महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-85, verse-21

यानि दारूणि ते मासा निर्यासाः पक्षसंज्ञिताः ।
अहोरात्रा मुहूर्तास्तु पित्तं ज्योतिश्च वारुणम् ॥२१॥

21. yāni dārūṇi te māsā niryāsāḥ pakṣasaṁjñitāḥ ,
ahorātrā muhūrtāstu pittaṁ jyotiśca vāruṇam.

21. yāni dārūṇi te māsāḥ niryāsāḥ pakṣasaṃjñitāḥ
ahorātrāḥ muhūrtāḥ tu pittam jyotiḥ ca vāruṇam

21. The woods are the months; their exudations are designated as the fortnights. The days and nights are considered the muhūrtas, and his bile is the light of Varuṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• यानि (yāni) - the (referring to some previously mentioned or implied woods) (which, whatever)

• दारूणि (dārūṇi) - the woods/timbers (e.g., from the cosmic being) (woods, timbers, logs)

• ते (te) - those (referring to the timbers/woods) (those, they)

• मासाः (māsāḥ) - the months (months)

• निर्यासाः (niryāsāḥ) - their exudations (exudations, resins, secretions)

• पक्षसंज्ञिताः (pakṣasaṁjñitāḥ) - designated as the fortnights (designated as fortnights, called pakṣas)

• अहोरात्राः (ahorātrāḥ) - the days and nights (days and nights, a day-night cycle)

• मुहूर्ताः (muhūrtāḥ) - the muhūrtas (a specific unit of time) (muhūrtas (a unit of time))

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, however)

• पित्तम् (pittam) - his bile (bile, gall, wrath)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the light (light, radiance, star)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वारुणम् (vāruṇam) - of Varuṇa (belonging to Varuṇa, aquatic, Varunic)

Words meanings and morphology

यानि (yāni) - the (referring to some previously mentioned or implied woods) (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, whatever

Note: Correlates with 'te'.

दारूणि (dārūṇi) - the woods/timbers (e.g., from the cosmic being) (woods, timbers, logs)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dāru

dāru - wood, timber, a log

ते (te) - those (referring to the timbers/woods) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Correlates with 'yāni'.

मासाः (māsāḥ) - the months (months)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māsa

māsa - month

निर्यासाः (niryāsāḥ) - their exudations (exudations, resins, secretions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niryāsa

niryāsa - exudation, resin, sap, secretion

Derived from root √yā (to go) with upasarga nir-

Prefix: nir

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the sap or gum from trees.

पक्षसंज्ञिताः (pakṣasaṁjñitāḥ) - designated as the fortnights (designated as fortnights, called pakṣas)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣasaṃjñita

pakṣasaṁjñita - designated as pakṣa (fortnight)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pakṣa+saṃjñita)

• pakṣa – side, wing, fortnight (waxing or waning moon period)
  noun (masculine)
• saṃjñita – named, called, designated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √jñā (to know) with upasarga sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with `niryāsāḥ`.

अहोरात्राः (ahorātrāḥ) - the days and nights (days and nights, a day-night cycle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ahorātra

ahorātra - day and night, a period of 24 hours

Compound type : dvandva (ahan+rātri)

• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)

Note: Treated as masculine plural in compound.

मुहूर्ताः (muhūrtāḥ) - the muhūrtas (a specific unit of time) (muhūrtas (a unit of time))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muhūrta

muhūrta - a division of time (1/30th of a day, approx. 48 minutes)

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for emphasis or contrast.

पित्तम् (pittam) - his bile (bile, gall, wrath)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pitta

pitta - bile, gall (one of the three humors)

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the light (light, radiance, star)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, radiance, celestial body

Root: jyut (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वारुणम् (vāruṇam) - of Varuṇa (belonging to Varuṇa, aquatic, Varunic)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāruṇa

vāruṇa - relating to Varuṇa, belonging to Varuṇa, aquatic

Derived from Varuṇa + aṇ suffix

Note: Agrees with `jyotiḥ`.