महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-153, verse-28

तौ युद्ध्वा विविधैर्घोरैरायुधैर्विशिखैस्तथा ।
प्रगृह्य निशितौ खड्गावन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ॥२८॥

28. tau yuddhvā vividhairghorairāyudhairviśikhaistathā ,
pragṛhya niśitau khaḍgāvanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ.

28. tau yuddhvā vividhaiḥ ghoraiḥ āyudhaiḥ viśikhaiḥ
tathā pragṛhya niśitau khaḍgau anyonyam abhijaghmatuḥ

28. tau,
vividhaiḥ ghoraiḥ āyudhaiḥ tathā viśikhaiḥ yuddhvā,
niśitau khaḍgau pragṛhya,
anyonyam abhijaghmatuḥ.

28. After fighting with various dreadful weapons and arrows, those two (fighters), having grasped their two sharp swords, struck each other.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - the two fighters, Bhaimya and Alāyudha (those two, they (dual))

• युद्ध्वा (yuddhvā) - having fought, after fighting

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - with various, diverse, manifold

• घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - with terrible, dreadful, awful

• आयुधैः (āyudhaiḥ) - with weapons, by weapons

• विशिखैः (viśikhaiḥ) - with arrows, with pointed weapons

• तथा (tathā) - and also (with arrows) (and, thus, also, similarly)

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, having taken

• निशितौ (niśitau) - two sharp swords (two sharp, two whetted)

• खड्गौ (khaḍgau) - two swords

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

• अभिजघ्मतुः (abhijaghmatuḥ) - they (the two fighters) struck each other (they struck, they killed, they hit)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - the two fighters, Bhaimya and Alāyudha (those two, they (dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, this; he, she, it

Note: Subject of the sentence.

युद्ध्वा (yuddhvā) - having fought, after fighting

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √yudh (to fight) with suffix -tvā.

Root: √yudh (class 4)

Note: Gerund indicating prior action.

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - with various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, of many kinds

Prefix: vi

Root: √dhā (class 3)

घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - with terrible, dreadful, awful

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable; fierce, violent; intense

आयुधैः (āyudhaiḥ) - with weapons, by weapons

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of āyudha

āyudha - weapon, implement of war, arm

From root √yudh (to fight) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: √yudh (class 4)

Note: Objects used in fighting.

विशिखैः (viśikhaiḥ) - with arrows, with pointed weapons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viśikha

viśikha - an arrow; hairless, bald; without a top-knot; a learned Brahmin (without sacrificial lock of hair)

Note: Used in conjunction with other weapons.

तथा (tathā) - and also (with arrows) (and, thus, also, similarly)

(indeclinable)

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, having taken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √grah (to seize) with prefix pra- and suffix -ya.

Prefix: pra

Root: √grah (class 9)

Note: Gerund indicating prior action.

निशितौ (niśitau) - two sharp swords (two sharp, two whetted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of niśita

niśita - sharpened, whetted, keen, pointed; excited, provoked

Past Passive Participle

From root √śo (to sharpen) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: √śā (class 4)

Note: Agrees with khaḍgau.

खड्गौ (khaḍgau) - two swords

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of khaḍga

khaḍga - sword, scimitar; rhinoceros; name of a sword

Note: Dual object.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, reciprocal; (as a noun) each other, one another

Note: Adverbial accusative, or direct object of striking each other.

अभिजघ्मतुः (abhijaghmatuḥ) - they (the two fighters) struck each other (they struck, they killed, they hit)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Lit) of abhi-√han

Intensive/reduplicated perfect tense form (Lit)

Prefix: abhi

Root: √han (class 2)

Note: Refers to the two combatants.