महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-14

दन्तैरिव महानागौ शृङ्गैरिव महर्षभौ ।
तोत्त्रैरिव तदान्योन्यं गदाग्राभ्यां निजघ्नतुः ॥१४॥

14. dantairiva mahānāgau śṛṅgairiva maharṣabhau ,
tottrairiva tadānyonyaṁ gadāgrābhyāṁ nijaghnatuḥ.

14. dantaiḥ iva mahānāgau śṛṅgaiḥ iva maharṣabhau
tottraiḥ iva tadā anyonyam gadā-agrābhyām nijaghnatuḥ

14. mahānāgau maharṣabhau ca dantair iva śṛṅgaiḥ iva
tottrair iva anyonyam gadā-agrābhyām tadā nijaghnatuḥ

14. Those two great elephants among fighters, resembling great bulls, struck each other with the tips of their maces, just as elephants strike one another with their tusks, bulls with their horns, or drivers with their goads.

Words meanings summery:

• दन्तैः (dantaiḥ) - by teeth, by tusks

• इव (iva) - like, as

• महानागौ (mahānāgau) - two great elephants among warriors (two great elephants)

• शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - by horns, by peaks

• इव (iva) - like, as

• महर्षभौ (maharṣabhau) - two great bulls

• तोत्त्रैः (tottraiḥ) - by goads, by driving hooks

• इव (iva) - like, as

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

• गदा-अग्राभ्याम् (gadā-agrābhyām) - by the two tips of maces

• निजघ्नतुः (nijaghnatuḥ) - they two struck, they two beat

Words meanings and morphology

दन्तैः (dantaiḥ) - by teeth, by tusks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of danta

danta - tooth, tusk

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

महानागौ (mahānāgau) - two great elephants among warriors (two great elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahānāga

mahānāga - great elephant

Karmadhāraya compound of mahat and nāga

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+nāga)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• nāga – elephant, snake
  noun (masculine)

शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - by horns, by peaks

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

महर्षभौ (maharṣabhau) - two great bulls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāṛṣabha

mahāṛṣabha - great bull

Karmadhāraya compound of mahat and ṛṣabha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ṛṣabha)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

तोत्त्रैः (tottraiḥ) - by goads, by driving hooks

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of tottra

tottra - goad, driver hook

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, one another

गदा-अग्राभ्याम् (gadā-agrābhyām) - by the two tips of maces

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of gadāgra

gadāgra - tip of a mace

Sasthi-tatpurusha compound of gadā and agra

Compound type : tatpurusha (gadā+agra)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• agra – tip, top, front, end
  noun (neuter)

निजघ्नतुः (nijaghnatuḥ) - they two struck, they two beat

(verb)

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

perfect tense

reduplicated perfect (liṭ) from root han

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

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