महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-11, verse-37

ततः क्रुद्धौ महाराज बाणौ गृह्य महाहवे ।
उभौ चिक्षिपतुस्तूर्णमन्योन्यस्य वधैषिणौ ॥३७॥

37. tataḥ kruddhau mahārāja bāṇau gṛhya mahāhave ,
ubhau cikṣipatustūrṇamanyonyasya vadhaiṣiṇau.

37. tataḥ kruddhau mahārāja bāṇau gṛhya mahāhave
ubhau cikṣipatuḥ tūrṇam anyonyasya vadhaiṣiṇau

37. mahārāja tataḥ mahāhave kruddhau ubhau
vadhaiṣiṇau bāṇau gṛhya tūrṇam cikṣipatuḥ

37. Then, O great king, both enraged warriors, intent on killing each other, quickly seized arrows in that great battle and hurled them.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - enraged, angry, furious (dual)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• बाणौ (bāṇau) - two arrows

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken, having seized

• महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle, in the great war

• उभौ (ubhau) - Refers to the two warriors. (both (dual))

• चिक्षिपतुः (cikṣipatuḥ) - they hurled, they threw (dual)

• तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, each other's

• वधैषिणौ (vadhaiṣiṇau) - Intent on killing each other. (desiring to kill, seeking to destroy (dual))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

From tad with the suffix -tas.

Note: Adverb of sequence.

क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - enraged, angry, furious (dual)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, provoked

Past Passive Participle

From root √krudh (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (the two warriors).

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj

Note: An address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the blind king.

बाणौ (bāṇau) - two arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Object of "gṛhya".

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √grah (to seize, take).

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Implies an action preceding the main verb "cikṣipatuḥ".

महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle, in the great war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāhava

mahāhava - great battle, great war

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+hava)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• hava – battle, war, contest
  noun (masculine)
  From √hu (to offer, to contend).
  Root: hu

Note: Refers to the context of the battle.

उभौ (ubhau) - Refers to the two warriors. (both (dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Emphasizes that both warriors performed the action.

चिक्षिपतुः (cikṣipatuḥ) - they hurled, they threw (dual)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṣip

Perfect (liṭ), active voice, dual, 3rd person

Reduplicated form of √kṣip (class 6).

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle (from √tvar to hasten)

Often used adverbially in neuter accusative singular.

Root: tvar

Note: Modifies the verb "cikṣipatuḥ".

अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, each other's

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, reciprocal, each other

Note: Possessive, governing "vadhaiṣiṇau" (implied "vadha").

वधैषिणौ (vadhaiṣiṇau) - Intent on killing each other. (desiring to kill, seeking to destroy (dual))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vadhaiṣin

vadhaiṣin - desiring death/killing, intent on killing

Formed from vadha (killing) and aiṣin (desiring).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadha+aiṣin)

• vadha – killing, slaying, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From root √vadh (to strike, kill)
  Root: vadh
• aiṣin – wishing, desiring, seeking
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from √eṣ (to wish, seek)
  From desiderative root.
  Root: eṣ

Note: Describes the two warriors (ubhau).