महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-11, verse-23

तौ परस्परवेगाच्च गदाभ्यां च भृशाहतौ ।
युगपत्पेततुर्वीरावुभाविन्द्रध्वजाविव ॥२३॥

23. tau parasparavegācca gadābhyāṁ ca bhṛśāhatau ,
yugapatpetaturvīrāvubhāvindradhvajāviva.

23. tau parasparavegāt ca gadābhyām ca bhṛśāhatau
yugapad petatuḥ pṛthivyām ubhau indradhvajāiva

23. tau ubhau vīrau parasparavegāt ca gadābhyām ca
bhṛśāhatau yugapad pṛthivyām indradhvajau iva petatuḥ

23. Struck fiercely by each other's maces and the mutual force of their blows, those two heroes fell to the ground simultaneously, like two fallen festival poles of Indra.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two warriors, Shalya and Bhima (those two)

• परस्परवेगात् (parasparavegāt) - from the combined momentum and impact of their attacks (from the mutual force)

• च (ca) - and

• गदाभ्याम् (gadābhyām) - by their maces (by the two maces)

• च (ca) - and

• भृशाहतौ (bhṛśāhatau) - severely struck by each other (severely struck)

• युगपद् (yugapad) - at the same time (simultaneously)

• पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they two fell down (they two fell)

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - to the ground (on the earth)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both heroes (both)

• इन्द्रध्वजाइव (indradhvajāiva) - like two ceremonial festival poles of Indra falling down (like two Indra's banner poles)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two warriors, Shalya and Bhima (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

परस्परवेगात् (parasparavegāt) - from the combined momentum and impact of their attacks (from the mutual force)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parasparavega

parasparavega - mutual speed, mutual force

Compound type : tatpurusha (paraspara+vega)

• paraspara – each other, mutual
  pronoun (masculine)
• vega – speed, force, momentum
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गदाभ्याम् (gadābhyām) - by their maces (by the two maces)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of gadā

gadā - mace, club

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भृशाहतौ (bhṛśāhatau) - severely struck by each other (severely struck)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhṛśāhata

bhṛśāhata - severely struck, heavily beaten

Past Passive Participle

Compound of bhṛśa and āhata

Compound type : karmadharaya (bhṛśa+āhata)

• bhṛśa – excessive, fierce, severe
  adjective (masculine)
• āhata – struck, hit
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han with ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

युगपद् (yugapad) - at the same time (simultaneously)

(indeclinable)

पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they two fell down (they two fell)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (liṭ)

Root: pat (class 1)

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - to the ground (on the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground

उभौ (ubhau) - both heroes (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubh

ubhaya - both

इन्द्रध्वजाइव (indradhvajāiva) - like two ceremonial festival poles of Indra falling down (like two Indra's banner poles)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of indradhvaja

indradhvaja - banner or flagstaff of Indra

Compound type : tatpurusha (indra+dhvaja)

• indra – Indra (king of the gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – flag, banner, pole
  noun (masculine)

Note: Combined with iva via sandhi as indradhvajāiva

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