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.

26. נראו חילות מרכבות רבים כמו ערים. שם זהר מאוד אביך (בְּהִישְׁמַה) כירח במילואו.

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.

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