महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-52

स्पर्धया च बलोन्मत्तौ तावुभौ सूतपाण्डवौ ।
निशीथे पर्यकर्षेतां बलिनौ निशि निर्जने ॥५२॥

52. spardhayā ca balonmattau tāvubhau sūtapāṇḍavau ,
niśīthe paryakarṣetāṁ balinau niśi nirjane.

52. spardhayā ca bala-unmattau tau ubhau sūta-pāṇḍavau
niśīthe pari-akarṣetām balinau niśi nirjane

52. And those two, the charioteer's son (Kichaka) and the son of Pandu (Bhima), both powerful and maddened by rivalry and strength, wrestled with each other at midnight in a secluded place.

Words meanings summery:

• स्पर्धया (spardhayā) - due to rivalry, competition

• च (ca) - and

• बल-उन्मत्तौ (bala-unmattau) - maddened by strength, intoxicated by power

• तौ (tau) - those two

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• सूत-पाण्डवौ (sūta-pāṇḍavau) - Kichaka and Bhima. (the charioteer's son and the son of Pandu)

• निशीथे (niśīthe) - at midnight, in the deep night

• परि-अकर्षेताम् (pari-akarṣetām) - they dragged each other, they wrestled

• बलिनौ (balinau) - powerful, strong ones

• निशि (niśi) - at night

• निर्जने (nirjane) - in a lonely place, in a deserted place

Words meanings and morphology

स्पर्धया (spardhayā) - due to rivalry, competition

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of spardhā

spardhā - rivalry, competition, emulation

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बल-उन्मत्तौ (bala-unmattau) - maddened by strength, intoxicated by power

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bala-unmatta

bala-unmatta - maddened by strength

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+unmatta)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• unmatta – maddened, insane, intoxicated, arrogant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from ud-√mad (to be mad, intoxicated).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: √mad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies tau ubhau.

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to Kichaka and Bhima.

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

सूत-पाण्डवौ (sūta-pāṇḍavau) - Kichaka and Bhima. (the charioteer's son and the son of Pandu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sūta-pāṇḍava

sūta-pāṇḍava - charioteer's son and Pandu's son

Compound.

Compound type : dvandva (sūta+pāṇḍava)

• sūta – charioteer, charioteer's son (often a class/caste)
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇḍava – son of Pandu, descendant of Pandu
  noun (masculine)
  Patronymic from paṇḍu.

निशीथे (niśīthe) - at midnight, in the deep night

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of niśītha

niśītha - midnight, the middle of the night

परि-अकर्षेताम् (pari-akarṣetām) - they dragged each other, they wrestled

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pari-kṛṣ

Imperfect Tense

3rd person dual, active voice. The augment 'a' is prefixed to the root in imperfect.

Prefix: pari

Root: √kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the two fighters.

बलिनौ (balinau) - powerful, strong ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of balin

balin - strong, powerful, mighty

Possessive suffix 'in' from bala.

Note: Qualifies tau ubhau.

निशि (niśi) - at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

निर्जने (nirjane) - in a lonely place, in a deserted place

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nirjana

nirjana - deserted, lonely, solitary, without people

Compound (nis + jana).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+jana)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the location of the wrestling match.