महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-49

यथा चन्द्रोदयोद्धूतः क्षुभितः सागरो भवेत् ।
तथा चन्द्रोदयोद्धूतः स बभूव बलार्णवः ॥४९॥

49. yathā candrodayoddhūtaḥ kṣubhitaḥ sāgaro bhavet ,
tathā candrodayoddhūtaḥ sa babhūva balārṇavaḥ.

49. yathā candrodayoddhūtaḥ kṣubhitaḥ sāgaraḥ bhavet
tathā candrodayoddhūtaḥ saḥ babhūva balārṇavaḥ

49. yathā sāgaraḥ candrodayoddhūtaḥ kṣubhitaḥ bhavet
tathā saḥ balārṇavaḥ candrodayoddhūtaḥ babhūva

49. Just as an ocean becomes agitated and turbulent, stirred by the rising moon, so too did that ocean-like army become agitated by the moonrise.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• चन्द्रोदयोद्धूतः (candrodayoddhūtaḥ) - agitated by the moonrise, stirred by the rising moon

• क्षुभितः (kṣubhitaḥ) - agitated, turbulent, disturbed

• सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean, sea

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, becomes

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• चन्द्रोदयोद्धूतः (candrodayoddhūtaḥ) - agitated by the moonrise, stirred by the rising moon

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, has been, was

• बलार्णवः (balārṇavaḥ) - ocean of forces, ocean-like army

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रोदयोद्धूतः (candrodayoddhūtaḥ) - agitated by the moonrise, stirred by the rising moon

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candrodayoddhūta

candrodayoddhūta - agitated by moonrise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candrodaya+uddhūta)

• candrodaya – moonrise, appearance of the moon
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ud-√i (class 2)
• uddhūta – agitated, shaken, stirred
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ud- and root √dhū (to shake, agitate)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: √dhū (class 5)

क्षुभितः (kṣubhitaḥ) - agitated, turbulent, disturbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣubhita

kṣubhita - agitated, disturbed, trembling

Past Passive Participle

From root √kṣubh (to tremble, to be agitated)

Root: √kṣubh (class 1)

सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रोदयोद्धूतः (candrodayoddhūtaḥ) - agitated by the moonrise, stirred by the rising moon

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candrodayoddhūta

candrodayoddhūta - agitated by moonrise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candrodaya+uddhūta)

• candrodaya – moonrise, appearance of the moon
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ud-√i (class 2)
• uddhūta – agitated, shaken, stirred
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ud- and root √dhū (to shake, agitate)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: √dhū (class 5)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बभूव (babhūva) - became, has been, was

(verb)

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

Root: √bhū (class 1)

बलार्णवः (balārṇavaḥ) - ocean of forces, ocean-like army

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balārṇava

balārṇava - ocean of strength, ocean-like army

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+arṇava)

• bala – strength, force, army
  noun (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)