महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-164, verse-16

निवारितास्तु ते वीरास्तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः ।
समसज्जन्त चत्वारो वाताः पर्वतयोरिव ॥१६॥

16. nivāritāstu te vīrāstayoḥ puruṣasiṁhayoḥ ,
samasajjanta catvāro vātāḥ parvatayoriva.

16. nivāritāḥ tu te vīrāḥ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
samasañjanta catvāraḥ vātāḥ parvatayoḥ iva

16. nivāritāḥ tu te vīrāḥ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
catvāraḥ vātāḥ parvatayoḥ iva samasañjanta

16. But those heroes, though obstructed by those two lion-like men (Nakula and Sahadeva), engaged in battle like four winds clashing between two mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• निवारिताः (nivāritāḥ) - obstructed, checked, stopped

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• ते (te) - those heroes (your charioteers) (those)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - your charioteer heroes (heroes, brave men)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - by those two (Yamas) (of those two, by those two)

• पुरुषसिंहयोः (puruṣasiṁhayoḥ) - by the two lion-like men (Nakula and Sahadeva) (of the two lion-like men, by the two lion-like men)

• समसञ्जन्त (samasañjanta) - they became engaged in battle (they contended, they engaged, they united with)

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

• वाताः (vātāḥ) - winds

• पर्वतयोः (parvatayoḥ) - of the two mountains, between the two mountains

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

निवारिताः (nivāritāḥ) - obstructed, checked, stopped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivārita

nivārita - obstructed, stopped, prevented

Past Passive Participle

formed from ni + causative of vṛ (to cover, enclose)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 10)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those heroes (your charioteers) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - your charioteer heroes (heroes, brave men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man

तयोः (tayoḥ) - by those two (Yamas) (of those two, by those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

पुरुषसिंहयोः (puruṣasiṁhayoḥ) - by the two lion-like men (Nakula and Sahadeva) (of the two lion-like men, by the two lion-like men)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of puruṣasiṃha

puruṣasiṁha - lion-like man, excellent man

Compound type : upamāna-pūrva-pada karma-dhāraya (puruṣa+siṃha)

• puruṣa – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)

समसञ्जन्त (samasañjanta) - they became engaged in battle (they contended, they engaged, they united with)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of sam-sañj

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

(numeral adjective)

वाताः (vātāḥ) - winds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāta

vāta - wind, air

पर्वतयोः (parvatayoḥ) - of the two mountains, between the two mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of parvata

parvata - mountain

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)