महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-71

कथितं नैमिषारण्ये पर्वाण्यष्टादशैव तु ।
समासो भारतस्यायं तत्रोक्तः पर्वसंग्रहः ॥७१॥

71. kathitaṁ naimiṣāraṇye parvāṇyaṣṭādaśaiva tu ,
samāso bhāratasyāyaṁ tatroktaḥ parvasaṁgrahaḥ.

71. kathitam naimiṣāraṇye parvāṇi aṣṭādaśa eva tu |
samāsaḥ bhāratasya ayam tatra uktaḥ parvasaṃgrahaḥ

71. The eighteen parvas were indeed narrated in Naimiṣāraṇya. This summary of the Mahābhārata, a collection of chapters, was recounted there.

Words meanings summery:

• कथितम् (kathitam) - was narrated (narrated, told, spoken)

• नैमिषारण्ये (naimiṣāraṇye) - in Naimiṣāraṇya (in Naimiṣāraṇya (a mythical forest))

• पर्वाणि (parvāṇi) - chapters (chapters, sections)

• अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, moreover)

• समासः (samāsaḥ) - summary, compendium (summary, compound, collection)

• भारतस्य (bhāratasya) - of the Mahābhārata (of the Bhārata (Mahābhārata), of India)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (summary) (this, this one)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in Naimiṣāraṇya) (there, in that place)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - recounted, described (said, spoken, described)

• पर्वसंग्रहः (parvasaṁgrahaḥ) - the collection of parvas (chapters) (collection of chapters)

Words meanings and morphology

कथितम् (kathitam) - was narrated (narrated, told, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - narrated, told, said, spoken

past passive participle

from √kath (10th class verb)

Root: kath (class 10)

नैमिषारण्ये (naimiṣāraṇye) - in Naimiṣāraṇya (in Naimiṣāraṇya (a mythical forest))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of naimiṣāraṇya

naimiṣāraṇya - Naimiṣāraṇya (name of a sacred forest)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (naimiṣa+araṇya)

• naimiṣa – related to Nimiṣa, name of a place
  adjective
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

पर्वाणि (parvāṇi) - chapters (chapters, sections)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of parvan

parvan - knot, joint, section, chapter, festival

अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

(numeral adjective)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, moreover)

(indeclinable)

समासः (samāsaḥ) - summary, compendium (summary, compound, collection)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāsa

samāsa - summary, compilation, compound, collection

भारतस्य (bhāratasya) - of the Mahābhārata (of the Bhārata (Mahābhārata), of India)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhārata

bhārata - relating to the Bharatas, Indian, name of the great epic Mahābhārata

अयम् (ayam) - this (summary) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तत्र (tatra) - there (in Naimiṣāraṇya) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - recounted, described (said, spoken, described)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, narrated, told

past passive participle

from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पर्वसंग्रहः (parvasaṁgrahaḥ) - the collection of parvas (chapters) (collection of chapters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvasaṃgraha

parvasaṁgraha - collection of chapters, compendium of sections

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvan+saṃgraha)

• parvan – chapter, section, joint
  noun (neuter)
• saṃgraha – collection, compilation, summary
  noun (masculine)