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8,33

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-33, verse-60

कचाकचि बभौ युद्धं दन्तादन्ति नखानखि ।
मुष्टियुद्धं नियुद्धं च देहपाप्मविनाशनम् ॥६०॥
60. kacākaci babhau yuddhaṁ dantādanti nakhānakhi ,
muṣṭiyuddhaṁ niyuddhaṁ ca dehapāpmavināśanam.
60. kacākaci babhau yuddham dantādanti nakhānakhi
muṣṭiyuddham niyuddham ca dehapāpmavināśanam
60. yuddham kacākaci dantādanti nakhānakhi muṣṭiyuddham
niyuddham ca dehapāpmavināśanam babhau
60. The battle, characterized by hair-pulling, tooth-and-tooth combat, nail-and-nail fighting, fist-fighting, and wrestling, appeared splendid and was a destroyer of bodily impurities.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कचाकचि (kacākaci) - hair-pulling (mutual, intense fight)
  • बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared splendid
  • युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, combat, fight
  • दन्तादन्ति (dantādanti) - tooth-and-tooth (mutual, intense fight), biting
  • नखानखि (nakhānakhi) - nail-and-nail (mutual, intense fight), scratching
  • मुष्टियुद्धम् (muṣṭiyuddham) - fist-fighting, boxing
  • नियुद्धम् (niyuddham) - close combat, wrestling, unarmed combat
  • (ca) - and
  • देहपाप्मविनाशनम् (dehapāpmavināśanam) - destroyer of bodily impurities/sins, that which destroys bodily impurities

Words meanings and morphology

कचाकचि (kacākaci) - hair-pulling (mutual, intense fight)
(indeclinable)
Reduplicative adverbial compound indicating mutual action.
बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared splendid
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √bhā
Perfect
3rd person singular active, perfect tense (lit), from root bhā
Root: bhā (class 2)
युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, combat, fight
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha
yuddha - battle, fight, combat, war
Past Passive Participle (secondary noun)
From √yudh (to fight), past passive participle used as a neuter noun.
Root: yudh (class 4)
दन्तादन्ति (dantādanti) - tooth-and-tooth (mutual, intense fight), biting
(indeclinable)
Reduplicative adverbial compound indicating mutual action.
नखानखि (nakhānakhi) - nail-and-nail (mutual, intense fight), scratching
(indeclinable)
Reduplicative adverbial compound indicating mutual action.
मुष्टियुद्धम् (muṣṭiyuddham) - fist-fighting, boxing
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of muṣṭiyuddha
muṣṭiyuddha - fist-fight, boxing
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muṣṭi+yuddha)
  • muṣṭi – fist, handful
    noun (feminine)
  • yuddha – battle, fight, combat
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle (secondary noun)
    From √yudh (to fight), past passive participle used as a neuter noun.
    Root: yudh (class 4)
नियुद्धम् (niyuddham) - close combat, wrestling, unarmed combat
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of niyuddha
niyuddha - wrestling, close combat, unarmed fight
Past Passive Participle (secondary noun)
From ni-√yudh (to fight, wrestle), past passive participle used as a neuter noun.
Prefix: ni
Root: yudh (class 4)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
देहपाप्मविनाशनम् (dehapāpmavināśanam) - destroyer of bodily impurities/sins, that which destroys bodily impurities
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dehapāpmavināśana
dehapāpmavināśana - destroying the sins/impurities of the body
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+pāpman+vināśana)
  • deha – body, corporeal frame
    noun (masculine)
  • pāpman – sin, evil, impurity, misfortune
    noun (neuter)
  • vināśana – destroying, destroyer, destruction
    noun (neuter)
    Derived from vi-√naś (to perish, to destroy)
    Prefix: vi
    Root: naś (class 4)