महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-52

यतमानौ तु तौ वीरावन्योन्यस्य वधं प्रति ।
नाशक्नुतां तदान्योन्यमभिसंधातुमाहवे ॥५२॥

52. yatamānau tu tau vīrāvanyonyasya vadhaṁ prati ,
nāśaknutāṁ tadānyonyamabhisaṁdhātumāhave.

52. yatamanau tu tau vīrau anyonyasya vadhaṃ prati
na aśaknutām tadā anyonyam abhisaṃdhātuṃ āhave

52. tu tau vīrau anyonyasya vadhaṃ prati yatamanau
tadā āhave anyonyam abhisaṃdhātuṃ na aśaknutām

52. But those two heroes, each striving for the other's destruction, were then unable to overpower each other in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• यतमनौ (yatamanau) - striving, exerting oneself

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तौ (tau) - Arjuna and Bhishma (those two)

• वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes

• अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other

• वधं (vadhaṁ) - killing, slaughter, destruction

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, with respect to

• न (na) - not

• अशक्नुताम् (aśaknutām) - were not able

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other

• अभिसंधातुं (abhisaṁdhātuṁ) - to attack, to overpower, to hit

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat

Words meanings and morphology

यतमनौ (yatamanau) - striving, exerting oneself

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yatamāna

yatamāna - striving, endeavoring, exerting oneself

Present Middle Participle

from root yat- (to strive) with suffixes -amāna

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: agrees with tau vīrau

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - Arjuna and Bhishma (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: refers to Arjuna and Bhishma

वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

from anya + anya (one another)

Compound type : dvandva or karmadharaya (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun

Note: used here distributively for 'of one another'

वधं (vadhaṁ) - killing, slaughter, destruction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction

from root vadh- (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, with respect to

(indeclinable)

Note: governs accusative vadhaṃ

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अशक्नुताम् (aśaknutām) - were not able

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

from root śak- (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

from anya + anya (one another)

Compound type : dvandva or karmadharaya (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun

Note: used here distributively for 'one another'

अभिसंधातुं (abhisaṁdhātuṁ) - to attack, to overpower, to hit

(verb)

infinitive of abhisaṃdhā

infinitive

from root dhā- (to place, hold) with prefixes abhi- and sam-

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, war, combat