महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-11, verse-35

अन्योन्यं छादयन्तौ स्म शरवृष्ट्या महारथौ ।
शराम्बुधारौ समरे शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ ॥३५॥

35. anyonyaṁ chādayantau sma śaravṛṣṭyā mahārathau ,
śarāmbudhārau samare śastravidyutprakāśinau.

35. anyonyam chādayantau sma śaravṛṣṭyā mahārathau
śarāmbudhārau samare śastravidyutprakāśinau

35. samare mahārathau anyonyam śaravṛṣṭyā chādayantau
sma śarāmbudhārau śastravidyutprakāśinau

35. The two great warriors, covering each other with a shower of arrows, shone in battle like lightning with their weapons, discharging streams of arrows like water.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• छादयन्तौ (chādayantau) - covering, concealing

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly; particle indicating past tense with present verbs/participles

• शरवृष्ट्या (śaravṛṣṭyā) - with a shower of arrows, by a rain of arrows

• महारथौ (mahārathau) - the two great warriors, the two heroes

• शराम्बुधारौ (śarāmbudhārau) - having streams of arrows as water, characterized by arrow-streams

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ (śastravidyutprakāśinau) - shining like lightning with weapons, resplendent with weapon-lightning

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, reciprocal, each other

Note: Used adverbially.

छादयन्तौ (chādayantau) - covering, concealing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of chādayant

chādayant - covering, concealing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √chad (class 10, chādayati).

Root: chad (class 10)

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly; particle indicating past tense with present verbs/participles

(indeclinable)

Note: Implies past action for the preceding participle.

शरवृष्ट्या (śaravṛṣṭyā) - with a shower of arrows, by a rain of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śaravṛṣṭi

śaravṛṣṭi - rain of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+vṛṣṭi)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛṣ

महारथौ (mahārathau) - the two great warriors, the two heroes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāratha

mahāratha - great warrior, great hero, commander of a large chariot force

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (in compounds)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rath

Note: Refers to the two warriors fighting.

शराम्बुधारौ (śarāmbudhārau) - having streams of arrows as water, characterized by arrow-streams

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śarāmbudhāra

śarāmbudhāra - having streams of arrows as water, discharging streams of arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+ambu+dhāra)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhāra – stream, current, showering
  noun/adjective (masculine)
  From √dhṛ (to hold, to flow) with suffix -a.
  Root: dhṛ

Note: Qualifies "mahārathau".

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

Root: mṛ

शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ (śastravidyutprakāśinau) - shining like lightning with weapons, resplendent with weapon-lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śastravidyutprakāśin

śastravidyutprakāśin - shining with weapons as lightning

Derived from pra-kāś (to shine) and suffix -in.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śastra+vidyut+prakāśin)

• śastra – weapon, sword, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From √śas (to cut)
  Root: śas
• vidyut – lightning, flash
  noun (feminine)
  From √vidyut (to flash)
  Root: vidyut
• prakāśin – shining, luminous, revealing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from pra-√kāś
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś

Note: Qualifies "mahārathau".