महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-102, verse-21

प्रनष्टं शंतनोर्वंशं समीक्ष्य पुनरुद्धृतम् ।
ततो निर्वचनं लोके सर्वराष्ट्रेष्ववर्तत ॥२१॥

21. pranaṣṭaṁ śaṁtanorvaṁśaṁ samīkṣya punaruddhṛtam ,
tato nirvacanaṁ loke sarvarāṣṭreṣvavartata.

21. pranaṣṭam śaṃtanoḥ vaṃśam samīkṣya punaḥ uddhṛtam
tataḥ nirvacanam loke sarvarāṣṭreṣu avartata

21. Having seen Śaṃtanu's lineage, which had been destroyed, restored again, a proverb then spread among people throughout all kingdoms.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रनष्टम् (pranaṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, ruined

• शंतनोः (śaṁtanoḥ) - of Śaṃtanu

• वंशम् (vaṁśam) - lineage, family, race

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed, considering

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - restored, raised, rescued

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, therefore

• निर्वचनम् (nirvacanam) - a proverb, a saying, a pronouncement

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• सर्वराष्ट्रेषु (sarvarāṣṭreṣu) - in all kingdoms/nations

• अवर्तत (avartata) - existed, occurred, prevailed

Words meanings and morphology

प्रनष्टम् (pranaṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, ruined

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pranaṣṭa

pranaṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix pra + root naś (to perish) + kta suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

शंतनोः (śaṁtanoḥ) - of Śaṃtanu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaṃtanu

śaṁtanu - Śaṃtanu (name of a Kuru king, father of Bhīṣma)

वंशम् (vaṁśam) - lineage, family, race

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - lineage, family, race, bamboo

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed, considering

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from prefix sam + root īkṣ (to see) + lyp suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - restored, raised, rescued

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uddhṛta

uddhṛta - restored, raised, rescued, lifted up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefixes ut + hṛ (to carry) + kta suffix; internal sandhi ut+hṛ becomes uddhṛ

Prefix: ut

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, therefore

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas on pronoun tad

निर्वचनम् (nirvacanam) - a proverb, a saying, a pronouncement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvacana

nirvacana - proverb, saying, pronouncement, explanation

Compound of nir + vacana (speaking)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nis+vacana)

• nis – out, without, away
  indeclinable
• vacana – speaking, saying, word
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vac (to speak) + ana suffix
  Root: vac (class 2)

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

सर्वराष्ट्रेषु (sarvarāṣṭreṣu) - in all kingdoms/nations

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvarāṣṭra

sarvarāṣṭra - all kingdoms, all nations

Compound of sarva (all) + rāṣṭra (kingdom)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+rāṣṭra)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, nation, country
  noun (neuter)

अवर्तत (avartata) - existed, occurred, prevailed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)