महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-21

मण्डलानि विचित्राणि गतप्रत्यागतानि च ।
चेरतुर्दर्शयन्तौ च प्रार्थयन्तौ परस्परम् ॥२१॥

21. maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi gatapratyāgatāni ca ,
ceraturdarśayantau ca prārthayantau parasparam.

21. maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi gatapratyāgatāni ca
ceratuḥ darśayantau ca prārthayantau parasparam

21. tāv (implied) vicitrāṇi gatapratyāgatāni ca maṇḍalāni
darśayantau ca parasparam prārthayantau ceratuḥ

21. They performed diverse and intricate circular maneuvers, moving back and forth, both demonstrating their skill and challenging each other.

Words meanings summery:

• मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circular maneuvers (circles, circular formations, zones, discs)

• विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - diverse and intricate (diverse, variegated, wonderful, intricate)

• गतप्रत्यागतानि (gatapratyāgatāni) - moving back and forth (going and returning, back and forth)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• चेरतुः (ceratuḥ) - they performed (they wandered, they moved, they performed)

• दर्शयन्तौ (darśayantau) - demonstrating their skill (showing, demonstrating, making seen)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• प्रार्थयन्तौ (prārthayantau) - challenging (requesting, asking, desiring, challenging)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other (mutually, reciprocally, each other)

Words meanings and morphology

मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circular maneuvers (circles, circular formations, zones, discs)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of maṇḍala

maṇḍala - circle, disc, orb, ring, wheel; an enclosed space; a country, district; a division, department; a group, collection; a ritual diagram or formation

Note: The subject `tau` (those two) is implied. `maṇḍalāni` acts as the object of `darśayantau` (showing) or part of the action described by `ceratuḥ` (performed).

विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - diverse and intricate (diverse, variegated, wonderful, intricate)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, manifold, various; wonderful, strange, curious; painted

Prefix: vi

Root: citra

Note: Agrees with `maṇḍalāni`.

गतप्रत्यागतानि (gatapratyāgatāni) - moving back and forth (going and returning, back and forth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of gatapratyāgata

gatapratyāgata - gone and returned, come and gone, back and forth

Compound type : dvandva (gata+pratyāgata)

• gata – gone, past, arrived at; obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √gam (to go) + kta suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pratyāgata – returned, come back
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From prati-ā-√gam (to return) + kta suffix
  Prefixes: prati+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `maṇḍalāni`.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

चेरतुः (ceratuḥ) - they performed (they wandered, they moved, they performed)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of car

Perfect

3rd person dual form of the perfect tense of √car

Root: car (class 1)

Note: The implicit subject is 'the two warriors'.

दर्शयन्तौ (darśayantau) - demonstrating their skill (showing, demonstrating, making seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of darśayat

darśayat - showing, making visible, demonstrating, pointing out

Present Active Participle (Causative)

From causative stem darśaya- of √dṛś (to see) + śatṛ suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the two warriors (masculine dual nominative).

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

प्रार्थयन्तौ (prārthayantau) - challenging (requesting, asking, desiring, challenging)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prārthayat

prārthayat - asking, requesting, desiring, praying, challenging

Present Active Participle

From √prārth (to ask, request, challenge) + śatṛ suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Refers to the two warriors (masculine dual nominative).

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other (mutually, reciprocally, each other)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an object of `prārthayantau`.