महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-22, verse-16

अगाराणीव शून्यानि शान्तार्चिष इवाग्नयः ।
इन्द्रियाणि न भासन्ते मया हीनानि नित्यशः ॥१६॥

16. agārāṇīva śūnyāni śāntārciṣa ivāgnayaḥ ,
indriyāṇi na bhāsante mayā hīnāni nityaśaḥ.

16. agārāṇi iva śūnyāni śāntārciṣaḥ iva agnayaḥ
indriyāṇi na bhāsante mayā hīnāni nityaśaḥ

16. mayā hīnāni indriyāṇi śūnyāni agārāṇi iva,
śāntārciṣaḥ agnayaḥ iva,
nityaśaḥ na bhāsante

16. Without me, the senses (indriya) do not shine, always remaining like empty houses or like fires with extinguished flames.

Words meanings summery:

• अगाराणि (agārāṇi) - houses, dwellings

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शून्यानि (śūnyāni) - empty, void, deserted

• शान्तार्चिषः (śāntārciṣaḥ) - whose flames are extinguished, having extinguished flames

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अग्नयः (agnayaḥ) - fires

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs

• न (na) - not, no

• भासन्ते (bhāsante) - they shine, they appear

• मया (mayā) - by me

• हीनानि (hīnāni) - deprived, devoid of, lacking

• नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always, constantly, perpetually

Words meanings and morphology

अगाराणि (agārāṇi) - houses, dwellings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of agāra

agāra - house, dwelling, abode

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शून्यानि (śūnyāni) - empty, void, deserted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, zero, non-existent

from root śvi (to swell, to be empty)

Root: śvi

शान्तार्चिषः (śāntārciṣaḥ) - whose flames are extinguished, having extinguished flames

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāntārciṣ

śāntārciṣ - having extinguished flames, whose flames are extinguished

Bahuvrihi compound meaning 'whose flames are extinguished'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śānta+arcis)

• śānta – calmed, extinguished, peaceful
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root śam (to be calm, to cease)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• arcis – flame, ray, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛc

Note: Agrees with 'agnayaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अग्नयः (agnayaḥ) - fires

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of agni

agni - fire, Agni (god of fire)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power (especially of a sense)

related to Indra

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भासन्ते (bhāsante) - they shine, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhās

root class 1, middle voice

Root: bhās (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

हीनानि (hīnāni) - deprived, devoid of, lacking

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of hīna

hīna - deficient, lacking, deprived of, inferior

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root hā (to abandon, to give up)

Root: hā (class 3)

नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

from nitya (constant) with adverbial suffix śas