महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-2

तयोर्देवासुरसमः संनिपातो महानभूत् ।
किरतोः शरजालानि वृत्रवासवयोरिव ॥२॥

2. tayordevāsurasamaḥ saṁnipāto mahānabhūt ,
kiratoḥ śarajālāni vṛtravāsavayoriva.

2. tayoḥ devāsurasamaḥ saṃnipātaḥ mahān abhūt
kiratoḥ śarajālāni vṛtravāsavayoḥ iva

2. A great battle, resembling the clash between devas and asuras, occurred between those two, as they showered multitudes of arrows like Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra).

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

• देवासुरसमः (devāsurasamaḥ) - like devas and asuras, resembling devas and asuras

• संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - collision, encounter, battle

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• अभूत् (abhūt) - it happened, it occurred, it was

• किरतोः (kiratoḥ) - of the two showering/scattering

• शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - multitudes of arrows, nets of arrows

• वृत्रवासवयोः (vṛtravāsavayoḥ) - of Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवासुरसमः (devāsurasamaḥ) - like devas and asuras, resembling devas and asuras

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devāsurasama

devāsurasama - equal to gods and demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+asura+sama)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, titan, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like, same
  adjective

संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - collision, encounter, battle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnipāta

saṁnipāta - falling together, collision, encounter, battle, assembly

Derived from root √pat (to fall) with upasargas 'sam' and 'ni'.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Agrees with 'saṃnipātaḥ'

अभूत् (abhūt) - it happened, it occurred, it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

किरतोः (kiratoḥ) - of the two showering/scattering

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of kirat

kirat - scattering, strewing, showering

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √kṛ (to scatter, pour, throw) with present participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'tayoḥ'

शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - multitudes of arrows, nets of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, shower of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, snare, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

वृत्रवासवयोः (vṛtravāsavayoḥ) - of Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of vṛtravāsava

vṛtravāsava - Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

Compound type : dvandva (vṛtra+vāsava)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra, a Vedic demon slain by Indra
  proper noun (masculine)
• vāsava – Vāsava, an epithet of Indra
  proper noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)