महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-204, verse-18

तौ प्रगृह्य गदे भीमे तस्याः कामेन मोहितौ ।
अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमित्यन्योन्यं निजघ्नतुः ॥१८॥

18. tau pragṛhya gade bhīme tasyāḥ kāmena mohitau ,
ahaṁ pūrvamahaṁ pūrvamityanyonyaṁ nijaghnatuḥ.

18. tau pragṛhya gade bhīme tasyāḥ kāmena mohitau
aham pūrvam aham pūrvam iti anyonyaṃ nijaghnatuḥ

18. Having grasped the two formidable maces, and deluded by desire for her, those two struck each other, each shouting, 'I first! I first!'

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - the two combatants (those two (masculine))

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped

• गदे (gade) - maces

• भीमे (bhīme) - describing the maces (terrible, formidable, frightening)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - referring to the female or object of contention mentioned previously (of her, for her sake)

• कामेन (kāmena) - by desire, by lust, by love

• मोहितौ (mohitau) - deluded by desire (deluded, infatuated, bewildered)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - implying 'I will strike first' (first, before, previously)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - implying 'I will strike first' (first, before, previously)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech (thus, so, in this way)

• अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - mutually, each other

• निजघ्नतुः (nijaghnatuḥ) - they struck, they hit

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - the two combatants (those two (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Gerund

Absolutive from root grah with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

गदे (gade) - maces

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, dual of gadā

gadā - mace, club

भीमे (bhīme) - describing the maces (terrible, formidable, frightening)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, dual of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, frightful, awesome

Root: bhī (class 3)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - referring to the female or object of contention mentioned previously (of her, for her sake)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

कामेन (kāmena) - by desire, by lust, by love

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, lust, sensual pleasure

Root: kam (class 1)

मोहितौ (mohitau) - deluded by desire (deluded, infatuated, bewildered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mohita

mohita - deluded, bewildered, infatuated, confused

Past Passive Participle

from root moh

Root: moh (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - implying 'I will strike first' (first, before, previously)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - implying 'I will strike first' (first, before, previously)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Note: Accusative singular neuter of anyonya used adverbially.

निजघ्नतुः (nijaghnatuḥ) - they struck, they hit

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (lit) of nighan

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)