महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-163, verse-13

अभिसंश्लिष्टयोस्तत्र तयोराहवशौण्डयोः ।
अभिन्नशरपातत्वाद्गदायुद्धमवर्तत ॥१३॥

13. abhisaṁśliṣṭayostatra tayorāhavaśauṇḍayoḥ ,
abhinnaśarapātatvādgadāyuddhamavartata.

13. abhisaṃśliṣṭayoḥ tatra tayoḥ āhavaśauṇḍayoḥ
abhinnaśarapātatvāt gadāyuddham avartata

13. tatra abhisaṃśliṣṭayoḥ āhavaśauṇḍayoḥ tayoḥ abhinnaśarapātatvāt gadāyuddham avartata.

13. When those two warriors, eager for battle, were locked in close combat there, a mace fight ensued because arrow attacks became ineffective.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिसंश्लिष्टयोः (abhisaṁśliṣṭayoḥ) - of those two (Bhīma and Karṇa) who were locked in close combat (of them embraced, of them intertwined, of them locked in close combat)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that situation

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (Bhīma and Karṇa) (of those two)

• आहवशौण्डयोः (āhavaśauṇḍayoḥ) - of Bhīma and Karṇa, who were expert or eager in combat (of those eager for battle, of those skilled in battle)

• अभिन्नशरपातत्वात् (abhinnaśarapātatvāt) - because their close combat made arrow attacks useless (due to the ineffectiveness of arrow attacks, due to the non-penetration of arrows)

• गदायुद्धम् (gadāyuddham) - mace battle, fight with maces

• अवर्तत (avartata) - ensued, took place, occurred

Words meanings and morphology

अभिसंश्लिष्टयोः (abhisaṁśliṣṭayoḥ) - of those two (Bhīma and Karṇa) who were locked in close combat (of them embraced, of them intertwined, of them locked in close combat)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of abhisaṃśliṣṭa

abhisaṁśliṣṭa - embraced, entwined, united, closely joined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root śliṣ with prefixes abhi- and saṃ-

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that situation

(indeclinable)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (Bhīma and Karṇa) (of those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

आहवशौण्डयोः (āhavaśauṇḍayoḥ) - of Bhīma and Karṇa, who were expert or eager in combat (of those eager for battle, of those skilled in battle)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of āhavaśauṇḍa

āhavaśauṇḍa - eager for battle, expert in battle, fond of fighting

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āhava+śauṇḍa)

• āhava – battle, war, fight
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hu (class 3)
• śauṇḍa – addicted to, fond of, skilled in, expert
  adjective (masculine)

अभिन्नशरपातत्वात् (abhinnaśarapātatvāt) - because their close combat made arrow attacks useless (due to the ineffectiveness of arrow attacks, due to the non-penetration of arrows)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of abhinnaśarapātatva

abhinnaśarapātatva - the state of being unable to pierce with arrows, the ineffectiveness of arrow-shooting

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhinna+śarapāta+tva)

• abhinna – unbroken, not pierced, undivided
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Negated form of bhinna (from bhid root)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• śarapāta – fall of arrows, discharge of arrows, arrow-shot
  noun (masculine)
• tva – state of being, nature of
  suffix (nominalizer) (neuter)

गदायुद्धम् (gadāyuddham) - mace battle, fight with maces

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gadāyuddha

gadāyuddha - mace battle, fight with maces

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gadā+yuddha)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)

अवर्तत (avartata) - ensued, took place, occurred

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Imperfect, 3rd person, singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: vṛt (class 1)