महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-62, verse-14

तौ युध्यमानौ संरब्धौ मृत्युपाशवशानुगौ ।
उपसृत्यापरिज्ञातो जग्राह मृगयुस्तदा ॥१४॥

14. tau yudhyamānau saṁrabdhau mṛtyupāśavaśānugau ,
upasṛtyāparijñāto jagrāha mṛgayustadā.

14. tau yudhyamānau saṃrabdhau mṛtyupāśavaśānugau
upasṛtya aparijñātaḥ jagrāha mṛgayuḥ tadā

14. Then the hunter, unnoticed, approached and seized those two who were furiously fighting, having come under the control of death's snare.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (birds) (those two)

• युध्यमानौ (yudhyamānau) - two fighting (two fighting, two battling)

• संरब्धौ (saṁrabdhau) - two enraged, furious (two enraged, two furious, two agitated)

• मृत्युपाशवशानुगौ (mṛtyupāśavaśānugau) - two who had come under the sway of death's snare (two who follow the sway of the noose of death, two who are subservient to death's snare)

• उपसृत्य (upasṛtya) - having approached (having approached, having drawn near)

• अपरिज्ञातः (aparijñātaḥ) - unnoticed, unperceived (unknown, unperceived, unnoticed)

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - he seized (he seized, grasped, caught)

• मृगयुः (mṛgayuḥ) - the hunter (hunter, fowler)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (birds) (those two)

(pronoun)

masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Subject of implied verb, object of jagrāha

युध्यमानौ (yudhyamānau) - two fighting (two fighting, two battling)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yudhyamāna

yudhyamāna - fighting, battling, contending

Present Middle Participle

From root yudh (to fight) + śānac suffix (middle voice).

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Adjectival use.

संरब्धौ (saṁrabdhau) - two enraged, furious (two enraged, two furious, two agitated)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃrabdha

saṁrabdha - enraged, furious, agitated, excited

Past Passive Participle

From prefix sam + root rabh (to grasp, be eager) + kta suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Adjectival use.

मृत्युपाशवशानुगौ (mṛtyupāśavaśānugau) - two who had come under the sway of death's snare (two who follow the sway of the noose of death, two who are subservient to death's snare)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mṛtyupāśavaśānuga

mṛtyupāśavaśānuga - following the sway of the noose of death, subservient to death's snare

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛtyu+pāśa+vaśa+anuga)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
• pāśa – noose, snare, trap
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• vaśa – power, control, sway
  noun (masculine)
• anuga – following, accompanying, subservient to
  adjective/noun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Derived from prefix anu + root gam (to go).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjectival phrase modifying tau.

उपसृत्य (upasṛtya) - having approached (having approached, having drawn near)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From prefix upa + root sṛ (to go, move) + lyap suffix.

Prefix: upa

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Relates to mṛgayuḥ

अपरिज्ञातः (aparijñātaḥ) - unnoticed, unperceived (unknown, unperceived, unnoticed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aparijñāta

aparijñāta - unknown, unnoticed, unperceived, unrecognized

Past Passive Participle

Compound of a- (negation) + pari + root jñā (to know) + kta suffix.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+parijñāta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• parijñāta – known, recognized, understood
  participle (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix pari + root jñā (to know) + kta suffix
  Prefix: pari
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Adjectival use, modifying mṛgayuḥ.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - he seized (he seized, grasped, caught)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of grah

Perfect active

Reduplicated perfect form of root grah.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Subject is mṛgayuḥ.

मृगयुः (mṛgayuḥ) - the hunter (hunter, fowler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgayu

mṛgayu - hunter, fowler, one who hunts animals

From mṛg (to hunt).

Root: mṛg (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.