महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-90, verse-20

तावापतन्तौ संप्रेक्ष्य कालान्तकयमोपमौ ।
भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्गदामादाय सत्वरः ॥२०॥

20. tāvāpatantau saṁprekṣya kālāntakayamopamau ,
bhīmaseno mahābāhurgadāmādāya satvaraḥ.

20. tau āpatantau samprekṣya kālāntakayamopamau
bhīmasenaḥ mahābāhuḥ gadām ādāya satvaraḥ

20. mahābāhuḥ bhīmasenaḥ tau kālāntakayamopamau
āpatantau samprekṣya satvaraḥ gadām ādāya

20. Upon seeing those two approaching, who resembled Time (kāla), the Destroyer (antaka), and Yama, the mighty-armed Bhimasena swiftly seized his mace.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• आपतन्तौ (āpatantau) - approaching, coming near

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen, observing, perceiving

• कालान्तकयमोपमौ (kālāntakayamopamau) - resembling Kala, Antaka, and Yama

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (one of the Pandavas)

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, seizing, picking up

• सत्वरः (satvaraḥ) - swift, quick, speedy

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

आपतन्तौ (āpatantau) - approaching, coming near

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of āpatat

āpatat - approaching, falling upon

Present Active Participle

Derived from verb root pat (to fall, fly) with prefix ā (towards), suffix -at forming a participle.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective modifying 'tau'.

सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen, observing, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root īkṣ (to see) with prefixes sam and pra, and suffix -ya for absolutive.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

कालान्तकयमोपमौ (kālāntakayamopamau) - resembling Kala, Antaka, and Yama

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kālāntakayamopama

kālāntakayamopama - resembling Kala (Time/Death), Antaka (Destroyer), and Yama (God of Death)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāla+antaka+yama+upama)

• kāla – time, death
  noun (masculine)
• antaka – ender, destroyer, death
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root ant (to end).
  Root: ant
• yama – Yama (god of death), controller, rein
  proper noun (masculine)
• upama – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine)

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (one of the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (proper name)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - great-armed, mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

गदाम् (gadām) - mace

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, seizing, picking up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from verb root dā (to give) with prefix ā (to), in the sense of 'to take' (ā + dā = to take), with suffix -ya for absolutive.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

सत्वरः (satvaraḥ) - swift, quick, speedy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satvara

satvara - swift, quick, speedy, hurried