महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-82, verse-11

तावुभौ नरशार्दूलौ युयुधाते परस्परम् ।
महावने तीव्रमदौ वारणाविव यूथपौ ॥११॥

11. tāvubhau naraśārdūlau yuyudhāte parasparam ,
mahāvane tīvramadau vāraṇāviva yūthapau.

11. tau ubhau naraśārdūlau yuyudhāte parasparam
mahāvane tīvramadau vāraṇau iva yūthapau

11. tau ubhau naraśārdūlau tīvramadau yūthapau
vāraṇau iva mahāvane parasparam yuyudhāte

11. Both of those two great warriors (literally, "tigers among men") fought each other, like two fiercely rutting herd-leader elephants in a great forest.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• नरशार्दूलौ (naraśārdūlau) - two tigers among men, two great warriors

• युयुधाते (yuyudhāte) - they fought

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

• महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest

• तीव्रमदौ (tīvramadau) - fiercely rutting, intensely intoxicated (with rut)

• वारणौ (vāraṇau) - two elephants

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• यूथपौ (yūthapau) - two herd leaders

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

नरशार्दूलौ (naraśārdūlau) - two tigers among men, two great warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of naraśārdūla

naraśārdūla - tiger among men, pre-eminent man, great warrior

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nara+śārdūla)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)

युयुधाते (yuyudhāte) - they fought

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, Perfect (lit) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

तीव्रमदौ (tīvramadau) - fiercely rutting, intensely intoxicated (with rut)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tīvramada

tīvramada - fierce rut, intense intoxication (often referring to elephants in rut)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (tīvra+mada)

• tīvra – fierce, intense, sharp
  adjective
• mada – rut, intoxication, pride, passion
  noun (masculine)

वारणौ (vāraṇau) - two elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

यूथपौ (yūthapau) - two herd leaders

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yūthapa

yūthapa - herd leader, chief of a herd

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (yūtha+pa)

• yūtha – herd, flock, multitude
  noun (neuter)
• pa – protector, guardian, ruler
  noun (masculine)