महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-12, verse-20

तावुभौ सुमहोत्साहावुभौ तीव्रपराक्रमौ ।
मत्ताविव महाकायौ वारणौ षष्टिहायनौ ॥२०॥

20. tāvubhau sumahotsāhāvubhau tīvraparākramau ,
mattāviva mahākāyau vāraṇau ṣaṣṭihāyanau.

20. tau ubhau sumahotsāhau ubhau tīvraparākramau
| mattau iva mahākāyau vāraṇau ṣaṣṭihāyanau

20. Both of them were endowed with great enthusiasm and intense prowess. They were like two gigantic, sixty-year-old elephants in rut.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• सुमहोत्साहौ (sumahotsāhau) - greatly enthusiastic, highly spirited

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• तीव्रपराक्रमौ (tīvraparākramau) - of intense prowess/valor

• मत्तौ (mattau) - intoxicated, drunk, excited, in rut

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महाकायौ (mahākāyau) - gigantic-bodied, huge

• वारणौ (vāraṇau) - elephant

• षष्टिहायनौ (ṣaṣṭihāyanau) - sixty years old

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, it

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both, two

सुमहोत्साहौ (sumahotsāhau) - greatly enthusiastic, highly spirited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sumahotsāha

sumahotsāha - having great zeal or enthusiasm, greatly vigorous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mahā+utsāha)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• mahā – great, large, mighty, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• utsāha – energy, enthusiasm, zeal, perseverance, effort
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both, two

तीव्रपराक्रमौ (tīvraparākramau) - of intense prowess/valor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tīvraparākrama

tīvraparākrama - possessing intense valor or prowess, of great might

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīvra+parākrama)

• tīvra – sharp, keen, intense, strong, violent
  adjective (masculine)
• parākrama – prowess, valor, heroism, might, power, effort
  noun (masculine)
  from root kram (to step) with prefix parā-
  Prefix: parā
  Root: kram (class 1)

मत्तौ (mattau) - intoxicated, drunk, excited, in rut

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, excited, furious, in rut (of an elephant)

Past Passive Participle

from root mad (to be intoxicated/delighted), with ta suffix

Root: mad (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महाकायौ (mahākāyau) - gigantic-bodied, huge

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a large body, gigantic, massive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• kāya – body, collection, group
  noun (masculine)

वारणौ (vāraṇau) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant; a shield; a kind of tree

षष्टिहायनौ (ṣaṣṭihāyanau) - sixty years old

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṣaṣṭihāyana

ṣaṣṭihāyana - sixty years old

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ṣaṣṭi+hāyana)

• ṣaṣṭi – sixty
  numeral (feminine)
• hāyana – year; a horse
  noun (masculine)