महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-5, verse-5

तावपि स्पर्धिनौ राजन्पृथगास्तां परस्परम् ।
बृहस्पतिश्च संवर्तं बाधते स्म पुनः पुनः ॥५॥

5. tāvapi spardhinau rājanpṛthagāstāṁ parasparam ,
bṛhaspatiśca saṁvartaṁ bādhate sma punaḥ punaḥ.

5. tau api spardhinau rājan pṛthak āstām parasparam
bṛhaspatiḥ ca saṃvartam bādhate sma punaḥ punaḥ

5. O King, those two, too, were rivals, living separately from each other. Bṛhaspati repeatedly harassed Saṃvarta.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• स्पर्धिनौ (spardhinau) - rivals, competitors

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, apart

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - they (two) remained, they (two) lived

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, from each other

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati (name of a sage, preceptor of the gods)

• च (ca) - and, also

• संवर्तम् (saṁvartam) - Saṃvarta

• बाधते (bādhate) - harasses, torments

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past action with present tense verb)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

स्पर्धिनौ (spardhinau) - rivals, competitors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of spardhin

spardhin - rival, competitor, emulating

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, apart

(indeclinable)

आस्ताम् (āstām) - they (two) remained, they (two) lived

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, from each other

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paraspara

paraspara - mutual, reciprocal

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati (name of a sage, preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Bṛhaspati (the preceptor of the gods, also a planetary deity)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संवर्तम् (saṁvartam) - Saṃvarta

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvarta

saṁvarta - Saṃvarta (a name, often associated with a powerful sage or a period of cosmic dissolution)

बाधते (bādhate) - harasses, torments

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bādh

Root: bādh (class 1)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past action with present tense verb)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again

(indeclinable)