महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-211

त्रीणि श्लोकसहस्राणि तावन्त्येव शतानि च ।
विंशतिश्च तथा श्लोकाः संख्यातास्तत्त्वदर्शिना ॥२११॥

211. trīṇi ślokasahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca ,
viṁśatiśca tathā ślokāḥ saṁkhyātāstattvadarśinā.

211. trīṇi ślokasahasrāṇi tāvanti eva śatāni ca
viṃśatiḥ ca tathā ślokāḥ saṃkhyātāḥ tattvadarśinā

211. Three thousand verses, and indeed as many hundreds (three hundred), and also twenty verses have been counted by the seer of reality.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three (referring to thousands) (three)

• श्लोकसहस्राणि (ślokasahasrāṇi) - three thousands of verses (thousands of verses)

• तावन्ति (tāvanti) - as many (referring to the number of thousands, which is three) (as many, so many)

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

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds (i.e., three hundred) (hundreds)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विंशतिः (viṁśatiḥ) - twenty

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तथा (tathā) - also (thus, so, likewise, also)

• श्लोकाः (ślokāḥ) - verses

• संख्याताः (saṁkhyātāḥ) - counted (counted, enumerated, reckoned)

• तत्त्वदर्शिना (tattvadarśinā) - by the seer of reality (Vyāsa, the narrator/compiler) (by the seer of truth, by the philosopher)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three (referring to thousands) (three)

(numeral)

श्लोकसहस्राणि (ślokasahasrāṇi) - three thousands of verses (thousands of verses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ślokasahasra

ślokasahasra - a thousand verses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śloka+sahasra)

• śloka – verse, stanza, fame, praise
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śru (class 5)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

तावन्ति (tāvanti) - as many (referring to the number of thousands, which is three) (as many, so many)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tāvat

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

from tad + vat

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

(indeclinable)

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds (i.e., three hundred) (hundreds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विंशतिः (viṁśatiḥ) - twenty

(numeral)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - also (thus, so, likewise, also)

(indeclinable)

श्लोकाः (ślokāḥ) - verses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza, fame, praise

Root: śru (class 5)

संख्याताः (saṁkhyātāḥ) - counted (counted, enumerated, reckoned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃkhyāta

saṁkhyāta - counted, enumerated, calculated, reckoned

past passive participle

from root khyā (to tell, enumerate) with prefix sam + kta

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

तत्त्वदर्शिना (tattvadarśinā) - by the seer of reality (Vyāsa, the narrator/compiler) (by the seer of truth, by the philosopher)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tattvadarśin

tattvadarśin - one who sees the truth, a philosopher, a sage

agent noun

from tattva + dṛś + ṇini

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+darśin)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle
  noun (neuter)
• darśin – seeing, showing, one who sees
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root dṛś + ṇini
  Root: dṛś (class 1)