महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-49

बाहुयुद्धं तयोरासीत्क्रुद्धयोर्नरसिंहयोः ।
वसन्ते वाशिताहेतोर्बलवद्गजयोरिव ॥४९॥

49. bāhuyuddhaṁ tayorāsītkruddhayornarasiṁhayoḥ ,
vasante vāśitāhetorbalavadgajayoriva.

49. bāhuyuddham tayoḥ āsīt kruddhayoḥ narasiṃhayoḥ
vasante vāśitāhetoḥ balavat gajayoḥ iva

49. A wrestling match ensued between those two enraged lion-like men, like that of two powerful elephants in spring, fighting over a female.

Words meanings summery:

• बाहुयुद्धम् (bāhuyuddham) - arm-to-arm fight, wrestling match

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Bhīma and Kīcaka (of those two, between those two)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, it was, ensued

• क्रुद्धयोः (kruddhayoḥ) - between the two enraged (Bhīma and Kīcaka) (of the two enraged ones, between the two enraged ones)

• नरसिंहयोः (narasiṁhayoḥ) - between the two lion-like men (Bhīma and Kīcaka) (of the two lion-like men, between the two lion-like men)

• वसन्ते (vasante) - in spring

• वाशिताहेतोः (vāśitāhetoḥ) - for the sake of a roaring female (elephant), for a female in heat

• बलवत् (balavat) - powerful elephants (powerful, strong)

• गजयोः (gajayoḥ) - of two elephants, between two elephants

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

बाहुयुद्धम् (bāhuyuddham) - arm-to-arm fight, wrestling match

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bāhuyuddha

bāhuyuddha - fight with arms, wrestling

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāhu+yuddha)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• yuddha – fight, battle
  noun (neuter)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Bhīma and Kīcaka (of those two, between those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, it was, ensued

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

क्रुद्धयोः (kruddhayoḥ) - between the two enraged (Bhīma and Kīcaka) (of the two enraged ones, between the two enraged ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of kruddha

krudh - to be angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'krudh'

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'narasiṃhayoḥ'.

नरसिंहयोः (narasiṁhayoḥ) - between the two lion-like men (Bhīma and Kīcaka) (of the two lion-like men, between the two lion-like men)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of narasiṃha

narasiṁha - a man-lion; a lion among men, a pre-eminent man

Compound type : karma dhāraya (upami ta-samāsa) (nara+siṃha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)

वसन्ते (vasante) - in spring

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vasanta

vasanta - spring (season)

वाशिताहेतोः (vāśitāhetoḥ) - for the sake of a roaring female (elephant), for a female in heat

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vāśitāhetu

vāśitāhetu - for the sake of a female (esp. an elephant in rut)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāśitā+hetu)

• vāśitā – a roaring female (especially an elephant in heat), a female animal
  noun (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle (fem.)
  Derived from root 'vāś' (to roar, cry) + ta (feminine)
  Root: vāś (class 1)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, sake
  noun (masculine)

बलवत् (balavat) - powerful elephants (powerful, strong)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty

Derived from 'bala' (strength) with possessive suffix -vat

Note: Agrees with 'gajayoḥ'.

गजयोः (gajayoḥ) - of two elephants, between two elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of gaja

gaja - elephant

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)