महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-71, verse-6

तेषां युद्धं समभवद्दारुणं शोणितोदकम् ।
सिंहस्य द्विपमुख्याभ्यां प्रभिन्नाभ्यां यथा वने ॥६॥

6. teṣāṁ yuddhaṁ samabhavaddāruṇaṁ śoṇitodakam ,
siṁhasya dvipamukhyābhyāṁ prabhinnābhyāṁ yathā vane.

6. teṣām yuddham samabhavat dāruṇam śoṇita-udakam
siṃhasya dvipa-mukhyābhyām prabhinnābhyām yathā vane

6. teṣām dāruṇam śoṇitodakam yuddham samabhavat yathā
vane siṃhasya prabhinnābhyām dvipamukhyābhyām

6. Their terrible battle, where blood flowed like water, took place, resembling a lion's combat in a forest with two highly enraged, ichor-oozing chief elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of Vinda, Anuvinda, and Virata (their, of them)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - it occurred, it took place, it was

• दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

• शोणितोदकम् (śoṇitodakam) - having blood as water, blood-water

• सिंहस्य (siṁhasya) - of a lion

• द्विपमुख्याभ्याम् (dvipamukhyābhyām) - with two chief elephants

• प्रभिन्नाभ्याम् (prabhinnābhyām) - with two highly enraged (elephants), with two (elephants) whose ichor is oozing

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• वने (vane) - in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of Vinda, Anuvinda, and Virata (their, of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, 3rd person plural

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle used as a noun

From root yudh (to fight) + kta suffix

Root: yudh (class 4)

समभवत् (samabhavat) - it occurred, it took place, it was

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense

From root bhū (to be, become) with prefix sam-, imperfect active, 3rd person singular

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - terrible, dreadful, fierce, cruel

From dāru (wood, hard) implying harshness

शोणितोदकम् (śoṇitodakam) - having blood as water, blood-water

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śoṇitodaka

śoṇitodaka - blood-water, having blood as water

Compound: śoṇita (blood) + udaka (water)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoṇita+udaka)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
  From root śoṇ (to redden)
  Root: śoṇ (class 10)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)
  From root und (to wet, sprinkle)
  Root: und (class 7)

सिंहस्य (siṁhasya) - of a lion

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

Note: Describes the analogy, 'like a lion's encounter'

द्विपमुख्याभ्याम् (dvipamukhyābhyām) - with two chief elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of dvipamukhya

dvipamukhya - chief elephant, excellent elephant

Compound: dvipa (elephant) + mukhya (chief)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dvipa+mukhya)

• dvipa – elephant (lit. 'twice-drinking')
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: dvi (twice) + pa (drinker)
  Root: pā (class 1)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
  From mukha (face, front) + ya

Note: Objects of the implied combat for the lion

प्रभिन्नाभ्याम् (prabhinnābhyām) - with two highly enraged (elephants), with two (elephants) whose ichor is oozing

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of prabhinna

prabhinna - broken, split, separated; (of an elephant) having ichor flowing from the temples (in rut), enraged

Past Passive Participle

From prefix pra- + root bhid (to split, break) + kta suffix

Compound type : praadi-samāsa (pra+bhinna)

• pra – forth, forward, intense
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating intensity or forth
• bhinna – broken, split
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhid + kta suffix
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies dvipamukhyābhyām

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Adverb of comparison

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Root: van (class 1)