महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-95, verse-8

तयोर्बलवतोस्तत्र गन्धर्वकुरुमुख्ययोः ।
नद्यास्तीरे हिरण्वत्याः समास्तिस्रोऽभवद्रणः ॥८॥

8. tayorbalavatostatra gandharvakurumukhyayoḥ ,
nadyāstīre hiraṇvatyāḥ samāstisro'bhavadraṇaḥ.

8. tayoḥ balavatoḥ tatra gandharvakurumukhyayoḥ
nadyāḥ tīre hiraṇvatyāḥ samāḥ tisraḥ abhavat raṇaḥ

8. There, on the bank of the Hiraṇvatī River, a battle between those two powerful chiefs – the Gandharva and the Kuru – lasted for three years.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the two combatants (Chitrangada and the Gandharva king) (of those two, between those two)

• बलवतोः (balavatoḥ) - of the two powerful ones

• तत्र (tatra) - at that location (on the river bank) (there, in that place)

• गन्धर्वकुरुमुख्ययोः (gandharvakurumukhyayoḥ) - of Chitrangada (the Kuru chief) and the Gandharva king (the Gandharva chief) (of the two chiefs, the Gandharva and the Kuru)

• नद्याः (nadyāḥ) - of the river

• तीरे (tīre) - on the bank, at the shore

• हिरण्वत्याः (hiraṇvatyāḥ) - of the Hiraṇvatī (river)

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it was

• रणः (raṇaḥ) - battle, combat

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the two combatants (Chitrangada and the Gandharva king) (of those two, between those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the two combatants mentioned in the previous verse.

बलवतोः (balavatoḥ) - of the two powerful ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty, having strength

Derived from bala (strength) + matup (possessive suffix).

Note: Qualifies 'tayoḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - at that location (on the river bank) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

गन्धर्वकुरुमुख्ययोः (gandharvakurumukhyayoḥ) - of Chitrangada (the Kuru chief) and the Gandharva king (the Gandharva chief) (of the two chiefs, the Gandharva and the Kuru)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of gandharvakurumukhya

gandharvakurumukhya - chief of the Gandharvas and Kurus; referring to the Gandharva chief and the Kuru chief

Dvanda compound of 'Gandharva' and 'Kuru', both qualified or acting as 'mukhya' (chief).

Compound type : dvandva (gandharva+kuru+mukhya)

• gandharva – Gandharva (celestial being)
  noun (masculine)
• kuru – Kuru (descendant of King Kuru, here referring to Chitrangada)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'tayoḥ balavatoḥ'.

नद्याः (nadyāḥ) - of the river

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

Note: Qualifies 'tīre'.

तीरे (tīre) - on the bank, at the shore

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tīra

tīra - bank, shore, coast

Note: Locative of place.

हिरण्वत्याः (hiraṇvatyāḥ) - of the Hiraṇvatī (river)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of hiraṇvatī

hiraṇvatī - Hiraṇvatī (name of a river, meaning 'golden')

Feminine of hiraṇvat (having gold).

Note: Qualifies 'nadyāḥ'.

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration ('for three years').

तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'samāḥ'.

अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it was

(verb)

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

Imperfect

3rd singular imperfect active of √bhū (1st class).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

रणः (raṇaḥ) - battle, combat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, fight, conflict

From √raṇ (to shout, to rejoice, to sound).

Root: raṇ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'abhavat'.