महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-150

त्रीण्यर्पितान्यत्र शतानि मध्ये षष्टिश्च नित्यं चरति ध्रुवेऽस्मिन् ।
चक्रे चतुर्विंशतिपर्वयोगे षड्यत्कुमाराः परिवर्तयन्ति ॥१५०॥

150. trīṇyarpitānyatra śatāni madhye; ṣaṣṭiśca nityaṁ carati dhruve'smin ,
cakre caturviṁśatiparvayoge; ṣaḍyatkumārāḥ parivartayanti.

150. trīṇi arpitāni atra śatāni madhye
ṣaṣṭiḥ ca nityam carati dhruve
asmin cakre caturviṃśatiparvayoge
ṣaṭ yat kumārāḥ parivartayanti

150. Here, three hundred (units) are placed in the middle, and sixty constantly moves in this stable wheel. This wheel, endowed with twenty-four divisions, is revolved by six youths.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• अर्पितानि (arpitāni) - placed (referring to the hundreds) (placed, offered, entrusted)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, in between

• षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

• च (ca) - and

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• चरति (carati) - moves (referring to the sixty units) (moves, goes, acts)

• ध्रुवे (dhruve) - in this stable (wheel) (in the steady, in the firm)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• चक्रे (cakre) - in the wheel, in the circle

• चतुर्विंशतिपर्वयोगे (caturviṁśatiparvayoge) - in the wheel having twenty-four divisions (in the conjunction of twenty-four divisions/joints)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• यत् (yat) - (the wheel) which (which, that)

• कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - youths (possibly referring to the seasons) (youths, boys, sons)

• परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they cause to revolve (they cause to revolve, they turn)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(numeral)

अर्पितानि (arpitāni) - placed (referring to the hundreds) (placed, offered, entrusted)

(adjective)

neuter, plural of arpita

arpita - placed, offered, delivered, entrusted

past passive participle

from causative of root √ṛ (to go)

Root: ṛ (class 3)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, in between

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

चरति (carati) - moves (referring to the sixty units) (moves, goes, acts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

ध्रुवे (dhruve) - in this stable (wheel) (in the steady, in the firm)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, stable, constant

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

चक्रे (cakre) - in the wheel, in the circle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle

चतुर्विंशतिपर्वयोगे (caturviṁśatiparvayoge) - in the wheel having twenty-four divisions (in the conjunction of twenty-four divisions/joints)

(noun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of caturviṃśatiparvayoga

caturviṁśatiparvayoga - conjunction of twenty-four divisions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caturviṃśati+parva+yoga)

• caturviṃśati – twenty-four
  numeral (feminine)
• parva – knot, joint, division, section, season
  noun (neuter)
• yoga – junction, conjunction, union, connection, application
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

यत् (yat) - (the wheel) which (which, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Note: Refers to 'cakre'.

कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - youths (possibly referring to the seasons) (youths, boys, sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kumāra

kumāra - youth, boy, son, prince, bachelor

परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they cause to revolve (they cause to revolve, they turn)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vart

causative

causative from root √vṛt

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)