महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-16, verse-27

ततो निजघ्नुरन्योन्यं पेतुश्चाहवताडिताः ।
वमन्तो रुधिरं गात्रैर्विमस्तिष्केक्षणा युधि ॥२७॥

27. tato nijaghnuranyonyaṁ petuścāhavatāḍitāḥ ,
vamanto rudhiraṁ gātrairvimastiṣkekṣaṇā yudhi.

27. ततः निजघ्नुः अन्योन्यम् पेतुः च आहवताडिताः
वमन्तः रुधिरम् गात्रैः विमस्तिष्केक्षणाः युधि

27. ततः आहवताडिताः अन्योन्यम् निजघ्नुः च पेतुः युधि
गात्रैः रुधिरम् वमन्तः विमस्तिष्केक्षणाः (सन्तः)

27. Then, struck by the battle, they violently struck each other, and fell. In the fight, they were vomiting blood from their bodies, their brains and eyes gushing out.

Words meanings summery:

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

• निजघ्नुः (nijaghnuḥ) - they struck down, they killed

• अन्योन्जम् (anyonjam) - each other, mutually

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

• च (ca) - and

• आहवताडिताः (āhavatāḍitāḥ) - struck by battle, wounded in battle

• वमन्तः (vamantaḥ) - vomiting, spewing forth

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - by/from their bodies

• विमस्तिष्केक्षणाः (vimastiṣkekṣaṇāḥ) - with brains and eyes bursting out/gushing forth

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in the fight

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'tad'

निजघ्नुः (nijaghnuḥ) - they struck down, they killed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of ni-han

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

अन्योन्जम् (anyonjam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual, reciprocal

Note: Used adverbially here

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आहवताडिताः (āhavatāḍitāḥ) - struck by battle, wounded in battle

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āhavatāḍita

āhavatāḍita - struck in battle, wounded in combat

Past Passive Participle used as adjective

Compound of āhava (battle) and tāḍita (struck).

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (āhava+tāḍita)

• āhava – battle, war, combat
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hū (class 1)
• tāḍita – struck, beaten, smitten
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √taḍ (to strike)
  Root: taḍ (class 10)

वमन्तः (vamantaḥ) - vomiting, spewing forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vamat

vamat - vomiting, spewing, emitting

Present Active Participle

From root √vam (to vomit)

Root: vam (class 1)

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, crimson

गात्रैः (gātraiḥ) - by/from their bodies

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - body, limb, organ

विमस्तिष्केक्षणाः (vimastiṣkekṣaṇāḥ) - with brains and eyes bursting out/gushing forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimastiṣkekṣaṇa

vimastiṣkekṣaṇa - having brains and eyes gushing out

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+mastiṣka+īkṣaṇa)

• vi – apart, away, without (prefix)
  indeclinable
• mastiṣka – brain, skull
  noun (neuter)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, sight, looking
  noun (neuter)
  From root √īkṣ (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war