महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-163, verse-8

युद्धाभिकामौ समरे क्रीडन्ताविव यूथपौ ।
यूथमध्ये महाराज विचरन्तौ कृतान्तवत् ॥८॥

8. yuddhābhikāmau samare krīḍantāviva yūthapau ,
yūthamadhye mahārāja vicarantau kṛtāntavat.

8. yuddhābhikāmau samare krīḍantau iva yūthapau
yūthamadhye mahārāja vicarāntau kṛtāntavat

8. mahārāja yuddhābhikāmau yūthapau iva yūthamadhye
krīḍantau kṛtāntavat samare vicarantau

8. O great king, these two, eager for battle, will roam the battlefield like two herd leaders playing among their group, or like Kṛtānta (the god of death).

Words meanings summery:

• युद्धाभिकामौ (yuddhābhikāmau) - desiring battle, eager for war

• समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

• क्रीडन्तौ (krīḍantau) - playing

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• यूथपौ (yūthapau) - two leaders of a herd/group

• यूथमध्ये (yūthamadhye) - in the midst of the group/herd

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• विचरान्तौ (vicarāntau) - roaming, moving about

• कृतान्तवत् (kṛtāntavat) - like Kṛtānta (the god of death)

Words meanings and morphology

युद्धाभिकामौ (yuddhābhikāmau) - desiring battle, eager for war

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yuddhābhikāma

yuddhābhikāma - desirous of war/battle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuddha+abhikāma)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yudh (to fight)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• abhikāma – desirous, wishing for
  adjective (masculine)
  From abhi + √kam (to desire)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: kam (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

क्रीडन्तौ (krīḍantau) - playing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of krīḍat

krīḍat - playing

Present Active Participle

From √krīḍ (to play), present participle stem

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

यूथपौ (yūthapau) - two leaders of a herd/group

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yūthapa

yūthapa - head of a herd, chief of a company, leader

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yūtha+pa)

• yūtha – herd, flock, group
  noun (neuter)
• pa – protector, keeper (often suffix for 'lord of')
  noun (masculine)
  From √pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

यूथमध्ये (yūthamadhye) - in the midst of the group/herd

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yūthamadhya

yūthamadhya - middle of a group/herd

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yūtha+madhya)

• yūtha – herd, flock, group
  noun (neuter)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rāja – king
  noun (masculine)

विचरान्तौ (vicarāntau) - roaming, moving about

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vicarant

vicarant - moving about, roaming

Present Active Participle

From √car (to move) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

कृतान्तवत् (kṛtāntavat) - like Kṛtānta (the god of death)

(indeclinable)

-vat suffix forms an adverbial meaning 'like' or 'as'