महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-21, verse-15

ततः शब्देन महता भर्त्सयन्तौ परस्परम् ।
पाषाणसंघातनिभैः प्रहारैरभिजघ्नतुः ॥१५॥

15. tataḥ śabdena mahatā bhartsayantau parasparam ,
pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibhaiḥ prahārairabhijaghnatuḥ.

15. tataḥ śabdena mahatā bhartsayantau parasparam
pāṣāṇasaṃghātanibhaiḥ prahāraiḥ abhijaghnatuḥ

15. Then, threatening each other with a great roar, they struck each other with blows that resembled masses of rock.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• शब्देन (śabdena) - with a great roar (with sound, by means of sound, with noise)

• महता (mahatā) - with great, mighty, large

• भर्त्सयन्तौ (bhartsayantau) - threatening, reproaching, scolding (the two of them)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually, reciprocally

• पाषाणसंघातनिभैः (pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibhaiḥ) - with those resembling a mass of rocks, like piles of stones

• प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - with blows, with strikes, with attacks

• अभिजघ्नतुः (abhijaghnatuḥ) - they struck, they hit

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

शब्देन (śabdena) - with a great roar (with sound, by means of sound, with noise)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

महता (mahatā) - with great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, mighty, large, eminent

Note: Agrees with 'śabdena'

भर्त्सयन्तौ (bhartsayantau) - threatening, reproaching, scolding (the two of them)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhartsayat

bhartsayat - threatening, scolding, reproaching

Present Active Participle (causative)

Derived from the causative stem of root √bharts (to threaten)

Root: bharts (class 10)

Note: Adverbial participle modifying the verb 'abhijaghnatuḥ'

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually, reciprocally

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of paraspara

paraspara - each other, mutual, reciprocal

पाषाणसंघातनिभैः (pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibhaiḥ) - with those resembling a mass of rocks, like piles of stones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṣāṇasaṃghātanibha

pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibha - resembling a mass of rocks

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāṣāṇa+saṃghāta+nibha)

• pāṣāṇa – rock, stone
  noun (masculine)
• saṃghāta – mass, collection, aggregation, pile, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun from √han (to strike) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)
• nibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'prahāraiḥ'

प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - with blows, with strikes, with attacks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prahāra

prahāra - blow, strike, attack, hit

Action noun from √hṛ (to seize) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अभिजघ्नतुः (abhijaghnatuḥ) - they struck, they hit

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of abhi-han

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)