महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-117, verse-26

तौ नखैरिव शार्दूलौ दन्तैरिव महाद्विपौ ।
रथशक्तिभिरन्योन्यं विशिखैश्चाप्यकृन्तताम् ॥२६॥

26. tau nakhairiva śārdūlau dantairiva mahādvipau ,
rathaśaktibhiranyonyaṁ viśikhaiścāpyakṛntatām.

26. tau nakhaiḥ iva śārdūlau dantaiḥ iva mahādvipau
rathaśaktibhiḥ anyonyam viśikhaiḥ ca api akṛntatām

26. tau nakhaiḥ iva śārdūlau dantaiḥ iva mahādvipau
rathaśaktibhiḥ ca api viśikhaiḥ anyonyam akṛntatām

26. Like two tigers fighting with their claws, and like two great elephants fighting with their tusks, those two (warriors) wounded each other with chariot-javelins and arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (Sātyaki and Saumadatti) (those two)

• नखैः (nakhaiḥ) - with claws (with claws, with nails)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• शार्दूलौ (śārdūlau) - two tigers

• दन्तैः (dantaiḥ) - with tusks (with teeth, with tusks)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• महाद्विपौ (mahādvipau) - two great elephants

• रथशक्तिभिः (rathaśaktibhiḥ) - with chariot-javelins (with chariot-javelins, with chariot-spears)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (each other, mutually)

• विशिखैः (viśikhaiḥ) - with arrows

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अकृन्तताम् (akṛntatām) - they wounded (they cut, they wounded)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (Sātyaki and Saumadatti) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

नखैः (nakhaiḥ) - with claws (with claws, with nails)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nakha

nakha - nail, claw

Note: Used in a simile.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

शार्दूलौ (śārdūlau) - two tigers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śārdūla

śārdūla - tiger, lion, any excellent animal

Note: Refers to the two warriors by comparison.

दन्तैः (dantaiḥ) - with tusks (with teeth, with tusks)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of danta

danta - tooth, tusk, ivory

From root √dam (to tame, subdue), also associated with √daś (to bite).

Note: Used in a simile.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

महाद्विपौ (mahādvipau) - two great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahādvipa

mahādvipa - great elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+dvipa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
  From mahat.
• dvipa – elephant (lit. 'drinker twice' or 'two-drinker')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the two warriors by comparison.

रथशक्तिभिः (rathaśaktibhiḥ) - with chariot-javelins (with chariot-javelins, with chariot-spears)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of rathaśakti

rathaśakti - chariot-spear, javelin (a weapon thrown from a chariot)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+śakti)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• śakti – spear, javelin, power, energy
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Instrument of wounding.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (each other, mutually)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, reciprocal, each other

Note: Object of the verb 'wounded'.

विशिखैः (viśikhaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viśikha

viśikha - arrow, unforked, pointless

Note: Another instrument of wounding.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

अकृन्तताम् (akṛntatām) - they wounded (they cut, they wounded)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of √kṛt

Imperfect tense, 3rd person dual, middle voice.

From √kṛt, class 6, Atmanepada.

Root: kṛt (class 6)