महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-98, verse-11

पार्थिवानीव चाभान्ति पुनर्नगमयानि च ।
शैलानीव च दृश्यन्ते तारकाणीव चाप्युत ॥११॥

11. pārthivānīva cābhānti punarnagamayāni ca ,
śailānīva ca dṛśyante tārakāṇīva cāpyuta.

11. pārthivāni iva ca ābhānti punaḥ nagamayāni ca |
śailāni iva ca dṛśyante tārakāṇi iva ca api uta

11. And they appear like earthly structures, and again they seem as if made of mountains; and they are seen like mountains, and moreover, also like stars.

Words meanings summery:

• पार्थिवानि (pārthivāni) - like earthly structures (in appearance or material) (earthly, terrestrial, royal)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• आभान्ति (ābhānti) - they shine, they appear, they resemble

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, moreover

• नगमयानि (nagamayāni) - made of mountains, composed of rocks

• च (ca) - and, also

• शैलानि (śailāni) - rocks, mountains

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, they appear

• तारकाणि (tārakāṇi) - stars

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• उत (uta) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

पार्थिवानि (pārthivāni) - like earthly structures (in appearance or material) (earthly, terrestrial, royal)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial, royal, related to the earth

Derived from pṛthivī (earth).

Note: Predicate adjective for the implied subject 'veśmāni'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आभान्ति (ābhānti) - they shine, they appear, they resemble

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of ā-bhā

present active 3rd person plural

Derived from root bhā (to shine) with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Verb for the implied subject 'veśmāni'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, moreover

(indeclinable)

नगमयानि (nagamayāni) - made of mountains, composed of rocks

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nagamaya

nagamaya - made of mountains/rocks

Compound type : tatpurusha (naga+maya)

• naga – mountain, rock, tree (lit. 'not moving')
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix (forming adjective) (masculine)
  Suffix -maya used to form adjectives denoting 'made of' or 'consisting of'.

Note: Predicate adjective for the implied subject 'veśmāni'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शैलानि (śailāni) - rocks, mountains

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, rocky, pertaining to a mountain

Derived from śilā (stone, rock) or śila (mountain).

Note: Implied subject of 'dṛśyante'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of dṛś

present passive 3rd person plural

Derived from root dṛś, 4th class, present passive.

Root: dṛś (class 4)

Note: Verb for the implied subject 'veśmāni'.

तारकाणि (tārakāṇi) - stars

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tārakā

tārakā - star, pupil of the eye

Feminine noun, plural form. 'tāraka' (neuter) can also mean star.

Root: tṛ

Note: Implied subject of 'dṛśyante'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)