smoke of a forest fire

• चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they made

• पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - earthly

• रजः (rajaḥ) - dust

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

Note: Used adverbially.

समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - embracing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śliṣ' (to embrace, cling) with prefix 'sam-ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śliṣ

विकर्षन्तौ (vikarṣantau) - pulling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vikarṣat

vikarṣat - pulling, dragging away

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'kṛṣ' (to pull) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛṣ

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paraspara

paraspara - each other, mutual

Note: Used adverbially.

दावाग्निधूमसदृशम् (dāvāgnidhūmasadṛśam) - resembling the smoke of a forest fire

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāvāgnidhūmasadṛśa

dāvāgnidhūmasadṛśa - resembling forest fire smoke

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāvāgni+dhūma+sadṛśa)

• dāvāgni – forest fire
  noun (masculine)
• dhūma – smoke
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – similar, like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they made

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - earthly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial, royal

Derived from 'pṛthivī' (earth)

रजः (rajaḥ) - dust

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, dirt, pollen, impurity