महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-17, verse-24

अन्योन्यस्याभिसंक्रुद्धावन्योन्यं जघ्नतुः शरैः ।
विनदन्तौ महाराज सिंहाविव महाबलौ ॥२४॥

24. anyonyasyābhisaṁkruddhāvanyonyaṁ jaghnatuḥ śaraiḥ ,
vinadantau mahārāja siṁhāviva mahābalau.

24. anyonāsyasya abhisaṃkruddhāu anyonyaṃ jagñatuḥ
śaraiḥ vinadantau mahārāja siṃhā iva mahābalau

24. O great king, enraged at each other, those two immensely powerful warriors struck each other with arrows, roaring like two lions.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, mutual

• अभिसंक्रुद्धाउ (abhisaṁkruddhāu) - greatly enraged, furious

• अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - each other, mutually

• जग्ञतुः (jagñatuḥ) - they struck, they killed

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• विनदन्तौ (vinadantau) - roaring, shouting

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

• सिंहा (siṁhā) - lions

• इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

• महाबलौ (mahābalau) - immensely powerful, of great strength

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, mutual

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, one another

Note: Acts as a reciprocal pronoun. Genitive singular, often used with plural sense in context.

अभिसंक्रुद्धाउ (abhisaṁkruddhāu) - greatly enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhisaṃkruddha

abhisaṁkruddha - greatly enraged, furious, highly provoked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh (क्रुध्) with upasargas abhi (अभि) and sam (सम्).

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies an implied dual subject (e.g., 'they two').

अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, one another

Note: Accusative singular, functioning as the object of the verb.

जग्ञतुः (jagñatuḥ) - they struck, they killed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Lit) of han

Perfect Tense

Reduplicated past tense (Perfect).

Root: han (class 2)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

विनदन्तौ (vinadantau) - roaring, shouting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vinadat

vinadat - roaring, sounding, shouting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root nad (नद्) with upasarga vi (वि).

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied dual subject, indicating simultaneous action.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound: mahat (great) + rājan (king)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

सिंहा (siṁhā) - lions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of siṃha

siṁha - lion

Note: Followed by iva (like).

इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

महाबलौ (mahābalau) - immensely powerful, of great strength

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahābala

mahābala - very strong, of great power

Compound: mahat (great) + bala (strength)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+bala)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• bala – strength, power, might
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the implied dual subject.