महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-17

तयोः समभवद्युद्धं नरराक्षसयोर्मृधे ।
यादृगेव पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोर्नृप ॥१७॥

17. tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṁ nararākṣasayormṛdhe ,
yādṛgeva purā vṛttaṁ rāmarāvaṇayornṛpa.

17. tayoḥ samabhavat yuddham nararākṣasayoḥ mṛdhe
yādṛk eva purā vṛttam rāmarāvaṇayoḥ nṛpa

17. nṛpa tayoḥ nararākṣasayoḥ mṛdhe yuddham
samabhavat yādṛk eva purā rāmarāvaṇayoḥ vṛttam

17. O king, a battle took place between those two, the man and the Rākṣasa, in combat, just like the one that previously transpired between Rāma and Rāvaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Bhīmasena and Ārṣyaśṛṅgi (of those two, between those two)

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - occurred, happened, took place

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, combat, war

• नरराक्षसयोः (nararākṣasayoḥ) - of Bhīmasena (the man) and Ārṣyaśṛṅgi (the Rākṣasa) (of the man and the Rākṣasa)

• मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle, in combat, in the fray

• यादृक् (yādṛk) - such as, of what kind, like which

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, anciently

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - the battle that happened (happened, occurred, transpired)

• रामरावणयोः (rāmarāvaṇayoḥ) - of Rāma and Rāvaṇa, between Rāma and Rāvaṇa

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king!

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - between Bhīmasena and Ārṣyaśṛṅgi (of those two, between those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

समभवत् (samabhavat) - occurred, happened, took place

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, root bhū (class 1) with prefix 'sam' (together, completely). 'a-' is the augment for imperfect tense.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, combat, war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, combat, fight, war

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From root 'yudh' (to fight), here used as a neuter noun.

Root: yudh (class 4)

नरराक्षसयोः (nararākṣasayoḥ) - of Bhīmasena (the man) and Ārṣyaśṛṅgi (the Rākṣasa) (of the man and the Rākṣasa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of nararākṣasa

nararākṣasa - man and Rākṣasa

Compound type : dvandva (nara+rākṣasa)

• nara – man, human, person
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – Rākṣasa (a class of mythological beings, often demonic or giant-like)
  noun (masculine)

मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle, in combat, in the fray

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛdh

mṛdh - battle, fight, combat, hostility

यादृक् (yādṛk) - such as, of what kind, like which

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of yādṛś

yādṛś - of what kind, such as, like which

Note: Agrees with 'yuddham', hence neuter

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, anciently

(indeclinable)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - the battle that happened (happened, occurred, transpired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - occurred, happened, transpired, past, done, existed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛt' (to be, exist, occur) of class 1.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'yuddham'

रामरावणयोः (rāmarāvaṇayoḥ) - of Rāma and Rāvaṇa, between Rāma and Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of rāmarāvaṇa

rāmarāvaṇa - Rāma and Rāvaṇa (names of two epic heroes/villains)

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+rāvaṇa)

• rāma – Rāma (the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)
• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa (the demon king of Lankā, antagonist in the Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

From 'nṛ' (man) and root 'pā' (to protect).

Root: pā (class 2)