महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-96

सप्त श्लोकसहस्राणि तथा नव शतानि च ।
श्लोकाश्च चतुराशीतिर्दृष्टो ग्रन्थो महात्मना ॥९६॥

96. sapta ślokasahasrāṇi tathā nava śatāni ca ,
ślokāśca caturāśītirdṛṣṭo grantho mahātmanā.

96. sapta ślokasahastrāṇi tathā nava śatāni ca
ślokāḥ ca caturāśītiḥ dṛṣṭaḥ granthaḥ mahātmanā

96. Thus, seven thousand, nine hundred, and eighty-four verses—this text was observed by the great soul (Vyāsa).

Words meanings summery:

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• श्लोकसहस्त्राणि (ślokasahastrāṇi) - thousands of verses

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

• नव (nava) - nine

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• च (ca) - and

• श्लोकाः (ślokāḥ) - verses

• च (ca) - and

• चतुराशीतिः (caturāśītiḥ) - eighty-four

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - observed (seen, observed, perceived)

• ग्रन्थः (granthaḥ) - the text (text, book, composition)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul (Vyāsa) (by the great soul)

Words meanings and morphology

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

श्लोकसहस्त्राणि (ślokasahastrāṇi) - thousands of verses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ślokasahastra

ślokasahastra - a thousand verses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śloka+sahastra)

• śloka – verse, stanza
  noun (masculine)
• sahastra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

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

(indeclinable)

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

श्लोकाः (ślokāḥ) - verses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śloka

śloka - verse, stanza

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चतुराशीतिः (caturāśītiḥ) - eighty-four

(numeral)

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - observed (seen, observed, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

past passive participle

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ग्रन्थः (granthaḥ) - the text (text, book, composition)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grantha

grantha - text, book, composition

Root: granth (class 1)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul (Vyāsa) (by the great soul)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, great soul

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – soul, self
  noun (masculine)