महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-33

तावन्योन्यं जिघांसन्तौ शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्महारथौ ।
प्रेक्षणीयतरावास्तां वृष्टिमन्ताविवाम्बुदौ ॥३३॥

33. tāvanyonyaṁ jighāṁsantau śaraistīkṣṇairmahārathau ,
prekṣaṇīyatarāvāstāṁ vṛṣṭimantāvivāmbudau.

33. tau anyonyam jighāṃsantau śaraiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ mahārathau
prekṣaṇīyatarau āstām vṛṣṭimantau iva ambudau

33. tau mahārathau tīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ anyonyam jighāṃsantau
vṛṣṭimantau ambudau iva prekṣaṇīyatarau āstām

33. Those two great warriors, intent on slaying each other with sharp arrows, were exceedingly captivating to behold, much like two rain-laden clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• जिघांसन्तौ (jighāṁsantau) - desiring to kill, wishing to strike

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows, by means of arrows

• तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - with sharp, with keen

• महारथौ (mahārathau) - the two great warriors, two warriors with great chariots

• प्रेक्षणीयतरौ (prekṣaṇīyatarau) - more delightful to behold, more worthy of being seen

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - they were

• वृष्टिमन्तौ (vṛṣṭimantau) - possessing rain, rainy

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अम्बुदौ (ambudau) - the two clouds

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

जिघांसन्तौ (jighāṁsantau) - desiring to kill, wishing to strike

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jighāṃsat

jighāṁsat - desiring to kill/strike

Desiderative Present Active Participle

Desiderative stem of √han (to strike, kill) + present participle suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'tau' and 'mahārathau'.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows, by means of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, missile

तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - with sharp, with keen

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, piercing, severe

Note: Modifies 'śaraiḥ'.

महारथौ (mahārathau) - the two great warriors, two warriors with great chariots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great warrior, a warrior fighting from a great chariot

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ratha – chariot, car; warrior (by extension)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

प्रेक्षणीयतरौ (prekṣaṇīyatarau) - more delightful to behold, more worthy of being seen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prekṣaṇīyatara

prekṣaṇīyatara - more sightly, more beautiful to see, more worth looking at

Comparative adjective

Comparative form of prekṣaṇīya (worth seeing/observing), which is a gerundive from pra + √īkṣ (to see, look).

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tau' and 'mahārathau'.

आस्ताम् (āstām) - they were

(verb)

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

Imperfect (laṅ) active voice

3rd person dual, imperfect tense, active voice from the root √as.

Root: as (class 2)

वृष्टिमन्तौ (vṛṣṭimantau) - possessing rain, rainy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛṣṭimat

vṛṣṭimat - rainy, possessing rain, having rain

Derived from vṛṣṭi (rain) with the possessive suffix -mat.

Note: Modifies 'ambudau'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अम्बुदौ (ambudau) - the two clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (lit. water-giver)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambhas+da)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing, giver
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from the root √dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)