महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-59, verse-10

सितासितौ यदुवरौ शुशुभातेऽधिकं ततः ।
नभोगतौ यथा राजंश्चन्द्रसूर्यौ दिनक्षये ॥१०॥

10. sitāsitau yaduvarau śuśubhāte'dhikaṁ tataḥ ,
nabhogatau yathā rājaṁścandrasūryau dinakṣaye.

10. sitāsitau yaduvarau śuśubhāte adhikam tataḥ
nabhogatāu yathā rājan candrasūryau dinakṣaye

10. rājan tataḥ sitāsitau yaduvarau adhikam śuśubhāte,
yathā dinakṣaye nabhogatāu candrasūryau

10. Then, O King, the two foremost among the Yadus, the white and the dark ones (Balarama and Krishna), shone exceedingly, just as the moon and the sun appear in the sky at twilight.

Words meanings summery:

• सितासितौ (sitāsitau) - Balarama (white) and Krishna (dark) (white and black; fair and dark)

• यदुवरौ (yaduvarau) - Balarama and Krishna (best of the Yadus)

• शुशुभाते (śuśubhāte) - shone, appeared splendid

• अधिकम् (adhikam) - exceedingly, greatly, more

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore, from that

• नभोगताउ (nabhogatāu) - moving in the sky, sky-dwelling

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

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or a similar royal figure. (O King)

• चन्द्रसूर्यौ (candrasūryau) - the moon and the sun

• दिनक्षये (dinakṣaye) - at the end of the day, at sunset/twilight

Words meanings and morphology

सितासितौ (sitāsitau) - Balarama (white) and Krishna (dark) (white and black; fair and dark)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sitāsita

sitāsita - white and black; fair and dark

Compound type : dvandva (sita+asita)

• sita – white, bright, pale
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle of √śi to bind, but here meaning 'white'
  Root: śi (class 5)
• asita – black, dark, not white
  adjective
  Negation of sita

Note: Qualifies yaduvarau.

यदुवरौ (yaduvarau) - Balarama and Krishna (best of the Yadus)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yaduvara

yaduvara - best of the Yadus, foremost Yadu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yadu+vara)

• yadu – name of an ancient king, founder of the Yadu dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• vara – best, excellent, choice; boon, suitor
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Subject of śuśubhāte.

शुशुभाते (śuśubhāte) - shone, appeared splendid

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Lit) of śubh

Intensive/Frequentative reduplicated perfect, ātmanepada

From root śubh (to shine), perfect tense (Lit), ātmanepada, 3rd person dual. Reduplicated form (śuśubh).

Root: śubh (class 1)

अधिकम् (adhikam) - exceedingly, greatly, more

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

From pronoun ta + suffix -tas.

नभोगताउ (nabhogatāu) - moving in the sky, sky-dwelling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nabhogata

nabhogata - moving in the sky, sky-dwelling

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+gata)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, situated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies candrasūryau.

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

(indeclinable)

Particle for comparison.

राजन् (rājan) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or a similar royal figure. (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

n-stem noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

चन्द्रसूर्यौ (candrasūryau) - the moon and the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of candrasūrya

candrasūrya - the moon and the sun

Compound type : dvandva (candra+sūrya)

• candra – moon, luminous, shining
  noun (masculine)
  Root: cand (class 1)
• sūrya – sun, sun god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svar

Note: Subject of the comparison.

दिनक्षये (dinakṣaye) - at the end of the day, at sunset/twilight

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dinakṣaya

dinakṣaya - end of the day, twilight, sunset

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dina+kṣaya)

• dina – day
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – end, destruction, decline, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From √kṣi (to decay, perish)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)