महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-11, verse-39

तौ परस्परवेगाच्च शराभ्यां च भृशाहतौ ।
निपेततुर्महावीरौ स्वरथोपस्थयोस्तदा ॥३९॥

39. tau parasparavegācca śarābhyāṁ ca bhṛśāhatau ,
nipetaturmahāvīrau svarathopasthayostadā.

39. tau parasparavegāt ca śarābhyām ca bhṛśāhatau
nipetatuḥ mahāvīrau svarathopasthayoḥ tadā

39. tadā tau mahāvīrau parasparavegāt ca śarābhyām
ca bhṛśāhatau svarathopasthayoḥ nipetatuḥ

39. At that moment, those two great heroes, greatly wounded by the force of their encounter and by each other's arrows, fell down onto the floors of their respective chariots.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two, both

• परस्परवेगात् (parasparavegāt) - from mutual force, from reciprocal speed

• च (ca) - and, also

• शराभ्याम् (śarābhyām) - by two arrows

• च (ca) - and, also

• भृशाहतौ (bhṛśāhatau) - greatly wounded (referring to the two heroes) (greatly struck, severely wounded)

• निपेततुः (nipetatuḥ) - they two fell down

• महावीरौ (mahāvīrau) - the two great heroes

• स्वरथोपस्थयोः (svarathopasthayoḥ) - in their own chariot-floors

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two, both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

परस्परवेगात् (parasparavegāt) - from mutual force, from reciprocal speed

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parasparavega

parasparavega - mutual force, reciprocal speed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paraspara+vega)

• paraspara – mutual, reciprocal
  adjective
• vega – speed, force, impulse
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शराभ्याम् (śarābhyām) - by two arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of śara

śara - arrow

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भृशाहतौ (bhṛśāhatau) - greatly wounded (referring to the two heroes) (greatly struck, severely wounded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhṛśāhata

bhṛśāhata - greatly struck, severely wounded

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+āhata)

• bhṛśa – great, strong, excessive
  adjective
• āhata – struck, wounded, hit
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root han (to strike/kill) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'tau mahāvīrau'.

निपेततुः (nipetatuḥ) - they two fell down

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of nipat

Imperfect (laṅ-lakāra) 3rd person dual

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महावीरौ (mahāvīrau) - the two great heroes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāvīra

mahāvīra - great hero, very brave warrior

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vīra)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• vīra – hero, brave man
  noun (masculine)

स्वरथोपस्थयोः (svarathopasthayoḥ) - in their own chariot-floors

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of svarathopastha

svarathopastha - chariot-floor of one's own chariot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ratha+upastha)

• sva – own
  adjective
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• upastha – lap, floor (of a chariot)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the chariots of the two heroes.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)