महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-117, verse-19

अन्योन्यं तौ तदा वाग्भिस्तक्षन्तौ नरपुंगवौ ।
जिघांसू परमक्रुद्धावभिजघ्नतुराहवे ॥१९॥

19. anyonyaṁ tau tadā vāgbhistakṣantau narapuṁgavau ,
jighāṁsū paramakruddhāvabhijaghnaturāhave.

19. anyonyam tau tadā vāgbhiḥ takṣantau narapuṅgavau
jighāṃsū paramakruddhau abhijaghṇatuḥ āhave

19. tadā paramakruddhau jighāṃsū tau narapuṅgavau
vāgbhiḥ anyonyam takṣantau āhave abhijaghṇatuḥ

19. Then, those two most excellent among men, exceedingly angry and intent on killing each other, attacked one another in battle, verbally assailing each other with sharp words.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• तौ (tau) - those two

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words, by speeches

• तक्षन्तौ (takṣantau) - verbally assailing (with sharp words) (cutting, hewing, verbally assailing)

• नरपुङ्गवौ (narapuṅgavau) - best of men, chief of men, eminent men

• जिघांसू (jighāṁsū) - desiring to kill, intent on killing

• परमक्रुद्धौ (paramakruddhau) - exceedingly angry, extremely enraged

• अभिजघ्णतुः (abhijaghṇatuḥ) - they two attacked, they two struck

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat, in conflict

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual, reciprocal

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'dā' suffix indicating time.

वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words, by speeches

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

तक्षन्तौ (takṣantau) - verbally assailing (with sharp words) (cutting, hewing, verbally assailing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of takṣat

takṣat - cutting, hewing, carving, shaping; verbally assailing

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root √takṣ (to cut, to carve, to hew).

Root: takṣ (class 1)

नरपुङ्गवौ (narapuṅgavau) - best of men, chief of men, eminent men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of narapuṅgava

narapuṅgava - bull among men, best of men, eminent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+puṅgava)

• nara – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, excellent, best (used as a suffix for 'best among')
  noun (masculine)

जिघांसू (jighāṁsū) - desiring to kill, intent on killing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jighāṃsu

jighāṁsu - desiring to kill, murderous, hostile

Desiderative nominal adjective

Derived from the desiderative stem of the root √han (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

परमक्रुद्धौ (paramakruddhau) - exceedingly angry, extremely enraged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of paramakruddha

paramakruddha - supremely angry, extremely enraged

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+kruddha)

• parama – highest, supreme, excellent, ultimate
  adjective
• kruddha – angry, enraged, furious
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root √krudh (to be angry).
  Root: krudh (class 4)

अभिजघ्णतुः (abhijaghṇatuḥ) - they two attacked, they two struck

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of abhijaghṇu

Perfect tense (liṭ) 3rd person dual of √han (to strike, kill) with the prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, war, combat, conflict

Root: hu (class 3)