महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-8

सिकता वा यथा लोके यथा वा दिवि तारकाः ।
यथा वा वर्षतो धारा असंख्येयाश्च केनचित् ॥८॥

8. sikatā vā yathā loke yathā vā divi tārakāḥ ,
yathā vā varṣato dhārā asaṁkhyeyāśca kenacit.

8. sikatāḥ vā yathā loke yathā vā divi tārakāḥ
yathā vā varṣataḥ dhārāḥ asaṅkhyeyāḥ ca kenacit

8. Just as the grains of sand on earth, or the stars in the sky, or the innumerable drops of falling rain cannot be counted by anyone...

Words meanings summery:

• सिकताः (sikatāḥ) - grains of sand (sands, gravel)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

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

• लोके (loke) - on earth, in the world (in the world, among people)

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

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

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

• तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

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

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• वर्षतः (varṣataḥ) - of falling rain (of raining, while raining)

• धाराः (dhārāḥ) - drops (of rain) (streams, drops, torrents)

• असङ्ख्येयाः (asaṅkhyeyāḥ) - innumerable, countless (innumerable, countless, incalculable)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• केनचित् (kenacit) - by anyone (by someone, by anyone)

Words meanings and morphology

सिकताः (sikatāḥ) - grains of sand (sands, gravel)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sikatā

sikatā - sand, gravel

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - on earth, in the world (in the world, among people)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

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

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tārakā

tārakā - star, pupil of the eye

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

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

वर्षतः (varṣataḥ) - of falling rain (of raining, while raining)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of varṣat

varṣat - raining, pouring

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root √vṛṣ (to rain), masculine singular genitive/ablative.

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

धाराः (dhārāḥ) - drops (of rain) (streams, drops, torrents)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhārā

dhārā - stream, current, torrent, drops

असङ्ख्येयाः (asaṅkhyeyāḥ) - innumerable, countless (innumerable, countless, incalculable)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of asaṅkhyeya

asaṅkhyeya - innumerable, countless, incalculable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'saṅkhyeya' (countable). Saṅkhyeya is a gerundive from √khyā with saṃ.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+saṅkhyeya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• saṅkhyeya – countable, calculable, to be counted
  adjective (feminine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Gerundive from √khyā with saṃ, meaning 'to be counted'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'dhārāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'asaṅkhyeyāḥ' to the previous comparisons, implying 'also innumerable'.

केनचित् (kenacit) - by anyone (by someone, by anyone)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain person

Instrumental singular of 'kaścid' (kā + cid).

Note: From 'kaścid' (someone).