महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-153, verse-29

तावन्योन्यमभिद्रुत्य केशेषु सुमहाबलौ ।
भुजाभ्यां पर्यगृह्णीतां महाकायौ महाबलौ ॥२९॥

29. tāvanyonyamabhidrutya keśeṣu sumahābalau ,
bhujābhyāṁ paryagṛhṇītāṁ mahākāyau mahābalau.

29. tau anyonyam abhidrutya keśeṣu sumahābalau
bhujābhyām paryagṛhṇītām mahākāyau mahābalau

29. sumahābalau mahākāyau mahābalau tau anyonyam
abhidrutya keśeṣu bhujābhyām paryagṛhṇītām

29. Those two, exceptionally mighty and immense-bodied, rushed towards each other and seized one another by the hair with their arms.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two, they two

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed towards, having attacked

• केशेषु (keśeṣu) - in/on the hairs, by the hair

• सुमहाबलौ (sumahābalau) - extremely powerful, very strong

• भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - with two arms

• पर्यगृह्णीताम् (paryagṛhṇītām) - they two seized, grasped

• महाकायौ (mahākāyau) - huge-bodied, large-bodied

• महाबलौ (mahābalau) - greatly powerful, very strong

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two, they two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, each other

Note: Functions adverbially or as a pronoun in accusative singular.

अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed towards, having attacked

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root √dru with upasarga abhi, suffix -tya.

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

केशेषु (keśeṣu) - in/on the hairs, by the hair

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of keśa

keśa - hair

Note: Often used in locative or instrumental to indicate 'by the hair'.

सुमहाबलौ (sumahābalau) - extremely powerful, very strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sumahābala

sumahābala - extremely powerful

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahā+bala)

• su – good, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.

भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - with two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of bhujā

bhujā - arm

पर्यगृह्णीताम् (paryagṛhṇītām) - they two seized, grasped

(verb)

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

Imperfect active, 3rd dual

Root √grah (9th class), with upasarga pari. Augment 'a' before the root for imperfect.

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

महाकायौ (mahākāyau) - huge-bodied, large-bodied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahākāya

mahākāya - huge-bodied, gigantic

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• kāya – body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.

महाबलौ (mahābalau) - greatly powerful, very strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahābala

mahābala - greatly powerful, very strong

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.