महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-16

एतद्बलार्णवं तात वारयिष्ये महारणे ।
पौर्णमास्यामिवोद्धूतं वेलेव सलिलाशयम् ॥१६॥

16. etadbalārṇavaṁ tāta vārayiṣye mahāraṇe ,
paurṇamāsyāmivoddhūtaṁ veleva salilāśayam.

16. etad balārṇavam tāta vārayiṣye mahā-raṇe
paurṇamāsyām iva uddhūtam velā iva salilāśayam

16. tāta mahāraṇe etad balārṇavam paurṇamāsyām
uddhūtam salilāśayam iva velā iva vārayiṣye

16. Dear one, in this great battle, I will restrain this ocean-like army, just as a shore holds back a body of water agitated on a full moon day.

Words meanings summery:

• एतद् (etad) - this, these

• बलार्णवम् (balārṇavam) - ocean of army, army-ocean

• तात (tāta) - addressing a dear one or junior with affection (dear one, father, son, friend)

• वारयिष्ये (vārayiṣye) - I will stop, I will restrain, I will check

• महा-रणे (mahā-raṇe) - in the great battle

• पौर्णमास्याम् (paurṇamāsyām) - on the full moon day

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उद्धूतम् (uddhūtam) - agitated (referring to water) (agitated, turbulent, swollen, raised)

• वेला (velā) - shore, coastline (shore, bank, boundary, time)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सलिलाशयम् (salilāśayam) - body of water, reservoir, ocean

Words meanings and morphology

एतद् (etad) - this, these

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Also nominative singular neuter, but context points to accusative object of vārayiṣye.

बलार्णवम् (balārṇavam) - ocean of army, army-ocean

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balārṇava

balārṇava - ocean of army

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+arṇava)

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

Note: Declines as neuter due to compound ending in -a.

तात (tāta) - addressing a dear one or junior with affection (dear one, father, son, friend)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, dear one, friend

वारयिष्ये (vārayiṣye) - I will stop, I will restrain, I will check

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of vāray

causative future

From root vṛ (to cover, choose) with causative suffix -āpaya and future tense ending.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Middle voice future tense, 1st person singular.

महा-रणे (mahā-raṇe) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahā-raṇa

mahā-raṇa - great battle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+raṇa)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• raṇa – battle, combat
  noun (masculine)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)

पौर्णमास्याम् (paurṇamāsyām) - on the full moon day

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of paurṇamāsī

paurṇamāsī - full moon day, full moon

Derived from pūrṇa-māsa (full month).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उद्धूतम् (uddhūtam) - agitated (referring to water) (agitated, turbulent, swollen, raised)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uddhūta

uddhūta - agitated, swollen, raised, shaken

Past Passive Participle

From root dhū (to shake) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Agreement with salilāśayam.

वेला (velā) - shore, coastline (shore, bank, boundary, time)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - shore, bank, boundary, limit, time

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सलिलाशयम् (salilāśayam) - body of water, reservoir, ocean

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of salilāśaya

salilāśaya - reservoir of water, lake, ocean

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (salila+āśaya)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• āśaya – receptacle, reservoir, abode
  noun (masculine)
  From root śī (to lie, rest) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Declines as neuter due to compound ending in -a. Object of comparison.