महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-73, verse-20

स्रवद्भिः शोणितं गात्रैः प्रस्रुताविव वारणौ ।
अन्योन्यमभिविध्येतां जीवितान्तकरैः शरैः ॥२०॥

20. sravadbhiḥ śoṇitaṁ gātraiḥ prasrutāviva vāraṇau ,
anyonyamabhividhyetāṁ jīvitāntakaraiḥ śaraiḥ.

20. sravadbhiḥ śoṇitam gātraiḥ prasrutau iva vāraṇau
anyonyam abhivvidhyetām jīvitāntakaraiḥ śaraiḥ

20. gātraiḥ śoṇitam sravadbhiḥ prasrutau vāraṇau iva
anyonyam jīvitāntakaraiḥ śaraiḥ abhivvidhyetām

20. With blood flowing from their bodies, like two rutting elephants, they struck each other with life-ending arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• स्रवद्भिः (sravadbhiḥ) - with flowing, by flowing

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

• गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - from the limbs, with the bodies

• प्रस्रुतौ (prasrutau) - flowing forth (like ichor from elephants), in rut

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वारणौ (vāraṇau) - two elephants

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• अभिव्विध्येताम् (abhivvidhyetām) - they pierced, they struck

• जीवितान्तकरैः (jīvitāntakaraiḥ) - life-ending, causing the end of life

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

स्रवद्भिः (sravadbhiḥ) - with flowing, by flowing

(participle)

Instrumental, plural of sravat

sravat - flowing, streaming, dripping

Present Active Participle

From root sru (to flow) in present active

Root: sru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gātraiḥ (used as ablative here 'from')

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood, red, crimson

Note: Object of 'flowing'

गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - from the limbs, with the bodies

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body, member

Note: Used here in an ablative sense, 'from the bodies'

प्रस्रुतौ (prasrutau) - flowing forth (like ichor from elephants), in rut

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prasruta

prasruta - flowing forth, oozing, exuding; in rut (for elephants)

Past Passive Participle

From root sru (to flow) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vāraṇau

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वारणौ (vāraṇau) - two elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, repeller, defender

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of anyonya

anyonya - one another, mutual, reciprocal

अभिव्विध्येताम् (abhivvidhyetām) - they pierced, they struck

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abhividh

From root vyadh (to pierce) with prefixes abhi- and vi-

Prefixes: abhi+vi

Root: vyadh (class 4)

जीवितान्तकरैः (jīvitāntakaraiḥ) - life-ending, causing the end of life

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of jīvitāntakara

jīvitāntakara - causing the end of life, life-ending, deadly

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jīvita+anta+kara)

• jīvita – life, existence, livelihood
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, limit, destruction
  noun (masculine)
• kara – making, causing, performing
  adjective
  agent suffix
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with śaraiḥ

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow