महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-229

इत्येतन्मौसलं पर्व षोडशं परिकीर्तितम् ।
अध्यायाष्टौ समाख्याताः श्लोकानां च शतत्रयम् ॥२२९॥

229. ityetanmausalaṁ parva ṣoḍaśaṁ parikīrtitam ,
adhyāyāṣṭau samākhyātāḥ ślokānāṁ ca śatatrayam.

229. iti etat mausalam parva ṣoḍaśam parikīrtitam
adhyāyāṣṭau samākhyātāḥ ślokānām ca śatatrayam

229. Thus, this Mausala Parva, the sixteenth, is recounted. Eight chapters and three hundred verses are described in it.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - introduces a summary or conclusion (thus, in this manner, so)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the Mausala Parva) (this, this one)

• मौसलम् (mausalam) - the Mausala (Parva) (relating to maces, Mausala (name of a book))

• पर्व (parva) - book (of an epic) (book, chapter, section, knot)

• षोडशम् (ṣoḍaśam) - the sixteenth (book) (sixteenth)

• परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - is described or narrated (described, recounted, known as)

• अध्यायाष्टौ (adhyāyāṣṭau) - eight chapters

• समाख्याताः (samākhyātāḥ) - are enumerated or stated (are declared, are described, are recounted)

• श्लोकानाम् (ślokānām) - of verses

• च (ca) - and, also

• शतत्रयम् (śatatrayam) - three hundred (verses) (three hundreds (300))

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - introduces a summary or conclusion (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the Mausala Parva) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

मौसलम् (mausalam) - the Mausala (Parva) (relating to maces, Mausala (name of a book))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mausala

mausala - relating to a mace or pestle; name of a Parva (book) of the Mahabharata

Derived from musala (mace) with suffix -a

पर्व (parva) - book (of an epic) (book, chapter, section, knot)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parvan

parvan - knot, joint, section, chapter, book (of an epic)

षोडशम् (ṣoḍaśam) - the sixteenth (book) (sixteenth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ṣoḍaśa

ṣoḍaśa - sixteenth

परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - is described or narrated (described, recounted, known as)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parikīrtita

parikīrtita - described, recounted, celebrated, known as

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root kīrt with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: kīrt (class 10)

अध्यायाष्टौ (adhyāyāṣṭau) - eight chapters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyāyāṣṭa

adhyāyāṣṭa - eight chapters

Compound type : dvigu (adhyāya+aṣṭan)

• adhyāya – chapter, lesson, section
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From root i with prefix adhi
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: i (class 2)
• aṣṭan – eight
  numeral

समाख्याताः (samākhyātāḥ) - are enumerated or stated (are declared, are described, are recounted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samākhyāta

samākhyāta - declared, described, stated, narrated

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root khyā with prefixes sam- and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

श्लोकानाम् (ślokānām) - of verses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza, fame, sound

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शतत्रयम् (śatatrayam) - three hundred (verses) (three hundreds (300))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śatatraya

śatatraya - three hundreds, 300

Compound type : dvigu (śata+traya)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• traya – three, triad
  numeral (neuter)