महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-181, verse-23

अन्योन्यमाह्वयन्तौ तौ मत्ताविव महागजौ ।
मुष्टिभिर्जानुभिश्चैव निघ्नन्तावितरेतरम् ।
मुहूर्तं तौ तथान्योन्यं समरे पर्यकर्षताम् ॥२३॥

23. anyonyamāhvayantau tau mattāviva mahāgajau ,
muṣṭibhirjānubhiścaiva nighnantāvitaretaram ,
muhūrtaṁ tau tathānyonyaṁ samare paryakarṣatām.

23. anyonyam āhvayantau tau mattau iva
mahāgajau muṣṭibhiḥ jānubhiḥ ca eva
nighnantau itaretaram muhūrtaṃ tau
tathā anyonyam samare paryakarṣatām

23. Calling out to each other, those two, like maddened great elephants, struck one another with their fists and knees. Thus, for a moment, they dragged each other around on the battlefield.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

• आह्वयन्तौ (āhvayantau) - calling out, challenging (dual)

• तौ (tau) - those two, they both

• मत्तौ (mattau) - enraged, intoxicated (dual)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महागजौ (mahāgajau) - great elephants (dual)

• मुष्टिभिः (muṣṭibhiḥ) - with fists

• जानुभिः (jānubhiḥ) - with knees

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

• निघ्नन्तौ (nighnantau) - striking, hitting (dual)

• इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other, mutually

• मुहूर्तं (muhūrtaṁ) - for a moment, for a short time

• तौ (tau) - those two, they both

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

• समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

• पर्यकर्षताम् (paryakarṣatām) - they both dragged around, pulled about

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Compound type : dvandva (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)
• anya – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)

आह्वयन्तौ (āhvayantau) - calling out, challenging (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of āhvayat

āhvayat - calling out, invoking, challenging

Present Active Participle

From root hve (to call) with prefix ā (towards)

Prefix: ā

Root: hve (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two, they both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मत्तौ (mattau) - enraged, intoxicated (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of matta

matta - intoxicated, maddened, enraged, proud

Past Passive Participle

From root mad (to be intoxicated, delighted, mad)

Root: mad (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महागजौ (mahāgajau) - great elephants (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāgaja

mahāgaja - a great elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+gaja)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

मुष्टिभिः (muṣṭibhiḥ) - with fists

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of muṣṭi

muṣṭi - fist, handful

जानुभिः (jānubhiḥ) - with knees

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jānu

jānu - knee

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

निघ्नन्तौ (nighnantau) - striking, hitting (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nighnat

nighnat - striking, killing, destroying

Present Active Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni (down, against)

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of itaretara

itaretara - each other, one another

Compound type : dvandva (itara+itara)

• itara – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)
• itara – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'each other'

मुहूर्तं (muhūrtaṁ) - for a moment, for a short time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant, a period of 48 minutes

Note: Accusative case used adverbially to denote duration

तौ (tau) - those two, they both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Compound type : dvandva (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)
• anya – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)

समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

Root: mṛ (class 1)

पर्यकर्षताम् (paryakarṣatām) - they both dragged around, pulled about

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛṣ

Imperfect active

Imperfect 3rd dual active, with prefix pari (around, about)

Prefix: pari

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)