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

तौ परस्परमासाद्य चित्रकार्मुकधारिणौ ।
मेघाविव यथोद्वृत्तौ दक्षिणोत्तरवर्षिणौ ॥९॥

9. tau parasparamāsādya citrakārmukadhāriṇau ,
meghāviva yathodvṛttau dakṣiṇottaravarṣiṇau.

9. tau parasparam āsādya citrakārmukadhāriṇau
meghau iva yathā udvṛttau dakṣiṇottaravarṣiṇau

9. parasparam āsādya tau citrakārmukadhāriṇau
yathā udvṛttau meghau iva dakṣiṇottaravarṣiṇau

9. Having engaged each other, those two, wielders of splendid bows, were like two fiercely risen clouds raining down from the south and the north.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - Nakula and Citrasena (those two)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having approached, having met, having obtained

• चित्रकार्मुकधारिणौ (citrakārmukadhāriṇau) - wielding wondrous bows, holding splendid bows

• मेघौ (meghau) - two clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• उद्वृत्तौ (udvṛttau) - risen up, agitated, fierce

• दक्षिणोत्तरवर्षिणौ (dakṣiṇottaravarṣiṇau) - raining from south and north

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - Nakula and Citrasena (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that; those

Note: Refers to Nakula and Citrasena.

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having approached, having met, having obtained

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from verbal root sad with prefix ā and suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

चित्रकार्मुकधारिणौ (citrakārmukadhāriṇau) - wielding wondrous bows, holding splendid bows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of citrakārmukadhārin

citrakārmukadhārin - holding a variegated/splendid bow

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (citra+kārmuka+dhārin)

• citra – wonderful, splendid, variegated
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: citr (class 10)
• kārmuka – bow
  noun (neuter)
  from kṛmuka (tree from which bows are made)
• dhārin – holding, bearing, wearing (agent noun from dhṛ)
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root dhṛ + ṇini
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `tau`.

मेघौ (meghau) - two clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of megha

megha - cloud

from root mih 'to sprinkle, to urinate'

Root: mih (class 1)

Note: Sandhi `meghau` + `iva` becomes `meghāv iva`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

उद्वृत्तौ (udvṛttau) - risen up, agitated, fierce

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of udvṛtta

udvṛtta - risen; swelled; agitated; fierce; prominent

Past Passive Participle

formed from verbal root vṛt 'to turn, be' with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: vṛt (class 1)

दक्षिणोत्तरवर्षिणौ (dakṣiṇottaravarṣiṇau) - raining from south and north

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dakṣiṇottaravarṣin

dakṣiṇottaravarṣin - raining in the south and north

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (dakṣiṇa+uttara+varṣin)

• dakṣiṇa – south, southern, right
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: dakṣ (class 1)
• uttara – north, northern, later
  adjective (masculine)
• varṣin – raining, showering (agent noun from vṛṣ)
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root vṛṣ + ṇini
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `tau` and `meghau`.