महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-14, verse-23

ततो गदाग्राभिहतौ क्षणेन रुधिरोक्षितौ ।
ददृशाते महात्मानौ पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ ॥२३॥

23. tato gadāgrābhihatau kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau ,
dadṛśāte mahātmānau puṣpitāviva kiṁśukau.

23. tataḥ gadāgrābhihatau kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau
dadṛśāte mahātmānau puṣpitau iva kiṃśukau

23. tataḥ kṣaṇena gadāgrābhihatau rudhirokṣitau
mahātmānau puṣpitau iva kiṃśukau dadṛśāte

23. Then, instantly struck by the tips of their maces and covered in blood, the two great souls (mahātmānau) appeared like two blooming palasha (kiṃśuka) trees.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• गदाग्राभिहतौ (gadāgrābhihatau) - struck by the tips of their maces (referring to the two warriors) (struck by the tip of the mace)

• क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, instantly, quickly

• रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - covered/sprinkled with blood

• ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they were seen, they appeared

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - two great warriors (two great souls, two great-souled ones, two noble ones)

• पुष्पितौ (puṣpitau) - two blooming ones, two flowering ones

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - two palasha trees

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

derived from pronominal stem tad with suffix -tas (ablative sense)

गदाग्राभिहतौ (gadāgrābhihatau) - struck by the tips of their maces (referring to the two warriors) (struck by the tip of the mace)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gadāgrābhihata

gadāgrābhihata - struck by the tip of a mace

Past Passive Participle

derived from root han (to strike) with prefix abhi- and compound gadā-agra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gadāgra+abhihata)

• gadāgra – mace-tip
  noun (neuter)
  compound of gadā and agra
• abhihata – struck, hit
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  abhi- + han + kta
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment, instantly, quickly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, short time

रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - covered/sprinkled with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rudhirokṣita

rudhirokṣita - sprinkled with blood, covered in blood

Past Passive Participle

rudhira + ukṣita (PPP of ukṣ - to sprinkle)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rudhira+ukṣita)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, watered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  ukṣ + kta
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they were seen, they appeared

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense

reduplicated perfect, middle voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The active form would be dadarśa for singular, dadṛśuḥ for plural. dadṛśāte is middle voice, dual.

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - two great warriors (two great souls, two great-souled ones, two noble ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble-minded, exalted (ātman)

compound of mahā and ātman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

पुष्पितौ (puṣpitau) - two blooming ones, two flowering ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puṣpita

puṣpita - blooming, flowering, in blossom

Past Passive Participle

derived from root puṣ (to blossom, to nourish)

Root: puṣ (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - two palasha trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kiṃśuka

kiṁśuka - palasha tree (Butea monosperma), a tree with bright red flowers