महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-152

अध्यायाः संख्यया त्वत्र षडशीतिशतं स्मृतम् ।
श्लोकानां षट्सहस्राणि तावन्त्येव शतानि च ॥१५२॥

152. adhyāyāḥ saṁkhyayā tvatra ṣaḍaśītiśataṁ smṛtam ,
ślokānāṁ ṣaṭsahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca.

152. adhyāyāḥ sankhyayā tu atra ṣaḍaśītiśatam smṛtam
ślokānām ṣaṭsahasrāṇi tāvanti eva śatāni ca

152. Indeed, here, the chapters are stated to be one hundred and eighty-six in number. And there are six thousand verses, and just as many hundreds (six hundred) of verses.

Words meanings summery:

• अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters (of the book) (chapters, lessons, sections)

• सन्ख्यया (sankhyayā) - in number (by number, in number)

• तु (tu) - indeed, however (but, indeed, however)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this book/parva) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• षडशीतिशतम् (ṣaḍaśītiśatam) - one hundred and eighty-six

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered/stated (to be) (remembered, considered, stated)

• श्लोकानाम् (ślokānām) - of verses (of verses, of stanzas)

• षट्सहस्राणि (ṣaṭsahasrāṇi) - six thousand

• तावन्ति (tāvanti) - just as many (hundreds) (so many, as many)

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

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds (of verses) (hundreds)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters (of the book) (chapters, lessons, sections)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - reading, lesson, chapter, section (of a book)

action noun

From root `i` (to go, to study) with prefixes `adhi` and `ā`.

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: i (class 2)

सन्ख्यया (sankhyayā) - in number (by number, in number)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sankhyā

sankhyā - number, enumeration, calculation, count

action noun

from root `khyā` (to tell, enumerate) with prefix `sam`.

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

तु (tu) - indeed, however (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle.

अत्र (atra) - here (in this book/parva) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

derived from pronominal root `id` + suffix `-tra` (locative sense)

षडशीतिशतम् (ṣaḍaśītiśatam) - one hundred and eighty-six

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (ṣaṭ+aśīti+śata)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• aśīti – eighty
  numeral (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (noun) (neuter)

Note: Used as a singular noun here, referring to the count.

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered/stated (to be) (remembered, considered, stated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, stated, traditionally known

past passive participle

From root `smṛ` (to remember).

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `ṣaḍaśītiśatam` (as a neuter noun phrase).

श्लोकानाम् (ślokānām) - of verses (of verses, of stanzas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza, fame, sound

from root `śru` (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

षट्सहस्राणि (ṣaṭsahasrāṇi) - six thousand

(numeral)

Compound type : dvigu (ṣaṭ+sahasra)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the number of verses.

तावन्ति (tāvanti) - just as many (hundreds) (so many, as many)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tāvat

tāvat - so much, so many, as much as, as many as

derived from pronominal root `tad`.

Note: Refers to the number of hundreds, implying six hundreds to match the six thousands.

एव (eva) - just (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds (of verses) (hundreds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

Note: Used as a noun here.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)