महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-3

एकादश सहस्राणि योजनानां समुच्छ्रितम् ।
अधो भूमेः सहस्रेषु तावत्स्वेव प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥३॥

3. ekādaśa sahasrāṇi yojanānāṁ samucchritam ,
adho bhūmeḥ sahasreṣu tāvatsveva pratiṣṭhitam.

3. ekādaśa sahasrāṇi yojanānām samucchritam adhaḥ
bhūmeḥ sahasreṣu tāvatsu eva pratiṣṭhitam

3. It was elevated eleven thousand yojanas (above ground), and it was similarly established below the earth for that same number of thousands (of yojanas).

Words meanings summery:

• एकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands (of units) (thousands)

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of distance in yojanas (of yojanas (a measure of distance))

• समुच्छ्रितम् (samucchritam) - standing high, elevated (raised, elevated, high)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - below, beneath (the surface of) (below, underneath)

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the ground/earth (of the earth)

• सहस्रेषु (sahasreṣu) - in thousands (of yojanas) (in thousands)

• तावत्सु (tāvatsu) - in that same number of (thousands) (in so many, in as many)

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

• प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - firmly established, rooted (established, founded, situated)

Words meanings and morphology

एकादश (ekādaśa) - eleven

(numeral)

Note: It qualifies `sahasrāṇi`.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands (of units) (thousands)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Acts as the subject of 'elevated'.

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of distance in yojanas (of yojanas (a measure of distance))

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - yojana (a measure of distance, approx. 8-15 km), yoking

from root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates the unit of measurement for the height.

समुच्छ्रितम् (samucchritam) - standing high, elevated (raised, elevated, high)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samucchrita

samucchrita - elevated, high, raised

past participle

from root śri with sam-ud

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `mandaram` (implied from previous verses).

अधः (adhaḥ) - below, beneath (the surface of) (below, underneath)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs `bhūmeḥ`.

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the ground/earth (of the earth)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used with `adhaḥ`.

सहस्रेषु (sahasreṣu) - in thousands (of yojanas) (in thousands)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Implies "thousands of yojanas".

तावत्सु (tāvatsu) - in that same number of (thousands) (in so many, in as many)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of tāvat

tāvat - so much, so many, as much as

from 'tad' + 'vat' suffix

Note: Agrees with `sahasreṣu`.

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

(indeclinable)

प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - firmly established, rooted (established, founded, situated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, founded, standing

past participle

from root sthā with prati

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `mandaram` (implied).