महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-12, verse-21

आस्तां ते स्तिमिते सेने रक्ष्यमाणे परस्परम् ।
संप्रसुप्ते यथा नक्तं वनराज्यौ सुपुष्पिते ॥२१॥

21. āstāṁ te stimite sene rakṣyamāṇe parasparam ,
saṁprasupte yathā naktaṁ vanarājyau supuṣpite.

21. āstām te stimite sene rakṣyamāṇe parasparam
saṃprasupte yathā naktam vanarājyau supuṣpite

21. te stimite sene parasparam rakṣyamāṇe āstām
yathā naktam supuṣpite vanarājyau saṃprasupte

21. Those two armies remained still, protecting each other, just like two groves in full bloom, deeply asleep at night.

Words meanings summery:

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - they two remained, they two were

• ते (te) - those two

• स्तिमिते (stimite) - motionless, quiet, stunned

• सेने (sene) - two armies

• रक्ष्यमाणे (rakṣyamāṇe) - being protected, being guarded

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, each other

• संप्रसुप्ते (saṁprasupte) - deeply asleep, fully asleep

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

• नक्तम् (naktam) - at night, by night

• वनराज्यौ (vanarājyau) - two rows of trees, two groves

• सुपुष्पिते (supuṣpite) - well-flowered, in full bloom

Words meanings and morphology

आस्ताम् (āstām) - they two remained, they two were

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

ते (te) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of tad

tad - that, this, it

स्तिमिते (stimite) - motionless, quiet, stunned

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, dual of stimita

stimita - motionless, quiet, tranquil, stunned, wet

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √stim 'to be fixed, to be moist'.

Root: stim (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sene'.

सेने (sene) - two armies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of senā

senā - army, host, forces, weapon

रक्ष्यमाणे (rakṣyamāṇe) - being protected, being guarded

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, dual of rakṣyamāṇa

rakṣyamāṇa - being protected, being guarded

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the verb √rakṣ 'to protect, guard'.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sene'.

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, each other

(indeclinable)

संप्रसुप्ते (saṁprasupte) - deeply asleep, fully asleep

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, dual of saṃprasupta

saṁprasupta - deeply asleep, completely asleep

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the verb saṃ-pra-√svap 'to sleep deeply'.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vanarājyau'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)

नक्तम् (naktam) - at night, by night

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

वनराज्यौ (vanarājyau) - two rows of trees, two groves

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of vanarāji

vanarāji - row of trees, line of woods, grove

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+rāji)

• vana – forest, wood, grove, water
  noun (neuter)
• rāji – line, row, range, streak
  noun (feminine)

सुपुष्पिते (supuṣpite) - well-flowered, in full bloom

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, dual of supuṣpita

supuṣpita - well-flowered, abundantly bloomed, covered with blossoms

Past Passive Participle

Derived from su-√puṣp 'to flower well'.

Prefix: su

Root: puṣp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'vanarājyau'.