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.

205. זהו הספר השלושה עשר, המכריע בענייני חוק היושר. יש בו מאה וארבעים ושישה פרקים, ושישה אלפים ושבע מאות בתים.

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)

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