महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-36

यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च समेयातां महोदधौ ।
समेत्य च व्यतीयातां तद्वद्भूतसमागमः ॥३६॥

36. yathā kāṣṭhaṁ ca kāṣṭhaṁ ca sameyātāṁ mahodadhau ,
sametya ca vyatīyātāṁ tadvadbhūtasamāgamaḥ.

36. yathā kāṣṭham ca kāṣṭham ca sameyātām mahā udadhau
sametya ca vyatīyātām tadvat bhūtasamāgamaḥ

36. yathā kāṣṭham ca kāṣṭham ca mahā udadhau sameyātām
ca sametya vyatīyātām tadvat bhūtasamāgamaḥ

36. Just as one log meets another log in the great ocean and, having met, they then separate, similarly, such is the coming together of beings (bhūtasamāgama).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - log (wood, log, stick)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - another log (wood, log, stick)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• समेयाताम् (sameyātām) - they meet (they two should meet, they two may meet)

• महा (mahā) - great (great, large)

• उदधौ (udadhau) - in the ocean (in the ocean, in the sea)

• समेत्य (sametya) - having met (having met, having approached)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• व्यतीयाताम् (vyatīyātām) - they then separate (they two should separate, they two may separate)

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, like that)

• भूतसमागमः (bhūtasamāgamaḥ) - the coming together of beings (bhūtasamāgama) (assembly of beings, coming together of creatures)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

correlative adverb

काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - log (wood, log, stick)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, piece of wood, log

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - another log (wood, log, stick)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, piece of wood, log

Note: Repeated to signify "one... and another".

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

समेयाताम् (sameyātām) - they meet (they two should meet, they two may meet)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of i

Optative Active Dual

Optative (vidhiliṅ) dual 3rd person active of root i with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The dual refers to the two logs.

महा (mahā) - great (great, large)

(adjective)

feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

feminine nominative singular or stem form of mahat

Note: Adjectival prefix in compound.

उदधौ (udadhau) - in the ocean (in the ocean, in the sea)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of udadhi

udadhi - ocean, sea

Compound of uda (water) + dhā (to hold)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Locative singular. Combined with mahā to form mahodadhau in sandhi.

समेत्य (sametya) - having met (having met, having approached)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive of root i with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Absolutive form.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

व्यतीयाताम् (vyatīyātām) - they then separate (they two should separate, they two may separate)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of i

Optative Active Dual

Optative (vidhiliṅ) dual 3rd person active of root i with prefixes vi- and ati-

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The dual refers to the two logs.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, like that)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat added to tad

भूतसमागमः (bhūtasamāgamaḥ) - the coming together of beings (bhūtasamāgama) (assembly of beings, coming together of creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtasamāgama

bhūtasamāgama - coming together of beings/elements, assembly of creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+samāgama)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of √bhū (to be), used as a noun
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• samāgama – meeting, coming together, assembly
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √gam (to go) with prefixes sam- and ā-
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Compound noun, nominative singular, subject of the implied verb "is".