महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-60

शुशुभाते नरव्याघ्रौ तौ भीष्मशरविक्षतौ ।
गोवृषाविव नर्दन्तौ विषाणोल्लिखिताङ्कितौ ॥६०॥

60. śuśubhāte naravyāghrau tau bhīṣmaśaravikṣatau ,
govṛṣāviva nardantau viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau.

60. śuśubhāte naravyāghrau tau bhīṣmaśaravikṣatau
govr̥ṣāu iva nardantau viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau

60. bhīṣmaśaravikṣatau tau naravyāghrau śuśubhāte,
viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau nardantau govr̥ṣāu iva

60. Those two tiger-like men, wounded by Bhishma's arrows, shone like two roaring bulls, marked with gashes from horns.

Words meanings summery:

• शुशुभाते (śuśubhāte) - shone, looked splendid

• नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - Vāsudeva (Krishna) and Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) (two tiger-like men, two best of men)

• तौ (tau) - Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya (those two)

• भीष्मशरविक्षतौ (bhīṣmaśaravikṣatau) - wounded by Bhishma's arrows

• गोव्र्̥षाउ (govr̥ṣāu) - two bulls

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नर्दन्तौ (nardantau) - roaring, bellowing

• विषाणोल्लिखिताङ्कितौ (viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau) - marked with horn-gouges / scratches

Words meanings and morphology

शुशुभाते (śuśubhāte) - shone, looked splendid

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, perfect (liṭ) of śubh

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Subject is naravyāghrau (Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya).

नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - Vāsudeva (Krishna) and Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) (two tiger-like men, two best of men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger-like man, best of men (a man excellent among men, like a tiger among animals)

Figurative compound comparing men to tigers in strength/valor.

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya (Krishna and Arjuna).

तौ (tau) - Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya.

भीष्मशरविक्षतौ (bhīṣmaśaravikṣatau) - wounded by Bhishma's arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhīṣmaśaravikṣata

bhīṣmaśaravikṣata - wounded by Bhishma's arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhīṣma+śara+vikṣata)

• bhīṣma – Bhishma
  proper noun (masculine)
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vikṣata – wounded, injured
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṣaṇ with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣaṇ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies naravyāghrau.

गोव्र्̥षाउ (govr̥ṣāu) - two bulls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of govr̥ṣa

govr̥ṣa - bull, ox

Compound type : tatpurusha (go+vr̥ṣa)

• go – cow, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• vr̥ṣa – bull, male
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compared to.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the simile.

नर्दन्तौ (nardantau) - roaring, bellowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nardat

nardat - roaring, bellowing

present active participle

Derived from root nard

Root: nard (class 1)

Note: Qualifies govr̥ṣāu.

विषाणोल्लिखिताङ्कितौ (viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau) - marked with horn-gouges / scratches

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of viṣāṇollikhitāṅkita

viṣāṇollikhitāṅkita - marked with horn-gouges

Compound type : tatpurusha (viṣāṇa+ullikhita+aṅkita)

• viṣāṇa – horn
  noun (neuter)
• ullikhita – scratched, gouged, torn (Past Passive Participle of ud-likh)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root likh with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: likh (class 6)
• aṅkita – marked, branded (Past Passive Participle of aṅk)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root aṅk
  Root: aṅk (class 1)

Note: Qualifies govr̥ṣāu.