महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-11, verse-16

प्रकाशौ च मुहूर्तेन तत्रैवास्तामरिंदमौ ।
विमुक्तौ मेघजालेन शशिसूर्यौ यथा दिवि ॥१६॥

16. prakāśau ca muhūrtena tatraivāstāmariṁdamau ,
vimuktau meghajālena śaśisūryau yathā divi.

16. prakāśau ca muhūrtena tatra eva āstām ariṃdamau
vimuktau meghajālena śaśisūryau yathā divi

16. ca muhūrtena tatra eva ariṃdamau prakāśau āstām
yathā śaśisūryau meghajālena divi vimuktau

16. And instantly, the two subduers of enemies became visible right there, just as the moon and sun appear released from a mass of clouds in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रकाशौ (prakāśau) - visible, shining, luminous

• च (ca) - and, also

• मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment, quickly, instantly

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

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

• अरिंदमौ (ariṁdamau) - Aśvatthāman and Bhīma (the two subduers of enemies)

• विमुक्तौ (vimuktau) - freed, released, delivered

• मेघजालेन (meghajālena) - by the mass of clouds, by a cloud-bank

• शशिसूर्यौ (śaśisūryau) - the moon and the sun

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• दिवि (divi) - in the sky, in heaven

Words meanings and morphology

प्रकाशौ (prakāśau) - visible, shining, luminous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prakāśa

prakāśa - light, luster, appearance, manifestation

derived from 'pra' (prefix) + root 'kāś' (to shine)

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: modifies 'ariṃdamau' (the two subduers of enemies)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment, quickly, instantly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, instant, a specific division of time

Note: used adverbially to denote 'in a short time'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

adverbial, formed from 'tad' (that) + suffix 'tra'

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Imperfect Indicative

root 'ās', augmented, used with past sense

Root: ās (class 2)

अरिंदमौ (ariṁdamau) - Aśvatthāman and Bhīma (the two subduers of enemies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ariṃdama

ariṁdama - subduer of enemies, enemy-tamer

compound of 'ari' (enemy) and 'dama' (taming, subduing)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – subduing, taming, self-restraint
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root 'dam' (to tame, subdue)
  Root: dam (class 1)

Note: epithet for warriors, here referring to Aśvatthāman and Bhīma

विमुक्तौ (vimuktau) - freed, released, delivered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vimukta

vimukta - freed, liberated, released, delivered

Past Passive Participle

formed from 'vi' (prefix) + root 'muc' (to release)

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: modifies 'śaśisūryau'

मेघजालेन (meghajālena) - by the mass of clouds, by a cloud-bank

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of meghajāla

meghajāla - mass of clouds, net of clouds

compound of 'megha' and 'jāla'

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (megha+jāla)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mih (class 1)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection, mass
  noun (neuter)

शशिसूर्यौ (śaśisūryau) - the moon and the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śaśisūrya

śaśisūrya - the moon and the sun

Dvanda compound of 'śaśin' and 'sūrya'

Compound type : dvandva (śaśin+sūrya)

• śaśin – moon, rabbit-marked (referring to the moon's spots)
  noun (masculine)
• sūrya – sun
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

दिवि (divi) - in the sky, in heaven

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day