महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-76, verse-25

उद्भिन्नरुधिरौ कृष्णौ भारद्वाजस्य सायकैः ।
शितैश्चितौ व्यरोचेतां कर्णिकारैरिवाचलौ ॥२५॥

25. udbhinnarudhirau kṛṣṇau bhāradvājasya sāyakaiḥ ,
śitaiścitau vyarocetāṁ karṇikārairivācalau.

25. udbhinnarudhirau kṛṣṇau bhāradvājasya sāyakaiḥ
śitaiḥ citau vyarocetām karṇikāraiḥ iva acalau

25. udbhinnarudhirau kṛṣṇau bhāradvājasya śitaiḥ
sāyakaiḥ citau karṇikāraiḥ acalau iva vyarocetām

25. The two Krishnas (Arjuna and Krishna), whose blood had burst forth, covered with Drona's sharp arrows, shone like two mountains strewn with Karṇikāra flowers.

Words meanings summery:

• उद्भिन्नरुधिरौ (udbhinnarudhirau) - Arjuna and Krishna, bleeding from wounds (with gushing blood, whose blood had burst forth)

• कृष्णौ (kṛṣṇau) - Refers to Krishna and Arjuna, who are often collectively called 'Krishnas' in the Mahabharata. (the two Krishnas, Krishna and Arjuna)

• भारद्वाजस्य (bhāradvājasya) - Drona, son of Bharadvāja (of Bharadvāja, of Drona)

• सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp arrows (by sharp (things), with sharp (ones))

• चितौ (citau) - covered/strewn with arrows (covered, strewn, piled up)

• व्यरोचेताम् (vyarocetām) - they shone, they appeared brilliantly

• कर्णिकारैः (karṇikāraiḥ) - by Karṇikāra flowers

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अचलौ (acalau) - two mountains, two immovables

Words meanings and morphology

उद्भिन्नरुधिरौ (udbhinnarudhirau) - Arjuna and Krishna, bleeding from wounds (with gushing blood, whose blood had burst forth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of udbhinnarudhira

udbhinnarudhira - having gushing blood

Bahuvrihi compound: 'udbhinna' (burst forth) + 'rudhira' (blood).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (udbhinna+rudhira)

• udbhinna – burst forth, erupted, opened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhid (to split) with prefix ud-.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rudh

Note: Qualifies 'kṛṣṇau'.

कृष्णौ (kṛṣṇau) - Refers to Krishna and Arjuna, who are often collectively called 'Krishnas' in the Mahabharata. (the two Krishnas, Krishna and Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (a proper name), dark, black

Note: Subject of the sentence along with 'achalau' in the simile.

भारद्वाजस्य (bhāradvājasya) - Drona, son of Bharadvāja (of Bharadvāja, of Drona)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhāradvāja

bhāradvāja - son of Bharadvāja

Patronymic of Bharadvāja

Note: Possessive, indicating the owner of the arrows.

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, dart

Root: si

Note: Means 'by means of arrows'.

शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp arrows (by sharp (things), with sharp (ones))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharp, keen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śo (śyati) (to sharpen)

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'sāyakaiḥ'.

चितौ (citau) - covered/strewn with arrows (covered, strewn, piled up)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of cita

cita - covered, piled, collected

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ci (to gather, heap up)

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'kṛṣṇau'.

व्यरोचेताम् (vyarocetām) - they shone, they appeared brilliantly

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vi-ruc

Imperfect tense

Ātmanepada, third person dual, from root ruc (to shine) with prefix vi-. 'A' augment indicates past tense.

Prefix: vi

Root: ruc (class 1)

कर्णिकारैः (karṇikāraiḥ) - by Karṇikāra flowers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of karṇikāra

karṇikāra - Karṇikāra flower (a kind of yellow flower)

Note: Used in comparison with 'citau acalau'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अचलौ (acalau) - two mountains, two immovables

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of acala

acala - mountain, immovable

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: a (not) + cala (moving).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• cala – moving, trembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Subject of the simile.