महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-16

तावुभौ शरनुन्नाङ्गौ शरकण्टकिनौ रणे ।
व्यभ्राजेतां महाराज श्वाविधौ शललैरिव ॥१६॥

16. tāvubhau śaranunnāṅgau śarakaṇṭakinau raṇe ,
vyabhrājetāṁ mahārāja śvāvidhau śalalairiva.

16. tau ubhau śaranunna-aṅgau śarakaṇṭakinau raṇe
vyabhrājetām mahārāja śvāvidhau śalalaiḥ iva

16. mahārāja tau ubhau śaranunna-aṅgau śarakaṇṭakinau
raṇe śalalair iva śvāvidhau vyabhrājetām

16. O great king, those two warriors, with their bodies pierced and bristling with arrows like quills, shone brilliantly in battle, just like two porcupines covered with their spines.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two, both of them

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• शरनुन्न-अङ्गौ (śaranunna-aṅgau) - (those) whose bodies were pierced by arrows

• शरकण्टकिनौ (śarakaṇṭakinau) - (those) bristling with arrows like quills/thorns

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

• व्यभ्राजेताम् (vyabhrājetām) - they both shone, appeared brilliantly

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king!

• श्वाविधौ (śvāvidhau) - two porcupines

• शललैह् (śalalaih) - with quills, by quills

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two, both of them

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

शरनुन्न-अङ्गौ (śaranunna-aṅgau) - (those) whose bodies were pierced by arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śaranunnāṅga

śaranunnāṅga - having limbs pierced by arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+nunna+aṅga)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• nunna – pushed, pierced, impelled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √nud (to push, pierce).
  Root: nud (class 6)
• aṅga – limb, body, member
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the two warriors.

शरकण्टकिनौ (śarakaṇṭakinau) - (those) bristling with arrows like quills/thorns

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śarakaṇṭakin

śarakaṇṭakin - having arrows as thorns/quills

Derived from śarakaṇṭaka with the possessive suffix -in.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+kaṇṭakin)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• kaṇṭakin – thorny, having thorns/quills
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from kaṇṭaka (thorn, quill) + -in (possessive suffix).

Note: Refers to the two warriors.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war, fight

व्यभ्राजेताम् (vyabhrājetām) - they both shone, appeared brilliantly

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √bhrāj

Imperfect Tense (Laṅ)

Derived from the root √bhrāj (to shine) with the prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: bhrāj (class 1)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

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

श्वाविधौ (śvāvidhau) - two porcupines

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śvāvidh

śvāvidh - porcupine

शललैह् (śalalaih) - with quills, by quills

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śalala

śalala - quill (of a porcupine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)