महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-86, verse-54

तस्मिंस्तु निहते सैन्ये तावुभौ युद्धदुर्मदौ ।
संग्रामे व्यवतिष्ठेतां यथा वै वृत्रवासवौ ॥५४॥

54. tasmiṁstu nihate sainye tāvubhau yuddhadurmadau ,
saṁgrāme vyavatiṣṭhetāṁ yathā vai vṛtravāsavau.

54. tasmin tu nihate sainye tau ubhau yuddhadurmadau
saṃgrāme vyavatiṣṭhetām yathā vai vṛtravāsavau

54. tu tasmin sainye nihate tau ubhau yuddhadurmadau
yathā vai vṛtravāsavau saṃgrāme vyavatiṣṭhetām

54. But when that army was slain, those two, both fiercely intoxicated with battle, engaged in combat, just like Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• निहते (nihate) - destroyed, slain, killed

• सैन्ये (sainye) - in the army, host

• तौ (tau) - those two

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• युद्धदुर्मदौ (yuddhadurmadau) - intoxicated with battle, fierce in war

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in combat

• व्यवतिष्ठेताम् (vyavatiṣṭhetām) - stood, engaged, took up a position

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

• वृत्रवासवौ (vṛtravāsavau) - Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

निहते (nihate) - destroyed, slain, killed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nihata

nihata - destroyed, slain, killed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with upasarga 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

सैन्ये (sainye) - in the army, host

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, military

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

युद्धदुर्मदौ (yuddhadurmadau) - intoxicated with battle, fierce in war

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yuddhadurmada

yuddhadurmada - intoxicated with battle, fierce in war

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (yuddha+durmada)

• yuddha – battle, fight, combat
  noun (neuter)
• durmada – fiercely intoxicated, difficult to restrain, arrogant
  adjective (masculine)

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, combat

व्यवतिष्ठेताम् (vyavatiṣṭhetām) - stood, engaged, took up a position

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, imperfect (Laṅ) of vyavatiṣṭh

Imperfect tense

Root 'sthā' (to stand) with upasargas 'vi' and 'ava', imperfect tense (Laṅ), 3rd person dual, middle voice.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

वृत्रवासवौ (vṛtravāsavau) - Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛtravāsava

vṛtravāsava - Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

Compound type : Dvandva (vṛtra+vāsava)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra (name of an Asura)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vāsava – Indra (as chief of the Vasus)
  proper noun (masculine)