महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-234

एतदखिलमाख्यातं भारतं पर्वसंग्रहात् ।
अष्टादश समाजग्मुरक्षौहिण्यो युयुत्सया ।
तन्महद्दारुणं युद्धमहान्यष्टादशाभवत् ॥२३४॥

234. etadakhilamākhyātaṁ bhārataṁ parvasaṁgrahāt ,
aṣṭādaśa samājagmurakṣauhiṇyo yuyutsayā ,
tanmahaddāruṇaṁ yuddhamahānyaṣṭādaśābhavat.

234. etat akhilam ākhyātam bhāratam
parvasaṅgrahāt | aṣṭādaśa samājagmuḥ
akṣauhiṇyaḥ yuyutsayā | tat mahat
dāruṇam yuddham ahāni aṣṭādaśa abhavat

234. This entire Bhārata (Mahābhārata) has been narrated by way of a summary of its sections. Eighteen akṣauhiṇīs (divisions of an army) gathered with the desire to fight. That great and terrible war lasted for eighteen days.

234. כל הבְּהָארַטַה הזה סופר בקצרה לפי סיכום החלקים. שמונה עשר אַקְשַׁאוּהִינִי (צבאות עצומים) התאספו מתוך רצון להילחם, והמלחמה הגדולה והאיומה ההיא נמשכה שמונה עשר ימים.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire (entire, complete, whole)

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - narrated (narrated, told, described)

• भारतम् (bhāratam) - the Bhārata (Mahābhārata epic) (related to Bhārata, India; the Mahābhārata epic)

• पर्वसङ्ग्रहात् (parvasaṅgrahāt) - from the summary of its sections (from the summary of sections/chapters)

• अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

• समाजग्मुः (samājagmuḥ) - gathered (they gathered, they came together)

• अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - akṣauhiṇīs (divisions of an army) (akṣauhiṇīs (a large division of an army))

• युयुत्सया (yuyutsayā) - with the desire to fight

• तत् (tat) - that

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)

• दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, fearful)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - war (war, battle, fight)

• अहानि (ahāni) - days

• अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

• अभवत् (abhavat) - lasted (it was, it happened, it became)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire (entire, complete, whole)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akhila

akhila - entire, complete, whole, all

From a (not) + khila (deficient)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• khila – deficient, lacking, supplementary
  adjective (neuter)

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - narrated (narrated, told, described)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - narrated, told, described, mentioned

past passive participle

Derived from root khyā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

भारतम् (bhāratam) - the Bhārata (Mahābhārata epic) (related to Bhārata, India; the Mahābhārata epic)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to India, the Mahābhārata

Derived from Bharata

पर्वसङ्ग्रहात् (parvasaṅgrahāt) - from the summary of its sections (from the summary of sections/chapters)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parvasaṅgraha

parvasaṅgraha - collection of sections, summary of chapters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvan+saṅgraha)

• parvan – section, chapter, division
  noun (neuter)
• saṅgraha – collection, compilation, summary
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root grah with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: grah (class 9)

अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

(numeral)

समाजग्मुः (samājagmuḥ) - gathered (they gathered, they came together)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of samājagmu

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - akṣauhiṇīs (divisions of an army) (akṣauhiṇīs (a large division of an army))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of akṣauhiṇī

akṣauhiṇī - a division of an army, consisting of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 horses, and 109,350 foot soldiers

युयुत्सया (yuyutsayā) - with the desire to fight

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yuyutsā

yuyutsā - desire to fight, belligerence

desiderative noun

Derived from the desiderative stem of root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, fearful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - terrible, dreadful, fearful, harsh

युद्धम् (yuddham) - war (war, battle, fight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

past passive participle (used as noun)

Derived from root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

अहानि (ahāni) - days

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ahan

ahan - day

अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

(numeral)

अभवत् (abhavat) - lasted (it was, it happened, it became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhavat

Root: bhū (class 1)

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