महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-16, verse-26

रथानीकान्यदृश्यन्त नगराणीव भूरिशः ।
अतीव शुशुभे तत्र पिता ते पूर्णचन्द्रवत् ॥२६॥

26. rathānīkānyadṛśyanta nagarāṇīva bhūriśaḥ ,
atīva śuśubhe tatra pitā te pūrṇacandravat.

26. ratha-anīkāni adṛśyanta nagarāṇi iva bhūriśaḥ
atīva śuśubhe tatra pitā te pūrṇa-candravat

26. bhūriśaḥ ratha-anīkāni nagarāṇi iva adṛśyanta
tatra te pitā pūrṇa-candravat atīva śuśubhe

26. Numerous divisions of chariots were seen, resembling cities. There, your father shone exceptionally brightly, like the full moon.

Words meanings summery:

• रथ-अनीकानि (ratha-anīkāni) - divisions of chariots, chariot arrays

• अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen, appeared

• नगराणि (nagarāṇi) - cities

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - in great numbers, abundantly, greatly

• अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly, very much, greatly

• शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone, was splendid

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• पिता (pitā) - father

• ते (te) - your, of you

• पूर्ण-चन्द्रवत् (pūrṇa-candravat) - like the full moon

Words meanings and morphology

रथ-अनीकानि (ratha-anīkāni) - divisions of chariots, chariot arrays

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ratha-anīka

ratha-anīka - chariot division, array of chariots

Compound type : tatpurusha (ratha+anīka)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• anīka – army, division of an army, array, face
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of adṛśyanta.

अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect tense, passive voice

Root √dṛś, 3rd person plural, passive voice. 'a-' is the augment for past tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नगराणि (nagarāṇi) - cities

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nagara

nagara - city, town

Note: In comparison with iva.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - in great numbers, abundantly, greatly

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with suffix -śas.

अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly, very much, greatly

(indeclinable)

From ati (over, beyond) + iva (like, as if, indeed)

शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone, was splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of śubh

Perfect tense, middle voice

Reduplicated perfect form of √śubh, 3rd person singular, middle voice.

Root: śubh (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

derived from tad (that) + tral (suffix for place)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Subject of śuśubhe.

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Enclitic genitive/dative form of 'you'.

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (listener).

पूर्ण-चन्द्रवत् (pūrṇa-candravat) - like the full moon

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -vat (like, similar to).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrṇa-candra)

• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √pṛ (to fill).
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• candra – moon, luminous, shining
  noun (masculine)
  From √cand (to shine)
  Root: cand (class 1)

Note: Functions as a simile.