महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-22

तौ न्यवारयतां श्रेष्ठौ संरब्धौ रणशोभिनौ ।
उदीरयेतां ब्राह्माणि दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्यनेकशः ॥२२॥

22. tau nyavārayatāṁ śreṣṭhau saṁrabdhau raṇaśobhinau ,
udīrayetāṁ brāhmāṇi divyānyastrāṇyanekaśaḥ.

22. tau ni-avārayatām śreṣṭhau saṃrabdhau raṇaśobhinau
ut-īrayetām brāhmāṇi divyāni astrāṇi anekaśaḥ

22. tau śreṣṭhau saṃrabdhau raṇaśobhinau ni-avārayatām
brāhmāṇi divyāni astrāṇi anekaśaḥ ut-īrayetām

22. Those two, excellent, enraged, and glorious in battle, checked each other, and repeatedly discharged many divine Brahmanical (brāhmaṇa) weapons (astra).

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (referring to the two warriors) (those two, they two)

• नि-अवारयताम् (ni-avārayatām) - they two checked (each other) (they two warded off, they two checked)

• श्रेष्ठौ (śreṣṭhau) - excellent (warriors) (excellent, best, supreme)

• संरब्धौ (saṁrabdhau) - enraged (warriors) (enraged, furious, agitated)

• रणशोभिनौ (raṇaśobhinau) - glorious in battle (shining in battle, glorious in war)

• उत्-ईरयेताम् (ut-īrayetām) - they two discharged/unleashed (they two should discharge/unleash, they two discharged/unleashed)

• ब्राह्माणि (brāhmāṇi) - Brahmanical (weapons) (Brahmanical, divine (related to Brahman))

• दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine (weapons) (divine, celestial)

• अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons (divine missiles) (weapons, missiles)

• अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - repeatedly, numerous (manifold, repeatedly, in many ways)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (referring to the two warriors) (those two, they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'ni-avārayatām' and 'ut-īrayetām'.

नि-अवारयताम् (ni-avārayatām) - they two checked (each other) (they two warded off, they two checked)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of ni-vṛ

Imperfect Middle

Third person dual, imperfect tense, middle voice. Causative stem vāraya

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

श्रेष्ठौ (śreṣṭhau) - excellent (warriors) (excellent, best, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - excellent, best, supreme

Superlative degree of praśasya, masculine nominative dual

Note: Describes 'tau'.

संरब्धौ (saṁrabdhau) - enraged (warriors) (enraged, furious, agitated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sam-rabdh

sam-rabdh - to be agitated, to be enraged

Past Passive Participle

From root rabh (to seize) with upasarga sam. Masculine nominative dual

Prefix: sam

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Describes 'tau'.

रणशोभिनौ (raṇaśobhinau) - glorious in battle (shining in battle, glorious in war)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of raṇaśobhin

raṇaśobhin - shining in battle, glorious in war

From raṇa (battle) + śobhin (shining). Masculine nominative dual

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṇa+śobhin)

• raṇa – battle, war
  noun (masculine)
• śobhin – shining, beautiful, glorious
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root śubh (to shine) + in suffix
  Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Describes 'tau'.

उत्-ईरयेताम् (ut-īrayetām) - they two discharged/unleashed (they two should discharge/unleash, they two discharged/unleashed)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of ut-īr

Imperfect Middle (Causative)

Third person dual, imperfect tense, middle voice, causative stem īraya

Prefix: ut

Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

ब्राह्माणि (brāhmāṇi) - Brahmanical (weapons) (Brahmanical, divine (related to Brahman))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of brāhma

brāhma - belonging to or relating to Brahman or Brahmins, divine

Derived from brahman with suffix aṇ. Neuter nominative/accusative plural

Note: Describes 'astrāṇi'.

दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine (weapons) (divine, celestial)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of divya

divya - divine, celestial, heavenly

Neuter nominative/accusative plural

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Describes 'astrāṇi'.

अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons (divine missiles) (weapons, missiles)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of astra

astra - weapon, missile

Neuter nominative/accusative plural

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Object of 'udīrayetām'.

अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - repeatedly, numerous (manifold, repeatedly, in many ways)

(indeclinable)

From aneka (not one, many) + śas (suffix for manner/repetition)

Note: Adverb modifying 'udīrayetām'.