महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-150, verse-21

ततः कर्णोऽभ्ययादेनमस्यन्नस्यन्तमन्तिकात् ।
मातङ्ग इव मातङ्गं यूथर्षभ इवर्षभम् ॥२१॥

21. tataḥ karṇo'bhyayādenamasyannasyantamantikāt ,
mātaṅga iva mātaṅgaṁ yūtharṣabha ivarṣabham.

21. tataḥ karṇaḥ abhyayāt enam asyan asyantam antikāt
mātaṅgaḥ iva mātaṅgam yūtharṣabhaḥ iva ṛṣabham

21. tataḥ karṇaḥ asyan antikāt asyantam enam abhyayāt
mātaṅgaḥ iva mātaṅgam yūtharṣabhaḥ iva ṛṣabham

21. Then Karṇa, shooting at him who was also shooting, approached him from nearby, just as an elephant (confronts) an elephant, or the lord of a herd (confronts) a bull.

Words meanings summery:

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

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

• अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - he approached, he went towards

• एनम् (enam) - him (Virūpākṣa) (him, this one)

• अस्यन् (asyan) - Karṇa, who was shooting (shooting, throwing, casting)

• अस्यन्तम् (asyantam) - him (Virūpākṣa) who was shooting (him who was shooting/throwing)

• अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - from near, from a close distance

• मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - an elephant (an elephant, a Caṇḍāla (outcaste))

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - an elephant

• यूथर्षभः (yūtharṣabhaḥ) - chief of a herd, lord of a herd, leading bull

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - a bull, a chief

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear, a name of a hero in the Mahābhārata

अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - he approached, he went towards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-i

Imperfect Active

Root 'i' (class 2) with prefix 'abhi-'. 3rd person singular active imperfect ending.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

एनम् (enam) - him (Virūpākṣa) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, that, he, she, it

अस्यन् (asyan) - Karṇa, who was shooting (shooting, throwing, casting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asyant

asyant - shooting, throwing, casting

Present Active Participle

Root 'as' (class 4, 'asyati' - to throw, shoot) with the present active participle suffix '-at'.

Root: as (class 4)

अस्यन्तम् (asyantam) - him (Virūpākṣa) who was shooting (him who was shooting/throwing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asyant

asyant - shooting, throwing, casting

Present Active Participle

Root 'as' (class 4, 'asyati' - to throw, shoot) with the present active participle suffix '-at'.

Root: as (class 4)

अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - from near, from a close distance

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable form (ablative suffix '-āt') from noun 'antika'.

मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - an elephant (an elephant, a Caṇḍāla (outcaste))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - an elephant, a Caṇḍāla (outcaste), a mountain

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

मातङ्गम् (mātaṅgam) - an elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - an elephant, a Caṇḍāla (outcaste), a mountain

यूथर्षभः (yūtharṣabhaḥ) - chief of a herd, lord of a herd, leading bull

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yūtharṣabha

yūtharṣabha - chief of a herd, leading bull

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yūtha+ṛṣabha)

• yūtha – herd, flock, troop, collection
  noun (neuter)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - a bull, a chief

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, chief, excellent one, best