महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-163, verse-25

तयोः समभवद्युद्धं द्रोणपाण्डवयोर्महत् ।
आमिषार्थं महाराज गगने श्येनयोरिव ॥२५॥

25. tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṁ droṇapāṇḍavayormahat ,
āmiṣārthaṁ mahārāja gagane śyenayoriva.

25. tayoḥ samabhavat yuddham droṇapāṇḍavayoḥ
mahat āmiṣārtham mahārāja gagane śyenayoḥ iva

25. mahārāja tayoḥ droṇapāṇḍavayoḥ mahat yuddham
samabhavat āmiṣārtham gagane śyenayoḥ iva

25. O great king, a magnificent battle took place between those two, Drona and the son of Pandu, resembling that of two hawks in the sky contending for a piece of flesh.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Drona and Arjuna (of them, of the two)

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - it happened, it occurred

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

• द्रोणपाण्डवयोः (droṇapāṇḍavayoḥ) - of Drona and Arjuna (of Drona and the son of Pandu)

• महत् (mahat) - magnificent (great, large, mighty)

• आमिषार्थम् (āmiṣārtham) - for a piece of flesh (for the sake of flesh/prey)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - Dhritarashtra is addressed here. (O great king)

• गगने (gagane) - in the sky

• श्येनयोः (śyenayoḥ) - of the two hawks/falcons

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Drona and Arjuna (of them, of the two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to Drona and Pandu's son.

समभवत् (samabhavat) - it happened, it occurred

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of sambhū

From root bhū (to be) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Augment 'a' combined with prefix 'sam'.

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'samabhavat'.

द्रोणपाण्डवयोः (droṇapāṇḍavayoḥ) - of Drona and Arjuna (of Drona and the son of Pandu)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of droṇapāṇḍava

droṇapāṇḍava - Drona and a son of Pandu

Compound type : dvandva (droṇa+pāṇḍava)

• droṇa – Drona (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pandu, son of Pandu (Arjuna)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Patronymic from Pandu.

Note: Denotes the participants of the battle.

महत् (mahat) - magnificent (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Stem 'mahat'.

आमिषार्थम् (āmiṣārtham) - for a piece of flesh (for the sake of flesh/prey)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āmiṣa+artha)

• āmiṣa – flesh, meat, prey
  noun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, sake, meaning
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially.

महाराज (mahārāja) - Dhritarashtra is addressed here. (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rāja – king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Address to Dhritarashtra.

गगने (gagane) - in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere, firmament

श्येनयोः (śyenayoḥ) - of the two hawks/falcons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of śyena

śyena - hawk, falcon, eagle

Note: Part of the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.