महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-9, verse-12

तावेनं भ्रातरौ वीरं जघ्नतुर्हृदये भृशम् ।
विषाणाभ्यां यथा नागौ प्रतिनागं महाहवे ॥१२॥

12. tāvenaṁ bhrātarau vīraṁ jaghnaturhṛdaye bhṛśam ,
viṣāṇābhyāṁ yathā nāgau pratināgaṁ mahāhave.

12. tau enam bhrātarau vīram jaghnatuḥ hṛdaye bhṛśam
viṣāṇābhyām yathā nāgau pratināgam mahāhave

12. yathā mahāhave nāgau viṣāṇābhyām bhṛśam pratināgam
tau enam bhrātarau vīram jaghnatuḥ hṛdaye bhṛśam

12. Just as two elephants, with their tusks, fiercely strike an opposing elephant in a great battle, similarly, those two brothers (the Kekaya warriors) severely struck this hero (Sātyaki) in the heart.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (Kekaya) warriors (those two, they two)

• एनम् (enam) - him (Sātyaki) (this, him)

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two Kekaya brothers (two brothers)

• वीरम् (vīram) - the hero (Sātyaki) (hero, brave one, warrior)

• जघ्नतुः (jaghnatuḥ) - they fiercely struck (they struck, they killed, they hurt)

• हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart (as a target) (in the heart, on the chest)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - severely, fiercely (greatly, exceedingly, fiercely, severely)

• विषाणाभ्याम् (viṣāṇābhyām) - with their two tusks (referring to elephants) (with two tusks/horns)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• नागौ (nāgau) - two elephants (two elephants, two serpents)

• प्रतिनागम् (pratināgam) - an opposing elephant (object of striking by the two elephants) (an opposing elephant)

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

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (Kekaya) warriors (those two, they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Nominative dual masculine form.

Note: Subject of jaghnatuḥ.

एनम् (enam) - him (Sātyaki) (this, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

Accusative singular masculine form.

Note: Object of jaghnatuḥ.

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two Kekaya brothers (two brothers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Nominative dual masculine form.

वीरम् (vīram) - the hero (Sātyaki) (hero, brave one, warrior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, mighty man, warrior

Accusative singular masculine form.

जघ्नतुः (jaghnatuḥ) - they fiercely struck (they struck, they killed, they hurt)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of han

Reduplicated Perfect

Third person dual, Perfect tense, Active voice. From root han.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Verb for tau bhrātarau.

हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart (as a target) (in the heart, on the chest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, breast, core

Locative singular neuter form.

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - severely, fiercely (greatly, exceedingly, fiercely, severely)

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of bhṛśa used as an adverb.

विषाणाभ्याम् (viṣāṇābhyām) - with their two tusks (referring to elephants) (with two tusks/horns)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of viṣāṇa

viṣāṇa - horn, tusk, elephant's tusk

Instrumental dual form.

Root: viṣ (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

नागौ (nāgau) - two elephants (two elephants, two serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nāga

nāga - snake, serpent, elephant (especially a powerful one), mountain

Nominative dual masculine form.

Root: nag

Note: Subject of the simile.

प्रतिनागम् (pratināgam) - an opposing elephant (object of striking by the two elephants) (an opposing elephant)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratināga

pratināga - an opposing elephant

Accusative singular masculine form.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prati+nāga)

• prati – against, towards, in return
  indeclinable
• nāga – snake, serpent, elephant
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nag

Note: Object of the implied verb (striking) in the simile.

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

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāhava

mahāhava - great battle, mighty conflict

Locative singular masculine form.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+hava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• hava – battle, war, conflict; calling, invitation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root hū (to call).
  Root: hū (class 1)

Note: Location of the action.