महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-231

अत्राध्यायास्त्रयः प्रोक्ताः श्लोकानां च शतं तथा ।
विंशतिश्च तथा श्लोकाः संख्यातास्तत्त्वदर्शिना ॥२३१॥

231. atrādhyāyāstrayaḥ proktāḥ ślokānāṁ ca śataṁ tathā ,
viṁśatiśca tathā ślokāḥ saṁkhyātāstattvadarśinā.

231. atra adhyāyāḥ trayaḥ proktāḥ ślokānām ca śatam tathā
viṁśatiḥ ca tathā ślokāḥ saṁkhyātāḥ tattvadarśinā

231. Here, three chapters are stated, and similarly, one hundred and twenty verses are counted by those who discern the truth.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - in this (current) Parva (here, in this place, in this context)

• अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

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

• श्लोकानाम् (ślokānām) - of verses

• च (ca) - and, also

• शतम् (śatam) - one hundred

• तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, similarly, also)

• विंशतिः (viṁśatiḥ) - twenty

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, similarly, also)

• श्लोकाः (ślokāḥ) - verses

• संख्याताः (saṁkhyātāḥ) - are counted, enumerated

• तत्त्वदर्शिना (tattvadarśinā) - by the wise compilers or discerning sages (by one who sees the truth, by the seer of reality)

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - in this (current) Parva (here, in this place, in this context)

(indeclinable)

अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, lesson, section

action noun

From root i with prefix adhi

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(numeral)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prokta

prokta - declared, said, stated, proclaimed

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root vac (which often becomes ukta) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

श्लोकानाम् (ślokānām) - of verses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza, fame, sound

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शतम् (śatam) - one hundred

(numeral)

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, similarly, also)

(indeclinable)

विंशतिः (viṁśatiḥ) - twenty

(numeral)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, similarly, also)

(indeclinable)

श्लोकाः (ślokāḥ) - verses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza, fame, sound

संख्याताः (saṁkhyātāḥ) - are counted, enumerated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṁkhyāta

saṁkhyāta - counted, enumerated, calculated, measured

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root khyā with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

तत्त्वदर्शिना (tattvadarśinā) - by the wise compilers or discerning sages (by one who sees the truth, by the seer of reality)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tattvadarśin

tattvadarśin - seer of truth, one who discerns reality

agent noun (compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+darśin)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)
• darśin – seer, beholder, perceiver, showing
  adjective/agent_noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root dṛś with suffix -in
  Root: dṛś (class 1)