महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-11, verse-13

कृतप्रतिकृते यत्नं कुर्वाणौ च महारणे ।
कृतप्रतिकृते यत्नं चक्राते तावभीतवत् ॥१३॥

13. kṛtapratikṛte yatnaṁ kurvāṇau ca mahāraṇe ,
kṛtapratikṛte yatnaṁ cakrāte tāvabhītavat.

13. kṛtapratikṛte yatnam kurvāṇau ca mahāraṇe
kṛtapratikṛte yatnam cakrāte tau abhītavat

13. ca mahāraṇe tau kṛtapratikṛte yatnam kurvāṇau
abhītavat kṛtapratikṛte yatnam cakrāte

13. And in the great battle, making an effort for attack and counter-attack (kṛtapratikṛta), those two fearlessly exerted themselves in action and reaction.

Words meanings summery:

• कृतप्रतिकृते (kṛtapratikṛte) - regarding action and counter-action, for retaliation

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion

• कुर्वाणौ (kurvāṇau) - making, doing, performing

• च (ca) - and, also

• महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

• कृतप्रतिकृते (kṛtapratikṛte) - regarding action and counter-action, for retaliation

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion

• चक्राते (cakrāte) - they made, they did, they performed

• तौ (tau) - those two

• अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly, like fearless ones

Words meanings and morphology

कृतप्रतिकृते (kṛtapratikṛte) - regarding action and counter-action, for retaliation

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṛtapratikṛta

kṛtapratikṛta - action and counter-action, retaliation, deed and counter-deed

Compound type : dvandva (kṛta+pratikṛta)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ 'to do, to make', suffix -ta.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• pratikṛta – returned, retaliated, counter-acted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ 'to do, to make' with prefix 'prati-', suffix -ta.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as a dative of purpose or locative, 'for/in the matter of retaliation'.

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, attempt

कुर्वाणौ (kurvāṇau) - making, doing, performing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - making, doing, performing

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root √kṛ 'to do, to make' (class 8) with the present participle suffix -āṇa (Ātmanepada).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāraṇa

mahāraṇa - great battle, great war

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+raṇa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• raṇa – battle, fight, war
  noun (masculine)

कृतप्रतिकृते (kṛtapratikṛte) - regarding action and counter-action, for retaliation

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṛtapratikṛta

kṛtapratikṛta - action and counter-action, retaliation, deed and counter-deed

Compound type : dvandva (kṛta+pratikṛta)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ 'to do, to make', suffix -ta.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• pratikṛta – returned, retaliated, counter-acted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ 'to do, to make' with prefix 'prati-', suffix -ta.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as a dative of purpose or locative, 'for/in the matter of retaliation'.

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, attempt

चक्राते (cakrāte) - they made, they did, they performed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Reduplicated Perfect

3rd person, dual, Ātmanepada (middle voice), Perfect tense (Lit La-kāra).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly, like fearless ones

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'abhīta' (fearless) with the adverbial suffix '-vat'. 'abhīta' itself is a negative Tatpuruṣa compound of 'a-' (not) and 'bhīta' (feared, past passive participle of √bhī 'to fear').