महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-4

तावुभौ शरचित्राङ्गौ रुधिरेण समुक्षितौ ।
बभूवतुर्महात्मानौ पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ ॥४॥

4. tāvubhau śaracitrāṅgau rudhireṇa samukṣitau ,
babhūvaturmahātmānau puṣpitāviva kiṁśukau.

4. tau ubhau śaracitrāṅgau rudhireṇa samukṣitau
| babhūvatuḥ mahātmānau puṣpitau iva kiṃśukau

4. tau ubhau mahātmānau śaracitrāṅgau rudhireṇa
samukṣitau puṣpitau kiṃśukau iva babhūvatuḥ

4. Both of those great warriors, their bodies adorned with arrows and drenched in blood, became like two blossoming kimśuka trees.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (Karna and Abhimanyu) (those two)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (Karna and Abhimanyu) (both)

• शरचित्राङ्गौ (śaracitrāṅgau) - their bodies adorned with arrows (having bodies adorned with arrows)

• रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - with blood

• समुक्षितौ (samukṣitau) - drenched (in blood) (thoroughly drenched, sprinkled)

• बभूवतुः (babhūvatuḥ) - they became (they became, they were)

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - great warriors (great-souled ones, noble ones)

• पुष्पितौ (puṣpitau) - blossomed (blossomed, flowered)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - two kimśuka trees

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (Karna and Abhimanyu) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Karna and Abhimanyu.

उभौ (ubhau) - both (Karna and Abhimanyu) (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Always used in dual.

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.

शरचित्राङ्गौ (śaracitrāṅgau) - their bodies adorned with arrows (having bodies adorned with arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śaracitrāṅga

śaracitrāṅga - having bodies variegated/adorned with arrows

From śara (arrow) + citra (adorned) + aṅga (body).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śara+citra+aṅga)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• citra – adorned, variegated, painted
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
• aṅga – limb, body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'tau ubhau'.

रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - with blood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood

समुक्षितौ (samukṣitau) - drenched (in blood) (thoroughly drenched, sprinkled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samukṣita

samukṣita - thoroughly wetted, drenched, sprinkled

Past Passive Participle

From root 'ukṣ' (to sprinkle) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: ukṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tau ubhau'.

बभूवतुः (babhūvatuḥ) - they became (they became, they were)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'tau ubhau'.

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - great warriors (great-souled ones, noble ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, great self (ātman)

From mahā (great) + ātman (self, soul).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'babhūvatuḥ'.

पुष्पितौ (puṣpitau) - blossomed (blossomed, flowered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puṣpita

puṣpita - flowered, blossomed, in bloom

Past Passive Participle

From root 'puṣp' (to blossom, flower).

Root: puṣp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kiṃśukau'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Used for comparison.

किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - two kimśuka trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kiṃśuka

kiṁśuka - a type of tree (Butea monosperma) with bright red flowers

Known for its fiery red flowers.

Note: Predicate nominative of 'babhūvatuḥ' in simile.