महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-205

एतत्त्रयोदशं पर्व धर्मनिश्चयकारकम् ।
अध्यायानां शतं चात्र षट्चत्वारिंशदेव च ।
श्लोकानां तु सहस्राणि षट्सप्तैव शतानि च ॥२०५॥

205. etattrayodaśaṁ parva dharmaniścayakārakam ,
adhyāyānāṁ śataṁ cātra ṣaṭcatvāriṁśadeva ca ,
ślokānāṁ tu sahasrāṇi ṣaṭsaptaiva śatāni ca.

205. etat trayodaśam parva dharma-niścaya-kārakam
adhyāyānām śatam ca atra
ṣaṭ-catvāriṁśat eva ca ślokānām
tu sahasrāṇi ṣaṭ-sapta eva śatāni ca

205. This is the thirteenth book, which establishes moral principles. It contains one hundred and forty-six chapters, and indeed, six thousand seven hundred verses.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (book) (this, that)

• त्रयोदशम् (trayodaśam) - thirteenth

• पर्व (parva) - book (of the Mahabharata) (knot, joint, section, book (of an epic))

• धर्म-निश्चय-कारकम् (dharma-niścaya-kārakam) - which establishes moral principles (causing certainty/determination in dharma)

• अध्यायानाम् (adhyāyānām) - of chapters

• शतम् (śatam) - one hundred (hundred)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• षट्-चत्वारिंशत् (ṣaṭ-catvāriṁśat) - forty-six

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• षट्-सप्त (ṣaṭ-sapta) - six (used to form 6700) (six and seven (used to form 6700))

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

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (book) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to 'parva'.

त्रयोदशम् (trayodaśam) - thirteenth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trayodaśa

trayodaśa - thirteenth

Ordinal numeral from trayo (three) and daśa (ten).

Note: Modifies parva.

पर्व (parva) - book (of the Mahabharata) (knot, joint, section, book (of an epic))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parva

parva - knot, joint, section, book

Root: pṛ

Note: Subject of the sentence.

धर्म-निश्चय-कारकम् (dharma-niścaya-kārakam) - which establishes moral principles (causing certainty/determination in dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharma-niścaya-kāraka

dharma-niścaya-kāraka - causing certainty in dharma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+niścaya+kāraka)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• niścaya – certainty, determination, firm resolution
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root ci
  Prefix: niś
  Root: ci (class 5)
• kāraka – causing, making, agent
  adjective
  agent noun
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies parva.

अध्यायानाम् (adhyāyānām) - of chapters

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, lesson, section

From adhi-i (to go over, study).

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

शतम् (śatam) - one hundred (hundred)

(noun)

neuter, singular of śata

śata - hundred

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

षट्-चत्वारिंशत् (ṣaṭ-catvāriṁśat) - forty-six

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (ṣaṣ+catvāriṁśat)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• catvāriṁśat – forty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Implies 'are here'.

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

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza, fame

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

षट्-सप्त (ṣaṭ-sapta) - six (used to form 6700) (six and seven (used to form 6700))

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (ṣaṣ+sapta)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• sapta – seven
  numeral

Note: Refers to the count of thousands and hundreds.

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

(indeclinable)

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)