महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-210, verse-5

तावन्योन्यं समाश्लिष्य पृष्ट्वा च कुशलं वने ।
आस्तां प्रियसखायौ तौ नरनारायणावृषी ॥५॥

5. tāvanyonyaṁ samāśliṣya pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṁ vane ,
āstāṁ priyasakhāyau tau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī.

5. tau anyonyam samāśliṣya pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalam vane
āstām priyasakhāyau tau naranārāyaṇau ṛṣī

5. Having embraced each other and inquired about their well-being (in the forest), those two dear friends, the sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa, remained there.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. (those two)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - having embraced

• पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked, having inquired

• च (ca) - and, also

• कुशलम् (kuśalam) - their state of well-being, how they were faring. (well-being, welfare)

• वने (vane) - (while in) the forest; referring to Arjuna's exile. (in the forest, in a forest)

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - they two were

• प्रियसखायौ (priyasakhāyau) - dear friends

• तौ (tau) - Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. (repetition for emphasis) (those two)

• नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - The divine sages Nara (Arjuna) and Nārāyaṇa (Kṛṣṇa) in their human forms. (Nara and Nārāyaṇa)

• ऋषी (ṛṣī) - two sages

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

Note: Used as an adverbial accusative.

समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - having embraced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root śliṣ (to embrace) with prefix sam + ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked, having inquired

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root prach (to ask) with suffix ktvā.

Root: prach (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कुशलम् (kuśalam) - their state of well-being, how they were faring. (well-being, welfare)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuśala

kuśala - well, skillful, prosperous, well-being

Note: Object of pṛṣṭvā.

वने (vane) - (while in) the forest; referring to Arjuna's exile. (in the forest, in a forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

आस्ताम् (āstām) - they two were

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

From root as.

Root: as (class 2)

प्रियसखायौ (priyasakhāyau) - dear friends

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of priyasakha

priyasakha - a dear friend

Compound type : karmadhāraya (priya+sakha)

• priya – dear, beloved
  adjective
• sakha – friend, companion
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with tau (Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna).

तौ (tau) - Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. (repetition for emphasis) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - The divine sages Nara (Arjuna) and Nārāyaṇa (Kṛṣṇa) in their human forms. (Nara and Nārāyaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of naranārāyaṇa

naranārāyaṇa - Nara and Nārāyaṇa (names of two divine sages, often identified with Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa)

Compound type : dvandva (nara+nārāyaṇa)

• nara – man, human; name of a sage (Arjuna)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nārāyaṇa – Nārāyaṇa; name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.

ऋषी (ṛṣī) - two sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

Note: Agrees with naranārāyaṇau.