महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-54, verse-27

अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तौ मत्ताविव महाद्विपौ ।
वाशितासंगमे दृप्तौ शरदीव मदोत्कटौ ॥२७॥

27. anyonyamabhidhāvantau mattāviva mahādvipau ,
vāśitāsaṁgame dṛptau śaradīva madotkaṭau.

27. anyonyam abhidhāvantau mattau iva mahādvipau
vāśitā-saṅgame dṛptau śaradi iva madotkaṭau

27. anyonyam mattau mahādvipau iva abhidhāvantau
vāśitā-saṅgame śaradi iva dṛptau madotkaṭau

27. They charged at each other like two intoxicated great elephants. Proud and fiercely in rut, like elephants in autumn at the gathering of female elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• अभिधावन्तौ (abhidhāvantau) - attacking, running towards

• मत्तौ (mattau) - intoxicated, rutting

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• महाद्विपौ (mahādvipau) - great elephants

• वाशिता-सङ्गमे (vāśitā-saṅgame) - at the gathering of female elephants

• दृप्तौ (dṛptau) - proud, arrogant, excited

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• मदोत्कटौ (madotkaṭau) - intensely rutting, highly intoxicated

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

Note: Often used as an indeclinable 'each other'.

अभिधावन्तौ (abhidhāvantau) - attacking, running towards

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhidhāvat

abhidhāvat - attacking, rushing towards, running after

Present Active Participle

from root dhāv (to run) with upasargas abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Declined as an adjective, modifying the implied subject (the two heroes).

मत्तौ (mattau) - intoxicated, rutting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, rutting (of elephants), maddened, proud

Past Passive Participle

from root mad (to be glad, to be intoxicated)

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Functions as an adjective.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

महाद्विपौ (mahādvipau) - great elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahādvipa

mahādvipa - great elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+dvipa)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• dvipa – elephant (literally 'two-drinker', referring to its trunk and mouth)
  noun (masculine)

वाशिता-सङ्गमे (vāśitā-saṅgame) - at the gathering of female elephants

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāśitā-saṅgama

vāśitā-saṅgama - meeting/gathering of female elephants

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāśitā+saṅgama)

• vāśitā – female elephant (from root vāś to cry, roar)
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of vāśita
  Root: vāś (class 2)
• saṅgama – meeting, confluence, encounter
  noun (masculine)
  from root gam with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: gam (class 1)

दृप्तौ (dṛptau) - proud, arrogant, excited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dṛpta

dṛpta - proud, arrogant, haughty, excited

Past Passive Participle

from root dṛp (to be proud, to be arrogant)

Root: dṛp (class 4)

Note: Functions as an adjective.

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, harvest

Note: Autumn is often associated with the rutting season for elephants.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

मदोत्कटौ (madotkaṭau) - intensely rutting, highly intoxicated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of madotkaṭa

madotkaṭa - intensely intoxicated, furiously rutting, violently inflamed with passion/pride

Compound type : tatpurusha (mada+utkaṭa)

• mada – intoxication, rut (of elephants), arrogance, passion
  noun (masculine)
• utkaṭa – excessive, intense, violent, prominent
  adjective

Note: Describes the heightened state of the elephants.