वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-58

शृङ्गैर्महर्षभौ यद्वद्दन्ताग्रैरिव कुञ्जरौ ।
परस्परं विनिघ्नन्तौ नरराक्षससत्तमौ ॥५८॥

58. śṛṅgairmaharṣabhau yadvaddantāgrairiva kuñjarau ,
parasparaṃ vinighnantau nararākṣasasattamau.

58. śṛṅgaiḥ mahā ṛṣabhau yat vat danta agraiḥ iva
kuñjarau parasparam viniGhnantau nararākṣasasattamau

58. yat vat mahā ṛṣabhau śṛṅgaiḥ parasparam viniGhnantau,
iva kuñjarau danta agraiḥ parasparam viniGhnantau,
(tathā) nararākṣasasattamau parasparam viniGhnantau

58. Just as two great bulls strike each other with their horns, or two elephants with the tips of their tusks, so did the two best among men (Arjuna) and demons (Rāvaṇa) strike each other.

Words meanings summery:

• शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - with horns

• महा (mahā) - great, mighty

• ऋषभौ (ṛṣabhau) - two bulls

• यत् (yat) - that, which; as, just as

• वत् (vat) - like, as, similar to

• दन्त (danta) - tooth, tusk

• अग्रैः (agraiḥ) - with the tips of their tusks (with points, with tips, with foremost parts)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कुञ्जरौ (kuñjarau) - two elephants

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

• विनिघ्नन्तौ (vinighnantau) - striking each other, killing, harming

• नरराक्षससत्तमौ (nararākṣasasattamau) - Arjuna (the best man) and Rāvaṇa (the best demon) (the two best among men and demons (Arjuna and Rāvaṇa))

Words meanings and morphology

शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - with horns

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit

महा (mahā) - great, mighty

(adjective)

of mahā

mahā - great, large, mighty, excellent

Note: Part of a compound with ṛṣabhau

ऋषभौ (ṛṣabhau) - two bulls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, chief, excellent, best

यत् (yat) - that, which; as, just as

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that; as

वत् (vat) - like, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

दन्त (danta) - tooth, tusk

(noun)

masculine, plural of danta

danta - tooth, tusk, ivory

Note: Part of a compound with 'agraiḥ'

अग्रैः (agraiḥ) - with the tips of their tusks (with points, with tips, with foremost parts)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of agra

agra - tip, point, front, summit, chief

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कुञ्जरौ (kuñjarau) - two elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

विनिघ्नन्तौ (vinighnantau) - striking each other, killing, harming

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of viniGhnant

viniGhnant - striking, killing, destroying

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √han (to strike, kill) with upasargas vi- and ni-.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

नरराक्षससत्तमौ (nararākṣasasattamau) - Arjuna (the best man) and Rāvaṇa (the best demon) (the two best among men and demons (Arjuna and Rāvaṇa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nararākṣasasattama

nararākṣasasattama - the best among men and demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+rākṣasa+sattama)

• nara – man, human, person
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – demon, evil spirit
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, most virtuous
  adjective
  Superlative degree of 'sat' (good, virtuous)