महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-141, verse-5

तयोरासीन्महाराज शस्त्रवृष्टिः सुदारुणा ।
क्रुद्धयोः सायकमुचोर्यमान्तकनिकाशयोः ॥५॥

5. tayorāsīnmahārāja śastravṛṣṭiḥ sudāruṇā ,
kruddhayoḥ sāyakamucoryamāntakanikāśayoḥ.

5. tayoḥ āsīt mahārāja śastra-vṛṣṭiḥ sudāruṇā
kruddhayoḥ sāyaka-muc-oḥ yama-antaka-nikāśayoḥ

5. mahārāja kruddhayoḥ sāyaka-muc-oḥ
yama-antaka-nikāśayoḥ tayoḥ sudāruṇā śastra-vṛṣṭiḥ āsīt

5. O great King, there was a very dreadful shower of weapons between those two enraged warriors, who resembled Yama and Antaka.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

• शस्त्र-वृष्टिः (śastra-vṛṣṭiḥ) - shower of weapons

• सुदारुणा (sudāruṇā) - very dreadful, extremely cruel

• क्रुद्धयोः (kruddhayoḥ) - of those two enraged warriors (of the two enraged ones, between the two enraged ones)

• सायक-मुच्-ओः (sāyaka-muc-oḥ) - of the two who discharge arrows, of the two archers

• यम-अन्तक-निकाशयोः (yama-antaka-nikāśayoḥ) - of the two resembling Yama and Antaka

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Possessive/relational, referring to the two warriors.

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Active

Imperfect tense, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

महाराज (mahārāja) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

शस्त्र-वृष्टिः (śastra-vṛṣṭiḥ) - shower of weapons

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śastra-vṛṣṭi

śastra-vṛṣṭi - shower of weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śastra+vṛṣṭi)

• śastra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śas (class 2)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'āsīt'.

सुदारुणा (sudāruṇā) - very dreadful, extremely cruel

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very dreadful, extremely cruel

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – dreadful, cruel, harsh
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'śastra-vṛṣṭiḥ'.

क्रुद्धयोः (kruddhayoḥ) - of those two enraged warriors (of the two enraged ones, between the two enraged ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry

Past Passive Participle

from krudh + kta

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'tayoḥ', 'sāyaka-muc-oḥ', and 'yama-antaka-nikāśayoḥ'.

सायक-मुच्-ओः (sāyaka-muc-oḥ) - of the two who discharge arrows, of the two archers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of sāyaka-muc

sāyaka-muc - one who discharges arrows, archer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāyaka+muc)

• sāyaka – arrow, missile
  noun (masculine)
  Root: si (class 5)
• muc – releasing, discharging (as an agent)
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root muc
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'tayoḥ', referring to the two warriors.

यम-अन्तक-निकाशयोः (yama-antaka-nikāśayoḥ) - of the two resembling Yama and Antaka

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of yama-antaka-nikāśa

yama-antaka-nikāśa - resembling Yama and Antaka

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yama+antaka+nikāśa)

• yama – Yama (god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: yam (class 1)
• antaka – ender, destroyer (often epithet of Yama or Death)
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root ant
  Root: ant (class 1)
• nikāśa – resembling, appearance, likeness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tayoḥ', comparing the warriors to powerful destructive deities.