महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-110, verse-46

भीष्मोऽपि रथिनां श्रेष्ठः प्रतिजग्राह तां चमूम् ।
आपतन्तीं महाराज वेलामिव महोदधिः ॥४६॥

46. bhīṣmo'pi rathināṁ śreṣṭhaḥ pratijagrāha tāṁ camūm ,
āpatantīṁ mahārāja velāmiva mahodadhiḥ.

46. bhīṣmaḥ api rathinām śreṣṭhaḥ pratijagrāha tām
camūm | āpatantīm mahārāja velām iva mahodadhiḥ

46. mahārāja bhīṣmaḥ api rathinām śreṣṭhaḥ tām
āpatantīm camūm mahodadhiḥ velām iva pratijagrāha

46. O great king (mahārāja), Bhīṣma, the foremost among charioteers, also confronted that approaching army, just as the great ocean receives its shore.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (the general) (Bhīṣma)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

• रथिनाम् (rathinām) - among charioteers (of charioteers, among charioteers)

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - foremost (among charioteers) (best, excellent, foremost, supreme)

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - confronted, faced (the army) (received, accepted, undertook, confronted)

• ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the army) (that (feminine singular accusative))

• चमूम् (camūm) - army (the Pāṇḍava army) (army, host, troop)

• आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - approaching (the army that was attacking) (approaching, falling upon, rushing)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Sanjaya's address) (O great king)

• वेलाम् (velām) - shore (of the ocean) (shore, bank, limit, boundary)

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - the great ocean (great ocean)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (the general) (Bhīṣma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (proper name), formidable

From root bhī 'to fear' + suffix -ṣma.

Root: bhī (class 3)

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

रथिनाम् (rathinām) - among charioteers (of charioteers, among charioteers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rathin

rathin - charioteer, warrior fighting from a chariot

From ratha 'chariot' + possessive suffix -in.

Note: Genitive of comparison/relation with śreṣṭhaḥ.

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - foremost (among charioteers) (best, excellent, foremost, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, excellent, foremost, most distinguished

Superlative of praśasya 'excellent'.

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - confronted, faced (the army) (received, accepted, undertook, confronted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of prati-grah

Perfect Tense

Root grah (class 9) 'to seize, take'. With prati-, 'to take in return, to accept, to confront'. The form pratijagrāha is perfect, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the army) (that (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with camūm.

चमूम् (camūm) - army (the Pāṇḍava army) (army, host, troop)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of camū

camū - army, host, troop

Note: Object of pratijagrāha.

आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - approaching (the army that was attacking) (approaching, falling upon, rushing)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpatant

āpatant - approaching, falling upon, rushing

present active participle

From ā + √pat 'to fall, to fly'.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Participle, functions as an adjective.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Sanjaya's address) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound of mahā (great) + rāja (king).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  From root rāj 'to rule'.
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

वेलाम् (velām) - shore (of the ocean) (shore, bank, limit, boundary)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - shore, bank, coast, limit, boundary

Note: Object of comparison for camūm.

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - the great ocean (great ocean)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound of mahā (great) + udadhi (ocean).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• udadhi – ocean, sea (literally "water-container")
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of uda (water) + dhi (holding).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the simile, 'as the great ocean [receives]'.