महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-233, verse-16

तदेतदृषिणा प्रोक्तं विस्तरेणानुमीयते ।
नवजं शशिनं दृष्ट्वा वक्रं तन्तुमिवाम्बरे ॥१६॥

16. tadetadṛṣiṇā proktaṁ vistareṇānumīyate ,
navajaṁ śaśinaṁ dṛṣṭvā vakraṁ tantumivāmbare.

16. tat etat ṛṣiṇā proktam vistareṇa anumīyate
navajam śaśinam dṛṣṭvā vakram tantum iva ambare

16. tat etat ṛṣiṇā proktam vistareṇa anumīyate
ambare navajam śaśinam vakram tantum iva dṛṣṭvā

16. This (principle), declared by the sage (ṛṣi), is understood by detailed inference (anumīyate), just as one perceives the new moon (śaśin) in the sky, curved like a thread.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (principle) (that, this, then, therefore)

• एतत् (etat) - this (principle) (this, here)

• ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by the sage (ṛṣi) (by the sage, by the seer)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared, said, spoken, taught

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively, fully

• अनुमीयते (anumīyate) - is understood by inference (it is inferred, it is surmised, it is conjectured)

• नवजम् (navajam) - new (moon) (newly born, new)

• शशिनम् (śaśinam) - the new moon (śaśin) (the moon)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having perceived (having seen, having perceived)

• वक्रम् (vakram) - curved (like a thread) (curved, bent, crooked)

• तन्तुम् (tantum) - thread (thread, string, lineage)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky (in the sky, in the garment)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (principle) (that, this, then, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

एतत् (etat) - this (principle) (this, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, here, the present

Demonstrative pronoun

ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by the sage (ṛṣi) (by the sage, by the seer)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet (ṛṣi)

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared, said, spoken, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, declared, said, taught

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively, fully

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - expansion, extent, detail, elaboration

From vi-stṛ (to spread out)

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

अनुमीयते (anumīyate) - is understood by inference (it is inferred, it is surmised, it is conjectured)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of anumī

Present tense

Root mā (3rd conjugation, ātmanepada), with prefix anu, passive voice

Prefix: anu

Root: mā (class 3)

नवजम् (navajam) - new (moon) (newly born, new)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of navaja

navaja - newly born, new, fresh

Compound nava (new) + ja (born from)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nava+ja)

• nava – new, fresh, young
  adjective (masculine)
• ja – born, produced, arising from
  suffix (masculine)
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

शशिनम् (śaśinam) - the new moon (śaśin) (the moon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaśin

śaśin - moon, rabbit-marked (referring to the marks on the moon) (śaśin)

Root: śaś

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having perceived (having seen, having perceived)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dṛś (to see) + suffix tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वक्रम् (vakram) - curved (like a thread) (curved, bent, crooked)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vakra

vakra - curved, bent, crooked, winding, tortuous

Root: vraj (class 1)

तन्तुम् (tantum) - thread (thread, string, lineage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, cord, warp, lineage, continuation

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Object of comparison with iva.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky (in the sky, in the garment)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth, garment

Root: amb (class 1)