महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-57, verse-30

व्यायामप्रद्रुतौ तौ तु वृषभाक्षौ तरस्विनौ ।
अन्योन्यं जघ्नतुर्वीरौ पङ्कस्थौ महिषाविव ॥३०॥

30. vyāyāmapradrutau tau tu vṛṣabhākṣau tarasvinau ,
anyonyaṁ jaghnaturvīrau paṅkasthau mahiṣāviva.

30. vyāyāmapradrutau tau tu vṛṣabhākṣau tarasvinau
anyonyam jaghṇatuḥ vīrau paṅkasthau mahiṣau iva

30. tau tu vīrau tarasvinau vṛṣabhākṣau vyāyāmapradrutau anyonyam jaghṇatuḥ,
paṅkasthau mahiṣau iva.

30. Those two brave heroes, mighty and bull-eyed, drenched with sweat from their strenuous exertion, indeed struck each other like two buffaloes (mahiṣa) standing in mud.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यायामप्रद्रुतौ (vyāyāmapradrutau) - drenched with sweat from exertion, fatigued by exercise

• तौ (tau) - those two

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, moreover

• वृषभाक्षौ (vṛṣabhākṣau) - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull

• तरस्विनौ (tarasvinau) - mighty, powerful, vigorous, swift

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually, reciprocally

• जघ्णतुः (jaghṇatuḥ) - they struck, they killed

• वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

• पङ्कस्थौ (paṅkasthau) - standing in mud, being in mud

• महिषौ (mahiṣau) - two buffaloes

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

व्यायामप्रद्रुतौ (vyāyāmapradrutau) - drenched with sweat from exertion, fatigued by exercise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vyāyāmapradruta

vyāyāmapradruta - fatigued by exercise, sweating from exertion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyāyāma+pradruta)

• vyāyāma – exertion, exercise, effort
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• pradruta – run away, fled, (here) flowing forth (sweat)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dru- 'to run', with prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `tau`.

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the two warriors.

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

वृषभाक्षौ (vṛṣabhākṣau) - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛṣabhākṣa

vṛṣabhākṣa - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛṣabha+akṣi)

• vṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `tau`.

तरस्विनौ (tarasvinau) - mighty, powerful, vigorous, swift

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tarasvin

tarasvin - mighty, powerful, vigorous, swift

Note: Agrees with `tau`.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually, reciprocally

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially as 'each other'.

जघ्णतुः (jaghṇatuḥ) - they struck, they killed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect past (lit) of han

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Root han- takes reduplication in perfect tense.

वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Also functions as an adjective 'heroic'.

पङ्कस्थौ (paṅkasthau) - standing in mud, being in mud

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of paṅkastha

paṅkastha - standing in mud, being in mud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paṅka+stha)

• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective
  From root sthā- 'to stand'.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `mahiṣau`.

महिषौ (mahiṣau) - two buffaloes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahiṣa

mahiṣa - buffalo, a large type of bull

Note: Refers to the two warriors metaphorically.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.