महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-17

तौ तु तत्र महेष्वासौ महामात्रौ महारथौ ।
महता शरवर्षेण परस्परमवर्षताम् ॥१७॥

17. tau tu tatra maheṣvāsau mahāmātrau mahārathau ,
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa parasparamavarṣatām.

17. tau tu tatra maheṣvāsau mahāmātrau mahārathau
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa parasparam avarṣatām

17. tatra tau maheṣvāsau mahāmātrau mahārathau
tu mahatā śaravarṣeṇa parasparam avarṣatām

17. There, those two great archers, mighty warriors, and supreme chariot-fighters, rained upon each other with a tremendous shower of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• महेष्वासौ (maheṣvāsau) - great archers

• महामात्रौ (mahāmātrau) - great warriors (great warriors, high officials, noble ones)

• महारथौ (mahārathau) - great chariot-warriors

• महता (mahatā) - with a tremendous (by a great, with a great)

• शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows (by a rain of arrows, with a shower of arrows)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

• अवर्षताम् (avarṣatām) - rained upon (they (dual) rained upon, they showered)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, and)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' + 'tra' suffix.

महेष्वासौ (maheṣvāsau) - great archers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, mighty bowman

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• iṣvāsa – bow, archer (one who holds a bow)
  noun (masculine)
  From iṣu (arrow) + āsa (throwing, holding)

महामात्रौ (mahāmātrau) - great warriors (great warriors, high officials, noble ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāmātra

mahāmātra - great warrior, high official, noble, minister

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mātra)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• mātra – measure, quantity, only, a person of consequence
  noun (masculine)

महारथौ (mahārathau) - great chariot-warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāratha

mahāratha - great chariot-warrior, warrior fighting from a large chariot

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, car, warrior (from a chariot)
  noun (masculine)

महता (mahatā) - with a tremendous (by a great, with a great)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Note: Agrees with śaravarṣeṇa.

शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows (by a rain of arrows, with a shower of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - rain of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)
  From root vṛṣ (to rain)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

अवर्षताम् (avarṣatām) - rained upon (they (dual) rained upon, they showered)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛṣ

Imperfect active dual 3rd person

Augmented root (a-vṛṣ-a), thematic conjugation, dual ending -tām.

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)