महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-65, verse-6

प्रभूतपद्मोत्पलमत्स्यकच्छपौ महाह्रदौ पक्षिगणानुनादितौ ।
सुसंनिकृष्टावनिलोद्धतौ यथा तथा रथौ तौ ध्वजिनौ समीयतुः ॥६॥

6. prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapau; mahāhradau pakṣigaṇānunāditau ,
susaṁnikṛṣṭāvaniloddhatau yathā; tathā rathau tau dhvajinau samīyatuḥ.

6. prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapau
mahāhradau pakṣigaṇānunāditau
susaṃnikṛṣṭau anilauddhatau yathā
tathā rathau tau dhvajinau samīyatuḥ

6. yathā prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapau
pakṣigaṇānunāditau anilauddhatau
susaṃnikṛṣṭau mahāhradau
tathā tau dhvajinau rathau samīyatuḥ

6. Just as two great lakes, abundant with lotuses, water lilies, fish, and tortoises, resounding with flocks of birds, and agitated by the wind, draw very close, so did those two banner-bearing chariots approach each other.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभूतपद्मोत्पलमत्स्यकच्छपौ (prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapau) - having many lotuses, water lilies, fish, and tortoises; abundant with lotuses, water lilies, fish, and tortoises

• महाह्रदौ (mahāhradau) - two great lakes

• पक्षिगणानुनादितौ (pakṣigaṇānunāditau) - resounded by flocks of birds, made to sound by flocks of birds

• सुसंनिकृष्टौ (susaṁnikṛṣṭau) - very close, closely approaching

• अनिलौद्धतौ (anilauddhatau) - agitated by the wind, stirred up by the wind

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

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

• रथौ (rathau) - two chariots

• तौ (tau) - those two

• ध्वजिनौ (dhvajinau) - two banner-bearers, two chariots with banners

• समीयतुः (samīyatuḥ) - they two approached, they two met

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभूतपद्मोत्पलमत्स्यकच्छपौ (prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapau) - having many lotuses, water lilies, fish, and tortoises; abundant with lotuses, water lilies, fish, and tortoises

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapa

prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapa - having many lotuses, water lilies, fish, and tortoises

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prabhūta+padma+utpala+matsya+kacchapa)

• prabhūta – abundant, plentiful, numerous
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from pra-bhū (to be abundant)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• utpala – water lily
  noun (neuter)
• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)
• kacchapa – tortoise
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound adjective, nominative dual masculine, qualifying mahāhradau.

महाह्रदौ (mahāhradau) - two great lakes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāhrada

mahāhrada - great lake

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+hrada)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• hrada – lake, pond, deep pool
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb in the simile.

पक्षिगणानुनादितौ (pakṣigaṇānunāditau) - resounded by flocks of birds, made to sound by flocks of birds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pakṣigaṇānunādita

pakṣigaṇānunādita - resounded by flocks of birds

Past Passive Participle

anu-nādita (sounded after/echoed) by pakṣigaṇa (flocks of birds)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pakṣigaṇa+anunādita)

• pakṣigaṇa – flock of birds, collection of birds
  noun (masculine)
• anunādita – resounded, echoed
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from anu-nad (to echo, resound)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective, nominative dual masculine, qualifying mahāhradau.

सुसंनिकृष्टौ (susaṁnikṛṣṭau) - very close, closely approaching

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of susaṃnikṛṣṭa

susaṁnikṛṣṭa - very close, closely brought together

Past Passive Participle

from su-saṃ-kṛṣ (to draw together closely)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+saṃnikṛṣṭa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• saṃnikṛṣṭa – close, near, drawn together
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam-ni-kṛṣ (to draw near together)
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective, nominative dual masculine, qualifying mahāhradau.

अनिलौद्धतौ (anilauddhatau) - agitated by the wind, stirred up by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of anilauddhata

anilauddhata - agitated by the wind

Past Passive Participle

uddhata (agitated, stirred up) by anila (wind) from ud-han (to raise, lift up, agitate)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+uddhata)

• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• uddhata – agitated, stirred up, raised
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ud-han (to raise, lift up, agitate)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Compound adjective, nominative dual masculine, qualifying mahāhradau.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with tathā.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with yathā.

रथौ (rathau) - two chariots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ratha

ratha - chariot

Note: Subject of samīyatuḥ.

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Qualifies rathau.

ध्वजिनौ (dhvajinau) - two banner-bearers, two chariots with banners

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dhvajin

dhvajin - having a banner, a standard-bearer, a charioteer

from dhvaja + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: Qualifies rathau.

समीयतुः (samīyatuḥ) - they two approached, they two met

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of i

Perfect tense, 3rd person dual, parasmaipada, from sam-i (to come together, approach)

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Verb for both the lakes and the chariots in the simile.