महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-170, verse-12

यथा शिलोच्चये शैलः सागरे सागरो यथा ।
प्रतिहन्येत राजेन्द्र तथासन्कुरुपाण्डवाः ॥१२॥

12. yathā śiloccaye śailaḥ sāgare sāgaro yathā ,
pratihanyeta rājendra tathāsankurupāṇḍavāḥ.

12. yathā śiloccaye śailaḥ sāgare sāgaraḥ yathā
pratihanyeta rājendra tathā āsan kurupāṇḍavāḥ

12. rājendra yathā śiloccaye śailaḥ sāgare sāgaraḥ
yathā pratihanyeta tathā kurupāṇḍavāḥ āsan

12. Just as a mountain would crash against another mountain (śiloccaya) or an ocean against another ocean (sāgara), O best of kings (Rājendra), so did the Kurus and Pandavas confront each other.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• शिलोच्चये (śiloccaye) - against a mountain (figuratively) (on a mountain, at a rock-pile)

• शैलः (śailaḥ) - a mountain, a rock

• सागरे (sāgare) - against an ocean (figuratively) (in the ocean, at the ocean)

• सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - an ocean, a sea

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• प्रतिहन्येत (pratihanyeta) - would be struck against, would clash, would oppose

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king of kings, O best of kings)

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner, thus

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

• कुरुपाण्डवाः (kurupāṇḍavāḥ) - the Kurus and Pandavas

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

शिलोच्चये (śiloccaye) - against a mountain (figuratively) (on a mountain, at a rock-pile)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śiloccaya

śiloccaya - mountain, rock-pile, heap of rocks

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śila+uccaya)

• śila – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• uccaya – heap, pile, accumulation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ci (class 5)

शैलः (śailaḥ) - a mountain, a rock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock

Derived from 'śilā' (rock)

सागरे (sāgare) - against an ocean (figuratively) (in the ocean, at the ocean)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Derived from 'sagara' (name of a king) or 'sa-gara' (with poison)

सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - an ocean, a sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Derived from 'sagara' (name of a king) or 'sa-gara' (with poison)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

प्रतिहन्येत (pratihanyeta) - would be struck against, would clash, would oppose

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of pratihan

Prefix: prati

Root: han (class 2)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king of kings, O best of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king of kings, sovereign, best of kings

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, sovereign
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• indra – chief, lord, best (used as a suffix in compounds)
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner, thus

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कुरुपाण्डवाः (kurupāṇḍavāḥ) - the Kurus and Pandavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kurupāṇḍava

kurupāṇḍava - the Kurus and Pandavas (collectively)

Compound type : Dvandva (kuru+pāṇḍava)

• kuru – descendant of Kuru, the Kauravas
  proper noun (masculine)
• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas
  proper noun (masculine)