महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-167

अध्यायानां शतं प्रोक्तमध्यायाः सप्ततिस्तथा ।
अष्टौ श्लोकसहस्राणि तथा नव शतानि च ॥१६७॥

167. adhyāyānāṁ śataṁ proktamadhyāyāḥ saptatistathā ,
aṣṭau ślokasahasrāṇi tathā nava śatāni ca.

167. adhyāyānām śatam proktam adhyāyāḥ saptatiḥ
tathā aṣṭau ślokasahastrāṇi tathā nava śatāni ca

167. A hundred chapters have been mentioned, and similarly, seventy more chapters. (In total, there are) eight thousand verses and also nine hundred (verses).

Words meanings summery:

• अध्यायानाम् (adhyāyānām) - of chapters

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - have been mentioned (declared, stated)

• अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

• सप्ततिः (saptatiḥ) - seventy

• तथा (tathā) - and similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• श्लोकसहस्त्राणि (ślokasahastrāṇi) - eight thousand verses (thousands of verses)

• तथा (tathā) - and, also

• नव (nava) - nine

• शतानि (śatāni) - nine hundred (verses) (hundreds)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अध्यायानाम् (adhyāyānām) - of chapters

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, section, lesson, study

root i (to go) with adhi-prefix

Prefix: adhi

Root: i

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - have been mentioned (declared, stated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - declared, stated, spoken, mentioned, said

past participle

root vac (to speak) with pra-prefix + kta (past participle suffix)

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, section, lesson, study

root i (to go) with adhi-prefix

Prefix: adhi

Root: i

सप्ततिः (saptatiḥ) - seventy

(numeral)

तथा (tathā) - and similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

श्लोकसहस्त्राणि (ślokasahastrāṇi) - eight thousand verses (thousands of verses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ślokasahastra

ślokasahastra - a thousand verses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śloka+sahastra)

• śloka – verse, stanza, fame, praise
  noun (masculine)
• sahastra – a thousand
  numeral (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

शतानि (śatāni) - nine hundred (verses) (hundreds)

(numeral)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)