महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-8, verse-26

तयोः समभवद्युद्धं द्विपयोरुग्ररूपयोः ।
यदृच्छया द्रुमवतोर्महापर्वतयोरिव ॥२६॥

26. tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṁ dvipayorugrarūpayoḥ ,
yadṛcchayā drumavatormahāparvatayoriva.

26. tayoḥ sam-abhavat yuddham dvipayoḥ ugra-rūpayoḥ
yat-ṛcchayā druma-vatoḥ mahā-parvatayoḥ iva

26. ugra-rūpayoḥ tayoḥ dvipayoḥ yuddham sam-abhavat;
yat-ṛcchayā druma-vatoḥ mahā-parvatayoḥ iva

26. A battle occurred between those two elephants of fierce form, like two great tree-covered mountains meeting by chance.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

• सम्-अभवत् (sam-abhavat) - arose, occurred, took place

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

• द्विपयोः (dvipayoḥ) - of the two elephants, between the two elephants

• उग्र-रूपयोः (ugra-rūpayoḥ) - of fierce forms, having dreadful appearance

• यत्-ऋच्छया (yat-ṛcchayā) - by chance, accidentally, spontaneously

• द्रुम-वतोः (druma-vatoḥ) - having trees, covered with trees

• महा-पर्वतयोः (mahā-parvatayoḥ) - of two great mountains

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the two elephants.

सम्-अभवत् (sam-abhavat) - arose, occurred, took place

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect 3rd singular active, with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From √yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'samabhavat'.

द्विपयोः (dvipayoḥ) - of the two elephants, between the two elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of dvipa

dvipa - elephant

Note: In apposition to 'tayoḥ'.

उग्र-रूपयोः (ugra-rūpayoḥ) - of fierce forms, having dreadful appearance

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of ugra-rūpa

ugra-rūpa - having a fierce/dreadful form or appearance

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ugra+rūpa)

• ugra – fierce, terrible, formidable
  adjective
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective describing the two elephants.

यत्-ऋच्छया (yat-ṛcchayā) - by chance, accidentally, spontaneously

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yadṛcchā

yadṛcchā - chance, accident, spontaneity

Often treated as a single word 'yadṛcchā' meaning 'by one's own will/accord' or 'by chance'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (yat+ṛcchā)

• yat – that which, which, what
  pronoun
• ṛcchā – desire, will, going
  noun (feminine)
  From √ṛcch (to go, desire).
  Root: ṛcch (class 6)

Note: Functions adverbially.

द्रुम-वतोः (druma-vatoḥ) - having trees, covered with trees

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of druma-vat

druma-vat - possessing trees, tree-covered

Derived from druma (tree) with suffix -vat (possessing).

Note: Adjective describing the two mountains.

महा-पर्वतयोः (mahā-parvatayoḥ) - of two great mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of mahā-parvata

mahā-parvata - great mountain

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+parvata)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

Note: Comparison object.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.