महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-172

अष्टमं पर्व निर्दिष्टमेतद्भारतचिन्तकैः ।
एकोनसप्ततिः प्रोक्ता अध्यायाः कर्णपर्वणि ।
चत्वार्येव सहस्राणि नव श्लोकशतानि च ॥१७२॥

172. aṣṭamaṁ parva nirdiṣṭametadbhāratacintakaiḥ ,
ekonasaptatiḥ proktā adhyāyāḥ karṇaparvaṇi ,
catvāryeva sahasrāṇi nava ślokaśatāni ca.

172. aṣṭamam parva nirdiṣṭam etat
bhāratacintakaiḥ ekonasaptatiḥ proktāḥ
adhyāyāḥ karṇaparvaṇi catvāri
eva sahasrāṇi nava ślokaśatāni ca

172. This eighth Parva has been designated by the thinkers of the Bhārata. In the Karṇa Parva, sixty-nine chapters are declared, containing exactly four thousand nine hundred verses.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - the eighth (eighth)

• पर्व (parva) - section/book (of Mahābhārata) (section, book, chapter)

• निर्दिष्टम् (nirdiṣṭam) - has been designated (designated, specified, declared)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the Karṇa Parva) (this)

• भारतचिन्तकैः (bhāratacintakaiḥ) - by the thinkers/scholars of the Bhārata (by those who reflect on the Bhārata (Mahābhārata))

• एकोनसप्ततिः (ekonasaptatiḥ) - sixty-nine (sixty-nine (literally: one less than seventy))

• प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - are declared (declared, stated, said)

• अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters (chapters, lessons, sections)

• कर्णपर्वणि (karṇaparvaṇi) - in the Karṇa Parva

• चत्वारि (catvāri) - four

• एव (eva) - exactly, just (emphasizing the number) (indeed, just, only, emphasis)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• नव (nava) - nine

• श्लोकशतानि (ślokaśatāni) - hundreds of verses

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - the eighth (eighth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṣṭama

aṣṭama - eighth

Note: Agrees with parva.

पर्व (parva) - section/book (of Mahābhārata) (section, book, chapter)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parvan

parvan - knot, joint, section, book, chapter

Note: Subject of nirdiṣṭam.

निर्दिष्टम् (nirdiṣṭam) - has been designated (designated, specified, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirdiṣṭa

nirdiṣṭa - designated, specified, ordered

participle

past passive participle

Prefix: nir

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Implies 'has been designated' with an unstated 'asti'.

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the Karṇa Parva) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Agrees with parva.

भारतचिन्तकैः (bhāratacintakaiḥ) - by the thinkers/scholars of the Bhārata (by those who reflect on the Bhārata (Mahābhārata))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhāratacintaka

bhāratacintaka - one who reflects on the Bhārata

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhārata+cintaka)

• bhārata – the Bhārata (Mahābhārata), relating to Bhārata
  noun (neuter)
• cintaka – thinker, ponderer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  suffix -ka from cint
  Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Agent of nirdiṣṭam.

एकोनसप्ततिः (ekonasaptatiḥ) - sixty-nine (sixty-nine (literally: one less than seventy))

(numeral)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+ūna+saptati)

• eka – one
  numeral
• ūna – less, deficient, lacking
  adjective
• saptati – seventy
  numeral (feminine)

प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - are declared (declared, stated, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prokta

prokta - declared, said, stated

participle

past passive participle

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with adhyāyāḥ.

अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters (chapters, lessons, sections)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, lesson, section

action noun

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject of proktāḥ.

कर्णपर्वणि (karṇaparvaṇi) - in the Karṇa Parva

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karṇaparvan

karṇaparvan - the book/section concerning Karṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karṇa+parvan)

• karṇa – Karṇa (name of a warrior)
  noun (masculine)
• parvan – knot, joint, section, book, chapter
  noun (neuter)

चत्वारि (catvāri) - four

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of catur

catur - four

Note: Agrees with sahasrāṇi.

एव (eva) - exactly, just (emphasizing the number) (indeed, just, only, emphasis)

(indeclinable)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Part of the numerical expression.

नव (nava) - nine

(adjective)

Nominative, plural of nava

nava - nine

Note: Agrees with ślokaśatāni.

श्लोकशतानि (ślokaśatāni) - hundreds of verses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ślokaśata

ślokaśata - hundred verses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śloka+śata)

• śloka – verse, stanza
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śru
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of the numerical expression '4000 and 900 verses'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'four thousands' and 'nine hundreds of verses'.