महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-1, verse-17

ततो योधान्हर्षयन्तौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ ।
दध्मतुः पुरुषव्याघ्रौ दिव्यौ शङ्खौ रथे स्थितौ ॥१७॥

17. tato yodhānharṣayantau vāsudevadhanaṁjayau ,
dadhmatuḥ puruṣavyāghrau divyau śaṅkhau rathe sthitau.

17. tataḥ yodhān harṣayantau vāsudevadhanañjayau
dadhmatuḥ puruṣavyāghrau divyau śaṅkhau rathe sthitau

17. tataḥ rathe sthitau yodhān harṣayantau puruṣavyāghrau
vāsudevadhanañjayau divyau śaṅkhau dadhmatuḥ

17. Then, Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) and Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), those two tigers among men (puruṣavyāghrau), while situated in their chariot and delighting the warriors, blew their two divine conches.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• योधान् (yodhān) - warriors

• हर्षयन्तौ (harṣayantau) - delighting, gladdening (dual)

• वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ (vāsudevadhanañjayau) - Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya)

• दध्मतुः (dadhmatuḥ) - they two blew

• पुरुषव्याघ्रौ (puruṣavyāghrau) - two tigers among men, two best of men

• दिव्यौ (divyau) - divine, heavenly (dual)

• शङ्खौ (śaṅkhau) - two conches

• रथे (rathe) - in the chariot

• स्थितौ (sthitau) - situated, standing, being (dual)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

योधान् (yodhān) - warriors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

हर्षयन्तौ (harṣayantau) - delighting, gladdening (dual)

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'vāsudevadhanañjayau'.

वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ (vāsudevadhanañjayau) - Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya)

(compound proper noun)

Compound type : dvandva (vāsudeva+dhanañjaya)

• vāsudeva – son of Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)
• dhanañjaya – conqueror of wealth (Arjuna)
  proper noun (masculine)

दध्मतुः (dadhmatuḥ) - they two blew

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (lit) of √dhmā

Perfect Active

from √dhmā, reduplicated form

Root: √dhmā (class 1)

पुरुषव्याघ्रौ (puruṣavyāghrau) - two tigers among men, two best of men

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vāsudevadhanañjayau'.

दिव्यौ (divyau) - divine, heavenly (dual)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of divya

divya - divine, heavenly, celestial

Note: Qualifies 'śaṅkhau'.

शङ्खौ (śaṅkhau) - two conches

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - conch shell, a conch trumpet

रथे (rathe) - in the chariot

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

स्थितौ (sthitau) - situated, standing, being (dual)

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'vāsudevadhanañjayau'.