महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-2

संजय उवाच ।
समं व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु संनद्धा रुचिरध्वजाः ।
अपारमिव संदृश्य सागरप्रतिमं बलम् ॥२॥

2. saṁjaya uvāca ,
samaṁ vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu saṁnaddhā ruciradhvajāḥ ,
apāramiva saṁdṛśya sāgarapratimaṁ balam.

2. saṃjayaḥ uvāca samam vyūḍheṣu anīkeṣu sannaddhāḥ
ruciradhvajāḥ apāram iva saṃdṛśya sāgarapratimam balam

2. saṃjayaḥ uvāca apāram sāgarapratimam balam iva saṃdṛśya
samam vyūḍheṣu anīkeṣu sannaddhāḥ ruciradhvajāḥ (āsann)

2. Sanjaya said: "Having seen the immeasurable force, vast as the ocean, the warriors, fully armed and with splendid banners, stood equally arrayed in their armies."

Words meanings summery:

• संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya, the charioteer and narrator to Dhritarashtra (Sanjaya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• समम् (samam) - equally (for both armies) (equally, uniformly, at the same time)

• व्यूढेषु (vyūḍheṣu) - arrayed in battle formation (arrayed, arranged, marshalled)

• अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in the battle formations (in the armies, in the forces)

• सन्नद्धाः (sannaddhāḥ) - warriors fully armed for battle (fully armed, equipped, ready for battle)

• रुचिरध्वजाः (ruciradhvajāḥ) - warriors bearing splendid banners (with splendid banners, having shining flags)

• अपारम् (apāram) - an immeasurable force (immeasurable, endless, shoreless)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• संदृश्य (saṁdṛśya) - Sanjaya having observed (having seen, having observed)

• सागरप्रतिमम् (sāgarapratimam) - an army resembling an ocean (ocean-like, resembling an ocean)

• बलम् (balam) - the military force/army (force, strength, army)

Words meanings and morphology

संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya, the charioteer and narrator to Dhritarashtra (Sanjaya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (proper name); victory, triumph

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

From root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

समम् (samam) - equally (for both armies) (equally, uniformly, at the same time)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, uniform

Note: Functions adverbially here.

व्यूढेषु (vyūḍheṣu) - arrayed in battle formation (arrayed, arranged, marshalled)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of vyūḍha

vyūḍha - arrayed, arranged, marshalled

Past Passive Participle

From root ūh (to push, arrange) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: ūh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'anīkeṣu'

अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in the battle formations (in the armies, in the forces)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, array

सन्नद्धाः (sannaddhāḥ) - warriors fully armed for battle (fully armed, equipped, ready for battle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sannaddha

sannaddha - armed, equipped, ready

Past Passive Participle

From root nah (to bind) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: nah (class 4)

Note: Refers to the implied warriors.

रुचिरध्वजाः (ruciradhvajāḥ) - warriors bearing splendid banners (with splendid banners, having shining flags)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ruciradhvaja

ruciradhvaja - having splendid banners

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rucira+dhvaja)

• rucira – splendid, bright, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, standard
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the implied warriors.

अपारम् (apāram) - an immeasurable force (immeasurable, endless, shoreless)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apāra

apāra - shoreless, endless, boundless, immeasurable

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+pāra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• pāra – shore, bank, limit, end
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'balam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

संदृश्य (saṁdṛśya) - Sanjaya having observed (having seen, having observed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dṛś (to see) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The subject of the absolutive is generally the same as the main verb, here implying Sanjaya.

सागरप्रतिमम् (sāgarapratimam) - an army resembling an ocean (ocean-like, resembling an ocean)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāgarapratima

sāgarapratima - ocean-like, resembling an ocean

Compound type : tatpurusha (sāgara+pratima)

• sāgara – ocean
  noun (masculine)
• pratima – image, likeness, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'balam'.

बलम् (balam) - the military force/army (force, strength, army)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army