महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-117, verse-27

निर्भिदन्तौ हि गात्राणि विक्षरन्तौ च शोणितम् ।
व्यष्टम्भयेतामन्योन्यं प्राणद्यूताभिदेविनौ ॥२७॥

27. nirbhidantau hi gātrāṇi vikṣarantau ca śoṇitam ,
vyaṣṭambhayetāmanyonyaṁ prāṇadyūtābhidevinau.

27. nirbhidantau hi gātrāṇi vikṣarantau ca śoṇitam
| vyaṣṭambhayetām anyonyam prāṇadyūtābhidevinau

27. hi prāṇadyūtābhidevinau gātrāṇi nirbhidantau ca
śoṇitam vikṣarantau anyonyam vyaṣṭambhayetām

27. Indeed, piercing each other's limbs and shedding blood, those two, gambling with their very lives, mutually paralyzed one another.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्भिदन्तौ (nirbhidantau) - piercing each other's bodies (piercing, tearing apart, breaking through)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, certainly, for)

• गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - bodies (limbs, body parts, bodies)

• विक्षरन्तौ (vikṣarantau) - shedding (blood) (shedding, flowing out, discharging)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

• व्यष्टम्भयेताम् (vyaṣṭambhayetām) - they paralyzed (each other) (they paralyzed, they obstructed, they stopped)

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

• प्राणद्यूताभिदेविनौ (prāṇadyūtābhidevinau) - those two who were staking their lives as if in a game (those who gamble with their lives)

Words meanings and morphology

निर्भिदन्तौ (nirbhidantau) - piercing each other's bodies (piercing, tearing apart, breaking through)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nirbhidat

nirbhidat - piercing, tearing, breaking through

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhid (to cleave, break) with nir prefix. Present participle suffix -at.

Prefix: nir

Root: bhid (class 7)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, certainly, for)

(indeclinable)

गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - bodies (limbs, body parts, bodies)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body, member

विक्षरन्तौ (vikṣarantau) - shedding (blood) (shedding, flowing out, discharging)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vikṣarat

vikṣarat - shedding, oozing, flowing forth

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kṣar (to flow, trickle) with vi prefix. Present participle suffix -at.

Prefix: vi

Root: kṣar (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood, red

Root: śoṇ

व्यष्टम्भयेताम् (vyaṣṭambhayetām) - they paralyzed (each other) (they paralyzed, they obstructed, they stopped)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of stambh

Causative Imperfect Middle

From root stambh (class 5/9) with prefix vi-a (vya). Causative stem stambhay-. Imperfect tense. Middle voice, 3rd person dual.

Prefixes: vi+a

Root: stambh (class 5)

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, each other

Note: Functions adverbially here, or as direct object of 'paralyzing'.

प्राणद्यूताभिदेविनौ (prāṇadyūtābhidevinau) - those two who were staking their lives as if in a game (those who gamble with their lives)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prāṇadyūtābhidevin

prāṇadyūtābhidevin - one who plays (a game) with life (prāṇa) as the stake

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (prāṇa+dyūta+abhidivin)

• prāṇa – life-breath, vital air, life force (prāṇa), spirit, energy, strength
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• dyūta – gambling, game of dice, play
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root div (to play), here used as a noun.
  Root: div (class 4)
• abhidivin – gambler, player, one who plays (a game for)
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root div (to play, gamble) with prefix abhi- and agent suffix -in.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: div (class 4)