महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-83, verse-16

पश्य व्यूहं महेष्वास निर्मितं सागरोपमम् ।
प्रतिव्यूहं त्वमपि हि कुरु पार्षत माचिरम् ॥१६॥

16. paśya vyūhaṁ maheṣvāsa nirmitaṁ sāgaropamam ,
prativyūhaṁ tvamapi hi kuru pārṣata māciram.

16. paśya vyūham maheṣvāsa nirmitam sāgaropamam
prativyūham tvam api hi kuru pārṣata mā ciram

16. maheṣvāsa sāgaropamam nirmitam vyūham paśya
pārṣata tvam api hi prativyūham mā ciram kuru

16. O great archer, behold this ocean-like formation that has been arrayed! O Dhrishtadyumna (Pārṣata), you too must indeed form a counter-formation; do not delay!

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

• व्यूहम् (vyūham) - formation, battle array

• महेष्वास (maheṣvāsa) - O Dhrishtadyumna! (O great archer! O mighty bowman!)

• निर्मितम् (nirmitam) - arrayed (as a battle formation) (formed, created, arranged)

• सागरोपमम् (sāgaropamam) - ocean-like, resembling an ocean

• प्रतिव्यूहम् (prativyūham) - counter-formation, opposing array

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• कुरु (kuru) - make, do, form

• पार्षत (pārṣata) - O Parshata! O Dhrishtadyumna!

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

imperative, 2nd person singular

From root √dṛś (1st class, Parasmaipada), using the paśya stem.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

व्यूहम् (vyūham) - formation, battle array

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyūha

vyūha - formation, array, disposition (of troops)

From vi + √ūh (to push, arrange).

Prefix: vi

Root: ūh (class 1)

महेष्वास (maheṣvāsa) - O Dhrishtadyumna! (O great archer! O mighty bowman!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, mighty bowman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahant+iṣvāsa)

• mahant – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• iṣvāsa – bow and arrow, archer, bowman
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of iṣu (arrow) and āsa (throwing, or bow).

निर्मितम् (nirmitam) - arrayed (as a battle formation) (formed, created, arranged)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirmita

nirmita - formed, created, constructed, arranged

past passive participle

From ni + √mā (to measure, form) + kta suffix.

Prefix: nir

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Participle modifying vyūham.

सागरोपमम् (sāgaropamam) - ocean-like, resembling an ocean

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgaropama

sāgaropama - ocean-like, resembling an ocean

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāgara+upama)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, like
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective for vyūham.

प्रतिव्यूहम् (prativyūham) - counter-formation, opposing array

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prativyūha

prativyūha - counter-formation, opposing array

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prati+vyūha)

• prati – against, in opposition to, towards
  indeclinable
• vyūha – formation, array
  noun (masculine)
  From vi + √ūh (to push, arrange).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ūh (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Subject of kuru.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

कुरु (kuru) - make, do, form

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

imperative, 2nd person singular

From root √kṛ (8th class, Parasmaipada).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main verb of the second part of the verse.

पार्षत (pārṣata) - O Parshata! O Dhrishtadyumna!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārṣata

pārṣata - descendant of Pṛṣata; Dhrishtadyumna

From Pṛṣat, with addition of -a (Pāṇini 4.1.92).

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb, used with 'mā' to form a prohibition.