वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-78, verse-2

तौ धन्विनौ जिघांसन्तावन्योन्यमिषुभिर्भृशम् ।
विजयेनाभिनिष्क्रान्तौ वने गजवृषाविव ॥२॥

2. tau dhanvinau jighāṃsantāvanyonyamiṣubhirbhṛśam ,
vijayenābhiniṣkrāntau vane gajavṛṣāviva.

2. tau dhanvinau jighāṁsantau anyonyam iṣubhiḥ
bhṛśam vijayena abhiniṣkrāntau vane gajavṛṣau iva

2. Those two archers, fiercely aiming to kill each other with arrows, were striving for victory, just like two formidable elephants (gajavṛṣa) in a forest.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• धन्विनौ (dhanvinau) - two archers

• जिघांसन्तौ (jighāṁsantau) - wishing to kill, desirous of killing (two)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, fiercely, intensely

• विजयेन (vijayena) - with victory, by means of victory

• अभिनिष्क्रान्तौ (abhiniṣkrāntau) - striving for battle/victory (having emerged, having set forth, striving (two))

• वने (vane) - in a forest, in a grove

• गजवृषौ (gajavṛṣau) - two lordly elephants, two excellent elephants

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धन्विनौ (dhanvinau) - two archers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dhanvin

dhanvin - archer, bowman, possessing a bow

जिघांसन्तौ (jighāṁsantau) - wishing to kill, desirous of killing (two)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jighāṁsat

jighāṁsat - wishing to kill, desirous of striking

Desiderative Present Active Participle

From desiderative stem of root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonyam

anyonyam - each other, mutually

इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of iṣu

iṣu - arrow

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, fiercely, intensely

(indeclinable)

विजयेन (vijayena) - with victory, by means of victory

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vijaya

vijaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

अभिनिष्क्रान्तौ (abhiniṣkrāntau) - striving for battle/victory (having emerged, having set forth, striving (two))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhiniṣkrānta

abhiniṣkrānta - emerged, set forth, striving

Past Passive Participle

From root kram (to step) with prefixes abhi and nis

Prefixes: abhi+nis

Root: kram (class 1)

वने (vane) - in a forest, in a grove

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

गजवृषौ (gajavṛṣau) - two lordly elephants, two excellent elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gajavṛṣa

gajavṛṣa - a lordly elephant, an excellent elephant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+vṛṣa)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• vṛṣa – bull, male animal, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)