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.

24. שניהם, זועמים זה על זה, פגעו זה בזה בחיצים, והריעו, הו מלך גדול, כמו שני אריות אדירי כוח.

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.

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