महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-152, verse-46

तौ विक्षरन्तौ रुधिरं समासाद्येतरेतरम् ।
मत्ताविव महानागावकृष्येतां पुनः पुनः ॥४६॥

46. tau vikṣarantau rudhiraṁ samāsādyetaretaram ,
mattāviva mahānāgāvakṛṣyetāṁ punaḥ punaḥ.

46. tau vikṣarantau rudhiram samāsādya itaretaram
mattau iva mahānāgau ākṛṣyetām punaḥ punaḥ

46. tau rudhiram vikṣarantau itaretaram samāsādya
mattau mahānāgau iva punaḥ punaḥ ākṛṣyetām

46. Those two, dripping blood, met each other and, like two intoxicated great elephants, pulled each other back and forth repeatedly.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• विक्षरन्तौ (vikṣarantau) - dripping, flowing, oozing

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having met, having approached, having obtained

• इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other, one another

• मत्तौ (mattau) - two intoxicated ones, two enraged ones

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महानागौ (mahānāgau) - two great elephants

• आकृष्येताम् (ākṛṣyetām) - they two pulled, they two dragged

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

विक्षरन्तौ (vikṣarantau) - dripping, flowing, oozing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vikṣarat

vikṣarat - flowing forth, dripping, oozing

Present Active Participle

From 'vi-√kṣar' (to flow out, to drip).

Prefix: vi

Root: √kṣar (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

From √rudh (to obstruct, to be red).

Root: √rudh (class 7)

Note: Object of 'vikṣarantau' implicitly.

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having met, having approached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From 'sam-ā-√sad' (to sit down together, to approach).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: √sad (class 1)

इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other, one another

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of itaretara

itaretara - each other, one another, mutual

Formed from 'itara' (other) + 'itara'.

Compound type : dvandva (itara+itara)

• itara – other, different
  pronoun (masculine)
• itara – other, different
  pronoun (masculine)

Note: Used here adverbially meaning "mutually".

मत्तौ (mattau) - two intoxicated ones, two enraged ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, excited, frenzied, enraged

Past Passive Participle

From √mad (to delight, to be excited or intoxicated).

Root: √mad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'mahānāgau'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

महानागौ (mahānāgau) - two great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahānāga

mahānāga - great elephant, great serpent

Karmadhāraya compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'nāga' (elephant, serpent).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  Stem form of 'mahat'.
• nāga – serpent, elephant, mountain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison.

आकृष्येताम् (ākṛṣyetām) - they two pulled, they two dragged

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of √kṛṣ

Imperfect Middle (Ātmanepada)

From 'ā' + root 'kṛṣ'.

Prefix: ā

Root: √kṛṣ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)