महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-172, verse-17

दिवि संचरमाणानि ह्रस्वानि च महान्ति च ।
ज्योतींषि च यथाकालं पतमानानि लक्षये ॥१७॥

17. divi saṁcaramāṇāni hrasvāni ca mahānti ca ,
jyotīṁṣi ca yathākālaṁ patamānāni lakṣaye.

17. divi saṃcaramāṇāni hrasvāni ca mahānti ca
| jyotīṃṣi ca yathākālam patamānāni lakṣaye

17. yathākālam divi saṃcaramāṇāni hrasvāni ca
mahānti ca jyotīṃṣi ca patamānāni lakṣaye

17. I observe, in due course, even the luminaries, both small and great, that move in the sky, falling.

Words meanings summery:

• दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven)

• संचरमाणानि (saṁcaramāṇāni) - moving (moving, traversing, wandering)

• ह्रस्वानि (hrasvāni) - small (small, short, minute)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महान्ति (mahānti) - great (great, large, important)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ज्योतींषि (jyotīṁṣi) - luminaries (luminaries, stars, lights, celestial bodies)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - in due time (in due time, seasonably, at the proper time)

• पतमानानि (patamānāni) - falling (falling, dropping)

• लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I observe (I observe, I perceive, I notice)

Words meanings and morphology

दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

Root div (sky, heaven) used as a noun

Root: div

संचरमाणानि (saṁcaramāṇāni) - moving (moving, traversing, wandering)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of saṃcaramāṇa

saṁcaramāṇa - moving, roaming, traversing

Present Active Participle

From root car (to move) with prefix sam, Ātmanepada

Prefix: sam

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jyotīṃṣi

ह्रस्वानि (hrasvāni) - small (small, short, minute)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of hrasva

hrasva - short, small, minute, diminutive, little

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महान्ति (mahānti) - great (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, big, important, mighty

Note: Agrees with jyotīṃṣi

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ज्योतींषि (jyotīṁṣi) - luminaries (luminaries, stars, lights, celestial bodies)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of jyotis

jyotis - light, radiance, fire, star, celestial body

From root dyut (to shine)

Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Object of lakṣaye

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - in due time (in due time, seasonably, at the proper time)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound (yathā + kāla)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+kāla)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• kāla – time, season, period
  noun (masculine)

पतमानानि (patamānāni) - falling (falling, dropping)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of patamāna

patamāna - falling, dropping, descending

Present Active Participle

From root pat (to fall), Ātmanepada

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jyotīṃṣi

लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I observe (I observe, I perceive, I notice)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Present tense

From root lakṣ (to mark, perceive)

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Ātmanepada ending