महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-70

एतत्पर्वशतं पूर्णं व्यासेनोक्तं महात्मना ।
यथावत्सूतपुत्रेण लोमहर्षणिना पुनः ॥७०॥

70. etatparvaśataṁ pūrṇaṁ vyāsenoktaṁ mahātmanā ,
yathāvatsūtaputreṇa lomaharṣaṇinā punaḥ.

70. etat parvaśatam pūrṇam vyāsena uktam mahātmanā
| yathāvat sūtaputreṇa lomaharṣaṇinā punaḥ

70. This complete collection of a hundred parvas was narrated by the great-souled Vyāsa, and then, appropriately, by Sūta's son, Loma-harṣaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one)

• पर्वशतम् (parvaśatam) - the complete hundred chapters (of the Mahābhārata) (a hundred chapters)

• पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - complete, full (complete, full, entire)

• व्यासेन (vyāsena) - by Vyāsa (by Vyāsa (name of a sage))

• उक्तम् (uktam) - narrated, spoken (said, spoken, described)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (Vyāsa) (by the great-souled, by the noble)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - appropriately, in due course (as it should be, appropriately, accurately)

• सूतपुत्रेण (sūtaputreṇa) - by Sūta's son (Loma-harṣaṇa) (by the son of a Sūta (charioteer/bard))

• लोमहर्षणिना (lomaharṣaṇinā) - by Loma-harṣaṇa (by Loma-harṣaṇa (a sage's name))

• पुनः (punaḥ) - and then, subsequently (again, moreover, then)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

पर्वशतम् (parvaśatam) - the complete hundred chapters (of the Mahābhārata) (a hundred chapters)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parvaśata

parvaśata - a hundred chapters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvan+śata)

• parvan – chapter, section, joint
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral adjective (neuter)

पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - complete, full (complete, full, entire)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, entire, filled

past passive participle

from √pṛ (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 3)

व्यासेन (vyāsena) - by Vyāsa (by Vyāsa (name of a sage))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (name of a revered sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahābhārata)

उक्तम् (uktam) - narrated, spoken (said, spoken, described)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, narrated, told

past passive participle

from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled (Vyāsa) (by the great-souled, by the noble)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, a great being

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – soul, self, spirit
  noun (masculine)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - appropriately, in due course (as it should be, appropriately, accurately)

(indeclinable)

सूतपुत्रेण (sūtaputreṇa) - by Sūta's son (Loma-harṣaṇa) (by the son of a Sūta (charioteer/bard))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a Sūta, son of a charioteer or bard

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, one born of a Kṣatriya father and Brāhmaṇa mother
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

लोमहर्षणिना (lomaharṣaṇinā) - by Loma-harṣaṇa (by Loma-harṣaṇa (a sage's name))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of lomaharṣaṇin

lomaharṣaṇin - Loma-harṣaṇa (name of a sage, Sūta's son, disciple of Vyāsa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loman+harṣaṇa)

• loman – hair, down, wool
  noun (neuter)
• harṣaṇa – causing thrill, exciting, gladdening
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from √hṛṣ
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - and then, subsequently (again, moreover, then)

(indeclinable)