महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-128

एतदारण्यकं पर्व तृतीयं परिकीर्तितम् ।
अत्राध्यायशते द्वे तु संख्याते परमर्षिणा ।
एकोनसप्ततिश्चैव तथाध्यायाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥१२८॥

128. etadāraṇyakaṁ parva tṛtīyaṁ parikīrtitam ,
atrādhyāyaśate dve tu saṁkhyāte paramarṣiṇā ,
ekonasaptatiścaiva tathādhyāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ.

128. etad āraṇyakam parva tṛtīyam
parikīrtitam atra adhyāyaśate dve tu
saṃkhyāte paramarṣiṇā ekonasaptatiḥ
ca eva tathā adhyāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

128. This is proclaimed as the third section, the Āraṇyaka. In it, two hundred chapters, as well as sixty-nine chapters, are enumerated by the great sage.

Words meanings summery:

• एतद् (etad) - this

• आरण्यकम् (āraṇyakam) - the Āraṇyaka (parva) (forest-dwelling, relating to the forest)

• पर्व (parva) - section (of an epic) (section, chapter, joint)

• तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - third

• परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - proclaimed, declared, celebrated

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this (place or matter)

• अध्यायशते (adhyāyaśate) - two hundreds of chapters

• द्वे (dve) - two

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• संख्याते (saṁkhyāte) - enumerated, counted

• परमर्षिणा (paramarṣiṇā) - by the great sage

• एकोनसप्ततिः (ekonasaptatiḥ) - sixty-nine

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so

• अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

• प्रकीर्तिताः (prakīrtitāḥ) - proclaimed, declared

Words meanings and morphology

एतद् (etad) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

आरण्यकम् (āraṇyakam) - the Āraṇyaka (parva) (forest-dwelling, relating to the forest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āraṇyaka

āraṇyaka - relating to a forest, forest-dwelling, wild

derived from araṇya (forest)

Note: Used here substantively as the name of a parva (section).

पर्व (parva) - section (of an epic) (section, chapter, joint)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parva

parva - knot, joint, section, chapter, festival

तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - third

(numeral)

परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - proclaimed, declared, celebrated

(nominal form)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parikīrtita

parikīrtita - proclaimed, celebrated, mentioned

past passive participle

Derived from root kīrt with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: kīrt (class 10)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this (place or matter)

(indeclinable)

अध्यायशते (adhyāyaśate) - two hundreds of chapters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of adhyāyaśata

adhyāyaśata - hundred chapters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhyāya+śata)

• adhyāya – chapter, section, lesson
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

संख्याते (saṁkhyāte) - enumerated, counted

(nominal form)

Nominative, neuter, dual of saṃkhyāta

saṁkhyāta - counted, enumerated, calculated

past passive participle

Derived from root khyā with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

परमर्षिणा (paramarṣiṇā) - by the great sage

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paramarṣi

paramarṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ṛṣi)

• parama – highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

एकोनसप्ततिः (ekonasaptatiḥ) - sixty-nine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ekonasaptati

ekonasaptati - sixty-nine (one less than seventy)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+ūna+saptati)

• eka – one
  numeral (masculine)
• ūna – less, deficient, wanting
  adjective (masculine)
• saptati – seventy
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so

(indeclinable)

अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, section, lesson

प्रकीर्तिताः (prakīrtitāḥ) - proclaimed, declared

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prakīrtita

prakīrtita - proclaimed, celebrated, mentioned

past passive participle

Derived from root kīrt with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: kīrt (class 10)