महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-90, verse-14

ते विंशतिपदं गत्वा संप्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे ।
पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च परस्परजिघांसवः ॥१४॥

14. te viṁśatipadaṁ gatvā saṁprahāraṁ pracakrire ,
pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāśca parasparajighāṁsavaḥ.

14. te viṃśatipadaṃ gatvā saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire
pāṇḍavāḥ dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ ca parasparajighāṃsavaḥ

14. viṃśatipadaṃ gatvā te pāṇḍavāḥ ca dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
parasparajighāṃsavaḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire

14. After advancing a distance of twenty paces, the Pāṇḍavas and the Dhārtarāṣṭras, eager to kill one another, began their fight.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - referring to the warriors on both sides (they, those)

• विंशतिपदं (viṁśatipadaṁ) - a distance of twenty paces/steps

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

• संप्रहारं (saṁprahāraṁ) - combat, fight, mutual striking

• प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they started the fight (they commenced, they performed, they began)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas

• धार्तराष्ट्राः (dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ) - the Kauravas, Duryodhana and his brothers/allies (the sons of Dhritarashtra)

• च (ca) - and, also

• परस्परजिघांसवः (parasparajighāṁsavaḥ) - desirous of killing each other, mutually destructive

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - referring to the warriors on both sides (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विंशतिपदं (viṁśatipadaṁ) - a distance of twenty paces/steps

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṃśatipada

viṁśatipada - twenty paces, a distance of twenty steps

Compound type : tatpurusha (viṃśati+pada)

• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)
• pada – step, foot, pace, word
  noun (neuter)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix ktvā

Root: gam (class 1)

संप्रहारं (saṁprahāraṁ) - combat, fight, mutual striking

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃprahāra

saṁprahāra - striking, attacking, combat, fight

derived from root hṛ with prefixes sam and pra

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they started the fight (they commenced, they performed, they began)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of pra-kṛ

perfect 3rd plural middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

from paṇḍu + aṇ (descendant)

धार्तराष्ट्राः (dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ) - the Kauravas, Duryodhana and his brothers/allies (the sons of Dhritarashtra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

from dhṛtarāṣṭra + aṇ (descendant)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

particle

परस्परजिघांसवः (parasparajighāṁsavaḥ) - desirous of killing each other, mutually destructive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parasparajighāṃsu

parasparajighāṁsu - desirous of killing each other

desiderative adjective

from jighāṃsā (desire to kill)

Compound type : tatpurusha (paraspara+jighāṃsu)

• paraspara – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  pronoun
• jighāṃsu – desirous of killing, murderous
  adjective (masculine)
  desiderative adjective
  desiderative of han (to kill)
  Root: han (class 2)