महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-13, verse-24

तयोर्युद्धं महाराज चिरं सममिवाभवत् ।
अस्त्राणां संगमश्चैव घोरस्तत्राभवन्महान् ॥२४॥

24. tayoryuddhaṁ mahārāja ciraṁ samamivābhavat ,
astrāṇāṁ saṁgamaścaiva ghorastatrābhavanmahān.

24. tayoḥ yuddham mahārāja ciram samam iva abhavat
astrāṇām saṅgamaḥ ca eva ghoraḥ tatra abhavat mahān

24. mahārāja tayoḥ yuddham ciram samam iva abhavat ca
eva astrāṇām ghoraḥ mahān saṅgamaḥ tatra abhavat

24. O great king (mahārāja), their battle remained evenly matched for a long time, and a great and terrible encounter of mystic weapons (astras) took place there.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them two

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• समम् (samam) - evenly matched (equal, even, balanced)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, occurred, became

• अस्त्राणाम् (astrāṇām) - of weapons (mystic weapons)

• सङ्गमः (saṅgamaḥ) - clash of weapons (meeting, confluence, encounter)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, occurred, became

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them two

(pronoun)

masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Used as genitive here.

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle

From root yudh (to fight). Used as a noun.

Root: yudh (class 4)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great
  adjective (feminine)
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

समम् (samam) - evenly matched (equal, even, balanced)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - equal, even, same, balanced

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, occurred, became

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Root 'bhū' (to be). Third person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अस्त्राणाम् (astrāṇām) - of weapons (mystic weapons)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of astra

astra - weapon, missile, mystic weapon

Root: as (class 4)

सङ्गमः (saṅgamaḥ) - clash of weapons (meeting, confluence, encounter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅgama

saṅgama - meeting, confluence, encounter, union

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, intense

Note: Agrees with saṅgamaḥ.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, occurred, became

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Root 'bhū' (to be). Third person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahant

mahant - great, large, mighty, considerable

Note: Agrees with saṅgamaḥ.