महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-6

वृषभस्कन्धविक्रान्तो वृषभाक्षो नरर्षभः ।
तावकानां बभौ मध्ये गवां मध्ये यथा वृषः ॥६॥

6. vṛṣabhaskandhavikrānto vṛṣabhākṣo nararṣabhaḥ ,
tāvakānāṁ babhau madhye gavāṁ madhye yathā vṛṣaḥ.

6. vṛṣabhaskandhavikrāntaḥ vṛṣabhākṣaḥ nararṣabhaḥ
tāvakānām babhau madhye gavām madhye yathā vṛṣaḥ

6. vṛṣabhaskandhavikrāntaḥ vṛṣabhākṣaḥ nararṣabhaḥ tāvakānām madhye babhau,
yathā gavām madhye vṛṣaḥ

6. The best of men (nararṣabhaḥ), with shoulders as mighty as a bull's and eyes like a bull's, shone among your warriors just as a bull stands out among cows.

Words meanings summery:

• वृषभस्कन्धविक्रान्तः (vṛṣabhaskandhavikrāntaḥ) - having shoulders mighty like a bull's, powerful in his shoulders

• वृषभाक्षः (vṛṣabhākṣaḥ) - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull's (large and impressive)

• नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - best of men, bull among men, foremost man

• तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your (warriors) (of your (men), belonging to your party)

• बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, became beautiful

• मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, in the midst)

• गवाम् (gavām) - among cows (of cows, among cows)

• मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, in the midst)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• वृषः (vṛṣaḥ) - a bull (bull, chief, best)

Words meanings and morphology

वृषभस्कन्धविक्रान्तः (vṛṣabhaskandhavikrāntaḥ) - having shoulders mighty like a bull's, powerful in his shoulders

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣabhaskandhavikrānta

vṛṣabhaskandhavikrānta - having shoulders mighty like a bull's, powerful, strong

Past Passive Participle (vikrānta)

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'vikrānta' (powerful) qualifies the shoulders, which are likened to a bull's. 'vikrānta' is from root kram (to step, advance) with prefix vi.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛṣabha+skandha+vikrānta)

• vṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)
• skandha – shoulder, trunk, branch
  noun (masculine)
• vikrānta – powerful, valiant, brave
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kram (to step) with prefix vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the hero.

वृषभाक्षः (vṛṣabhākṣaḥ) - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull's (large and impressive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣabhākṣa

vṛṣabhākṣa - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull's

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛṣabha+akṣa)

• vṛṣabha – bull
  noun (masculine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the hero.

नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - best of men, bull among men, foremost man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best of men, bull among men, foremost man

Compound of nara (man) and ṛṣabha (bull). 'Ṛṣabha' is often used as an epithet for excellence.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Main subject of the sentence (the hero).

तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your (warriors) (of your (men), belonging to your party)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - yours, belonging to you, your people, your party

Derived from 'tava' (your).

बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, became beautiful

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhā

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Reduplicated perfect (liṭ) form of the root bhā.

Root: bhā (class 2)

मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, in the midst)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, mid

गवाम् (gavām) - among cows (of cows, among cows)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, in the midst)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, mid

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

वृषः (vṛṣaḥ) - a bull (bull, chief, best)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣa

vṛṣa - bull, male, chief, best

From root vṛṣ (to sprinkle, shower, impregnate).

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the bull in the simile.