महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-5, verse-3

क्षीणबाणौ विधनुषौ भग्नखड्गौ महीं गतौ ।
बाहुभिः समसज्जेतामुभावपि बलान्वितौ ॥३॥

3. kṣīṇabāṇau vidhanuṣau bhagnakhaḍgau mahīṁ gatau ,
bāhubhiḥ samasajjetāmubhāvapi balānvitau.

3. kṣīṇabāṇau vidhanuṣau bhagnakhaḍgau mahīm gatau
bāhubhiḥ samasajjetām ubhāv api balānvitau

3. kṣīṇabāṇau vidhanuṣau bhagnakhaḍgau mahīm gatau
ubhāv api balānvitau bāhubhiḥ samasajjetām

3. With their arrows depleted, bows broken, and swords shattered, both warriors fell to the ground. Then, endowed with strength, they engaged in combat using their bare arms.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षीणबाणौ (kṣīṇabāṇau) - having exhausted arrows, with depleted arrows

• विधनुषौ (vidhanuṣau) - having no bows, without bows, with broken bows

• भग्नखड्गौ (bhagnakhaḍgau) - having broken swords, with shattered swords

• महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

• गतौ (gatau) - (having fallen to the ground) (gone, fallen, reached)

• बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - with their bare arms (implying wrestling) (with arms, by means of arms)

• समसज्जेताम् (samasajjetām) - they engaged (in combat)

• उभाव् (ubhāv) - both, the two

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• बलान्वितौ (balānvitau) - endowed with strength, powerful

Words meanings and morphology

क्षीणबाणौ (kṣīṇabāṇau) - having exhausted arrows, with depleted arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṣīṇabāṇa

kṣīṇabāṇa - having exhausted arrows, whose arrows are depleted

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṣīṇa (exhausted) + bāṇa (arrow).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+bāṇa)

• kṣīṇa – exhausted, diminished, destroyed
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṣi- (to destroy, diminish).
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: baṇ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the two warriors.

विधनुषौ (vidhanuṣau) - having no bows, without bows, with broken bows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vidhanus

vidhanus - bowless, deprived of bow, having a broken bow

Bahuvrīhi compound: vi (privative prefix) + dhanus (bow).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+dhanus)

• vi – without, apart, dis-, broken
  indeclinable
• dhanus – bow, arc
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dhan (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the two warriors.

भग्नखड्गौ (bhagnakhaḍgau) - having broken swords, with shattered swords

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhagnakhaḍga

bhagnakhaḍga - having a broken sword, whose sword is shattered

Bahuvrīhi compound: bhagna (broken) + khaḍga (sword).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhagna+khaḍga)

• bhagna – broken, shattered, defeated
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhañj- (to break).
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• khaḍga – sword, scimitar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: khaḍg (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the two warriors.

महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Object of gatau.

गतौ (gatau) - (having fallen to the ground) (gone, fallen, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, moved, reached, fallen

Past Passive Participle

From root gam- (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Here functions as the predicate participle for the two warriors.

बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - with their bare arms (implying wrestling) (with arms, by means of arms)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

u-stem noun.

Note: Instrument of combat.

समसज्जेताम् (samasajjetām) - they engaged (in combat)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, aorist (luṅ) of sañj

Aorist tense, 3rd person dual

From root sañj- (to cling, engage) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Describes the action of the two warriors.

उभाव् (ubhāv) - both, the two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both, the two

Numeral/pronoun. It only declines in dual.

Note: Refers to Karṇa and Jarāsandha.

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

Particle.

बलान्वितौ (balānvitau) - endowed with strength, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of balānvita

balānvita - endowed with strength, possessed of power, strong

Tatpuruṣa compound: bala (strength) + anvita (endowed with).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+anvita)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• anvita – accompanied by, connected with, endowed with
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i- (to go) with prefix anu-.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the two warriors.