महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-14, verse-22

नखैरिव महाव्याघ्रौ दन्तैरिव महागजौ ।
तौ विचेरतुरासाद्य गदाभ्यां च परस्परम् ॥२२॥

22. nakhairiva mahāvyāghrau dantairiva mahāgajau ,
tau viceraturāsādya gadābhyāṁ ca parasparam.

22. nakhaiḥ iva mahāvyāghrau dantaiḥ iva mahāgajau
tau viceratuḥ āsādya gadābhyām ca parasparam

22. tau nakhaiḥ mahāvyāghrau iva,
dantaiḥ mahāgajau iva ca,
gadābhyām parasparam āsādya viceratuḥ

22. Those two, like great tigers with claws and great elephants with tusks, moved about, assailing each other with their maces.

Words meanings summery:

• नखैः (nakhaiḥ) - with claws, with nails

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• महाव्याघ्रौ (mahāvyāghrau) - two great tigers

• दन्तैः (dantaiḥ) - with tusks, with teeth

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• महागजौ (mahāgajau) - two great elephants

• तौ (tau) - those two (masculine dual)

• विचेरतुः (viceratuḥ) - they two roamed, they two moved about

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having attacked

• गदाभ्याम् (gadābhyām) - with two maces

• च (ca) - and, also

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

Words meanings and morphology

नखैः (nakhaiḥ) - with claws, with nails

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nakha

nakha - nail, claw, talon

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

महाव्याघ्रौ (mahāvyāghrau) - two great tigers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāvyāghra

mahāvyāghra - great tiger, mighty tiger

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vyāghra)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

दन्तैः (dantaiḥ) - with tusks, with teeth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of danta

danta - tooth, tusk, ivory

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

महागजौ (mahāgajau) - two great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāgaja

mahāgaja - great elephant, mighty elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+gaja)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

तौ (tau) - those two (masculine dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

विचेरतुः (viceratuḥ) - they two roamed, they two moved about

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Lit) of √car

Perfect 3rd dual Active

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached, having attacked

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √sad (to sit, approach) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

गदाभ्याम् (gadābhyām) - with two maces

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of gadā

gadā - mace, club

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)