महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-11

कूर्मेण तु तथेत्युक्त्वा पृष्ठमस्य समर्पितम् ।
तस्य शैलस्य चाग्रं वै यन्त्रेणेन्द्रोऽभ्यपीडयत् ॥११॥

11. kūrmeṇa tu tathetyuktvā pṛṣṭhamasya samarpitam ,
tasya śailasya cāgraṁ vai yantreṇendro'bhyapīḍayat.

11. kūrmeṇa tu tathā iti uktvā pṛṣṭham asya samarpitam
tasya śailasya ca agram vai yantreṇa indraḥ abhyapīḍayat

11. But the tortoise, having said "So be it," offered his back for it. And Indra, with a device, indeed pressed down upon the top of that mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• कूर्मेण (kūrmeṇa) - by the tortoise

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

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

• इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech) (thus, in this manner, 'end quote')

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

• पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - back (of the tortoise) (back, surface, rear)

• अस्य (asya) - for it (i.e. for the mountain to rest on) (of this, of him)

• समर्पितम् (samarpitam) - offered (offered, presented, given)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (of that, his)

• शैलस्य (śailasya) - of the mountain

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अग्रम् (agram) - top (top, peak, front, tip)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, surely)

• यन्त्रेण (yantreṇa) - with a device (by means of a device, machine, instrument)

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (Indra (king of the gods))

• अभ्यपीडयत् (abhyapīḍayat) - pressed down upon (pressed down upon, oppressed, crushed)

Words meanings and morphology

कूर्मेण (kūrmeṇa) - by the tortoise

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kūrma

kūrma - tortoise, turtle

Note: agent of the action uktvā and samarpitam (implied)

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech) (thus, in this manner, 'end quote')

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Often translated as 'having spoken/said'

पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - back (of the tortoise) (back, surface, rear)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, rear, surface, summit

अस्य (asya) - for it (i.e. for the mountain to rest on) (of this, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the mountain (giri)

समर्पितम् (samarpitam) - offered (offered, presented, given)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samarpita

samarpita - offered, presented, entrusted

past passive participle

from sam-ā-ṛ (to offer)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: agrees with pṛṣṭham

तस्य (tasya) - of that (of that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the mountain

शैलस्य (śailasya) - of the mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, peak

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अग्रम् (agram) - top (top, peak, front, tip)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of agra

agra - front, tip, top, summit, highest point

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, surely)

(indeclinable)

यन्त्रेण (yantreṇa) - with a device (by means of a device, machine, instrument)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yantra

yantra - instrument, machine, device, contrivance

Root: yam (class 1)

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (Indra (king of the gods))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (king of gods), chief

अभ्यपीडयत् (abhyapīḍayat) - pressed down upon (pressed down upon, oppressed, crushed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pīḍ

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: pīḍ (class 10)