महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-16

नावश्यायोऽपि रात्र्यन्ते कुत एवाभ्रराजयः ।
नद्यः संक्षिप्ततोयौघाः क्वचिदन्तर्गताभवन् ॥१६॥

16. nāvaśyāyo'pi rātryante kuta evābhrarājayaḥ ,
nadyaḥ saṁkṣiptatoyaughāḥ kvacidantargatābhavan.

16. na avaśyāyaḥ api rātryante kutaḥ eva abhrarājayah
nadyaḥ saṃkṣiptatoyaughāḥ kvacit antargatāḥ abhavan

16. rātryante avaśyāyaḥ api na [āsa] abhrarājayah kutaḥ eva
[bhavantu] nadyaḥ saṃkṣiptatoyaughāḥ kvacit antargatāḥ abhavan

16. There was not even dew at the end of the night; how then could there be rows of clouds? Rivers, with their water flows diminished, here and there disappeared underground.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अवश्यायः (avaśyāyaḥ) - dew, hoarfrost

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

• रात्र्यन्ते (rātryante) - at the end of the night

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (implying impossibility) (whence, from where, how then)

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, even

• अभ्रराजयह् (abhrarājayah) - rows of clouds, lines of clouds

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• संक्षिप्ततोयौघाः (saṁkṣiptatoyaughāḥ) - having reduced/diminished water flows

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, at some time, in some places

• अन्तर्गताः (antargatāḥ) - gone underground, disappeared from view (gone inside, disappeared, contained within)

• अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अवश्यायः (avaśyāyaḥ) - dew, hoarfrost

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avaśyāya

avaśyāya - dew, hoarfrost, mist, fog

Prefix: ava

Root: śyai (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

रात्र्यन्ते (rātryante) - at the end of the night

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rātryanta

rātryanta - end of night

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rātri+anta)

• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how then (implying impossibility) (whence, from where, how then)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, even

(indeclinable)

अभ्रराजयह् (abhrarājayah) - rows of clouds, lines of clouds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of abhrarāji

abhrarāji - line/row of clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhra+rāji)

• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• rāji – line, row, range, streak
  noun (feminine)

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

संक्षिप्ततोयौघाः (saṁkṣiptatoyaughāḥ) - having reduced/diminished water flows

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃkṣiptatoyaugha

saṁkṣiptatoyaugha - having reduced/diminished water flows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃkṣipta+toya+ogha)

• saṃkṣipta – reduced, diminished, contracted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √kṣip with sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣip (class 6)
• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, current, flow, multitude
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying `nadyaḥ`.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, at some time, in some places

(indeclinable)

अन्तर्गताः (antargatāḥ) - gone underground, disappeared from view (gone inside, disappeared, contained within)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of antargata

antargata - gone inside, disappeared, contained within

Past Passive Participle

from √gam with antar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antar+gata)

• antar – within, inside, among
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, arrived, obtained
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying `nadyaḥ`.

अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active

Augmented imperfect, 3rd person plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: From root √bhū.