महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-13, verse-23

अन्योन्यस्पर्धिनौ तौ तु शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ।
ततक्षतुर्मृधेऽन्योन्यं शृङ्गाभ्यां वृषभाविव ॥२३॥

23. anyonyaspardhinau tau tu śaraiḥ saṁnataparvabhiḥ ,
tatakṣaturmṛdhe'nyonyaṁ śṛṅgābhyāṁ vṛṣabhāviva.

23. anyonya-spardhinau tau tu śaraiḥ sannata-parvabhiḥ
tatakṣatuḥ mṛdhe anyonyam śṛṅgābhyām vṛṣabhau iva

23. tu tau anyonya-spardhinau sannata-parvabhiḥ śaraiḥ
vṛṣabhau śṛṅgābhyām iva mṛdhe anyonyam tatakṣatuḥ

23. Those two rivals, using arrows with well-made (bent) shafts, wounded each other in battle, just as two bulls gore each other with their horns.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्य-स्पर्धिनौ (anyonya-spardhinau) - mutually competing, rivals

• तौ (tau) - those two

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• सन्नत-पर्वभिः (sannata-parvabhiḥ) - with bent joints, with well-made shafts

• ततक्षतुः (tatakṣatuḥ) - they wounded, they attacked

• मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle, in combat

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) - with horns

• वृषभौ (vṛṣabhau) - two bulls

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्य-स्पर्धिनौ (anyonya-spardhinau) - mutually competing, rivals

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of anyonyaspardhin

anyonyaspardhin - mutually competitive, rival

Compound type : tatpurusha (anyonya+spardhin)

• anyonya – mutual, each other
  pronoun (masculine/neuter)
• spardhin – competing, rival
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root spardh (to compete) with -in suffix.
  Root: spardh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tau.

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

सन्नत-पर्वभिः (sannata-parvabhiḥ) - with bent joints, with well-made shafts

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sannataparvan

sannataparvan - having bent joints/nodes (of arrows); well-made

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sannata+parvan)

• sannata – bent, bowed, curved
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root nam (to bend) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – joint, knot, section (of a reed/arrow)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śaraiḥ.

ततक्षतुः (tatakṣatuḥ) - they wounded, they attacked

(verb)

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

Perfect

Root 'takṣ' (to cut/fashion). Reduplicated perfect, third person dual.

Root: takṣ (class 1)

मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛdh

mṛdh - battle, combat

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual, reciprocal

Note: Used adverbially or as object of tatakṣatuḥ.

शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) - with horns

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn

वृषभौ (vṛṣabhau) - two bulls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛṣabha

vṛṣabha - bull

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)