महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-97, verse-57

ततो द्रोणश्च पार्थश्च समेयातां महामृधे ।
यथा बुधश्च शुक्रश्च महाराज नभस्तले ॥५७॥

57. tato droṇaśca pārthaśca sameyātāṁ mahāmṛdhe ,
yathā budhaśca śukraśca mahārāja nabhastale.

57. tataḥ droṇaḥ ca pārthaḥ ca sameyātām mahāmṛdhe
yathā budhaḥ ca śukraḥ ca mahārāja nabhastale

57. mahārāja tataḥ droṇaḥ ca pārthaḥ ca mahāmṛdhe
sameyātām yathā budhaḥ ca śukraḥ ca nabhastale

57. Then, Drona and Partha met in a great battle, O great king, just as Budha (Mercury) and Shukra (Venus) meet in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, therefrom)

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona (the preceptor of the Kauravas and Pandavas) (Drona (name of a warrior, guru))

• च (ca) - and

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (Arjuna, son of Pritha (Kunti))

• च (ca) - and

• समेयाताम् (sameyātām) - they two met (in the past, narrative usage of optative/potential) (they two might meet, they two should meet)

• महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in a great battle (in a great battle/conflict)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

• बुधः (budhaḥ) - Budha (the planet Mercury) (Budha (the planet Mercury); wise person)

• च (ca) - and

• शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Shukra (the planet Venus) (Shukra (the planet Venus); bright, clear)

• च (ca) - and

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhritarashtra (O great king)

• नभस्तले (nabhastale) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, therefrom)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'ta-' with suffix '-tas'

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona (the preceptor of the Kauravas and Pandavas) (Drona (name of a warrior, guru))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (proper noun); a bucket, a measure

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (Arjuna, son of Pritha (Kunti))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); Arjuna

Derived from Pṛthā

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समेयाताम् (sameyātām) - they two met (in the past, narrative usage of optative/potential) (they two might meet, they two should meet)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative/potential (vidhiliṅ) of i

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The optative mood is often used in narrative to express a past event that occurred, especially when describing what 'should have happened' or simply 'did happen' in a particular way.

महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in a great battle (in a great battle/conflict)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mahāmṛdh

mahāmṛdh - great battle, great conflict

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mṛdh)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mṛdh – battle, fight, conflict, war
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mṛdh (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

बुधः (budhaḥ) - Budha (the planet Mercury) (Budha (the planet Mercury); wise person)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budha

budha - a wise person, an awakened one, the planet Mercury

From root 'budh' (to know)

Root: budh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Shukra (the planet Venus) (Shukra (the planet Venus); bright, clear)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukra

śukra - Shukra (proper noun, preceptor of asuras, planet Venus); bright, clear, white

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhritarashtra (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

नभस्तले (nabhastale) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhastala

nabhastala - sky-region, atmosphere, firmament

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+tala)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, heaven
  noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)