महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-24, verse-46

तयोस्तस्य च तद्युद्धमत्यद्भुतमिवाभवत् ।
सिंहस्य द्विपमुख्याभ्यां प्रभिन्नाभ्यां यथा वने ॥४६॥

46. tayostasya ca tadyuddhamatyadbhutamivābhavat ,
siṁhasya dvipamukhyābhyāṁ prabhinnābhyāṁ yathā vane.

46. tayoḥ tasya ca tat yuddham ati adbhutam iva abhavat
siṃhasya dvipamukhyābhyām prabhinnābhyām yathā vane

46. tayoḥ tasya ca tat yuddham ati adbhutam iva abhavat
yathā vane siṃhasya prabhinnābhyām dvipamukhyābhyām

46. The battle between them and him was exceedingly wondrous, like a lion's encounter with two infuriated, mighty elephants in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - referring to Kṣemadhūrti and Bṛhanta (of those two)

• तस्य (tasya) - referring to Sātvata (of him, his)

• च (ca) - and

• तत् (tat) - that

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war

• अति (ati) - very, exceedingly

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it became, it was

• सिंहस्य (siṁhasya) - of a lion, a lion's

• द्विपमुख्याभ्याम् (dvipamukhyābhyām) - with two chief elephants, with two leading elephants

• प्रभिन्नाभ्याम् (prabhinnābhyām) - with two infuriated ones, with two rutting (elephants)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• वने (vane) - in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - referring to Kṣemadhūrti and Bṛhanta (of those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तस्य (tasya) - referring to Sātvata (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, his

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

अति (ati) - very, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, amazing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, amazing, marvellous, extraordinary

Note: Modifies 'yuddham'

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it became, it was

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active 3rd singular

augment 'a-' + root 'bhū' + 3rd person singular ending 't'

Root: bhū (class 1)

सिंहस्य (siṁhasya) - of a lion, a lion's

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

द्विपमुख्याभ्याम् (dvipamukhyābhyām) - with two chief elephants, with two leading elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of dvipamukhya

dvipamukhya - chief elephant, leading elephant

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvipa+mukhya)

• dvipa – elephant (lit. 'two-drinker')
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, leading
  adjective (masculine)

प्रभिन्नाभ्याम् (prabhinnābhyām) - with two infuriated ones, with two rutting (elephants)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of prabhinna

prabhinna - broken, separated, distinct; infuriated (especially of an elephant in rut)

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from root bhid (to break) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Modifies 'dvipamukhyābhyām'

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove