महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-46

तुण्डयुद्धमथाकाशे तावुभौ संप्रचक्रतुः ।
युध्यतोरपतद्रेतस्तच्चापि यमुनाम्भसि ॥४६॥

46. tuṇḍayuddhamathākāśe tāvubhau saṁpracakratuḥ ,
yudhyatorapatadretastaccāpi yamunāmbhasi.

46. tuṇḍa-yuddham atha ākāśe tau ubhau sampra-cakratuḥ
yudhyatoḥ apatat retaḥ tat ca api yamunā-ambhasi

46. Then, those two engaged in a beak-fight in the sky. While they were fighting, their semen fell, and that too, into the waters of the Yamuna.

Words meanings summery:

• तुण्ड-युद्धम् (tuṇḍa-yuddham) - a fight with beaks (beak-fight)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

• तौ (tau) - those two (hawks) (those two)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (of them) (both)

• सम्प्र-चक्रतुः (sampra-cakratuḥ) - they engaged in (a fight) (they performed, they engaged in)

• युध्यतोः (yudhyatoḥ) - while they (the two hawks) were fighting (of the two fighting, while fighting)

• अपतत् (apatat) - fell (fell, dropped)

• रेतः (retaḥ) - semen (semen, virility, germ)

• तत् (tat) - that (semen) (that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - too, also (also, even, too)

• यमुना-अम्भसि (yamunā-ambhasi) - into the waters of the Yamuna (in the waters of Yamuna)

Words meanings and morphology

तुण्ड-युद्धम् (tuṇḍa-yuddham) - a fight with beaks (beak-fight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tuṇḍa-yuddha

tuṇḍa-yuddha - beak-fight, combat with beaks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tuṇḍa+yuddha)

• tuṇḍa – beak, bill, muzzle
  noun (neuter)
• yuddha – fight, battle, combat
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implied sentence "they performed a beak-fight."

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

तौ (tau) - those two (hawks) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the two hawks.

उभौ (ubhau) - both (of them) (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both, two

Note: Emphasizes 'tau'.

सम्प्र-चक्रतुः (sampra-cakratuḥ) - they engaged in (a fight) (they performed, they engaged in)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of sam-pra-kṛ

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The object "tuṇḍa-yuddham" is understood for this verb.

युध्यतोः (yudhyatoḥ) - while they (the two hawks) were fighting (of the two fighting, while fighting)

(nominal form)

Genitive, masculine, dual of yudhyat

yudhyat - fighting, combating

present participle

present participle of root yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Indicates the simultaneous action of fighting.

अपतत् (apatat) - fell (fell, dropped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The augment "a" indicates past tense.

रेतः (retaḥ) - semen (semen, virility, germ)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of retas

retas - semen, seed, virility, germ, fluid

Note: Subject of 'apatat'.

तत् (tat) - that (semen) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'retaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - too, also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the destination.

यमुना-अम्भसि (yamunā-ambhasi) - into the waters of the Yamuna (in the waters of Yamuna)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yamunā-ambhas

yamunā-ambhas - water of the Yamuna river

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (yamunā+ambhas)

• yamunā – Yamuna (name of a sacred river)
  noun (feminine)
• ambhas – water, fluid
  noun (neuter)

Note: Location where the semen fell.