महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-56, verse-4

रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गौ गदाहस्तौ मनस्विनौ ।
ददृशाते महात्मानौ पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ ॥४॥

4. rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau gadāhastau manasvinau ,
dadṛśāte mahātmānau puṣpitāviva kiṁśukau.

4. rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau gadāhastau manasvinau
dadṛśāte mahātmānau puṣpitā iva kiṃśukau

4. manasvinau mahātmānau rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau
gadāhastau puṣpitā iva kiṃśukau dadṛśāte

4. The two resolute (manasvin), great souls (mahātman), with all their limbs drenched in blood and holding maces, appeared like two blossoming kimśuka trees.

Words meanings summery:

• रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गौ (rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau) - whose entire body is drenched in blood

• गदाहस्तौ (gadāhastau) - holding maces

• मनस्विनौ (manasvinau) - high-minded, resolute, spirited

• ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they appeared, they were seen

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - the two great souls, the two magnanimous ones

• पुष्पिता (puṣpitā) - blossomed, flowering

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - kimśuka trees

Words meanings and morphology

रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गौ (rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau) - whose entire body is drenched in blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rudhirokṣitasarvāṅga

rudhirokṣitasarvāṅga - having all limbs drenched in blood

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rudhira+ukṣita+sarvāṅga)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, drenched, moistened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root ukṣ (to sprinkle).
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)
• sarvāṅga – all limbs, the whole body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective agreeing with mahātmānau.

गदाहस्तौ (gadāhastau) - holding maces

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gadāhasta

gadāhasta - having a mace in hand, holding a club

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gadā+hasta)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• hasta – hand, arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective agreeing with mahātmānau.

मनस्विनौ (manasvinau) - high-minded, resolute, spirited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of manasvin

manasvin - high-minded, intelligent, resolute, spirited, wise

Derived from manas (mind) with the suffix -vin.

Root: man

Note: Adjective agreeing with mahātmānau.

ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they appeared, they were seen

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Ātmanepada

Reduplicated Perfect form of the root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - the two great souls, the two magnanimous ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble person, magnanimous one

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an

Note: Subject of dadṛśāte.

पुष्पिता (puṣpitā) - blossomed, flowering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puṣpita

puṣpita - flowered, in bloom, blossoming

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root puṣp (to blossom) or from puṣpa (flower) with the suffix -ita.

Root: puṣp (class 10)

Note: Agrees with kiṃśukau.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

किंशुकौ (kiṁśukau) - kimśuka trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kiṃśuka

kiṁśuka - the tree Butea frondosa (known for its bright red-orange flowers)