महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-168

तत्र च मया चक्रं दृष्टं द्वादशारम् ।
षट्चैनं कुमाराः परिवर्तयन्ति ।
तदपि किम् ॥१६८॥

168. tatra ca mayā cakraṁ dṛṣṭaṁ dvādaśāram ,
ṣaṭcainaṁ kumārāḥ parivartayanti ,
tadapi kim.

168. tatra ca mayā cakram dṛṣṭam dvādaśāram ṣaṭ
ca enam kumārāḥ parivartayanti tat api kim

168. And there, I saw a wheel with twelve spokes. Six youths were making it turn. What does that also signify?

Words meanings summery:

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• चक्रम् (cakram) - a wheel (wheel, discus, circle)

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - was seen (seen, beheld (neuter singular))

• द्वादशारम् (dvādaśāram) - with twelve spokes (having twelve spokes)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एनम् (enam) - it (the wheel) (him, it (masc acc sing))

• कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - youths (youths, boys, princes)

• परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they cause to turn / rotate (they turn, they cause to turn, they rotate)

• तत् (tat) - that

• अपि (api) - also / too (also, even, too)

• किम् (kim) - what

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

चक्रम् (cakram) - a wheel (wheel, discus, circle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle, realm

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - was seen (seen, beheld (neuter singular))

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

past participle

Past passive participle of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Part of a passive construction 'by me was seen a wheel'

द्वादशारम् (dvādaśāram) - with twelve spokes (having twelve spokes)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dvādaśāra

dvādaśāra - having twelve spokes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvādaśa+ara)

• dvādaśa – twelve
  numeral
• ara – spoke (of a wheel)
  noun (masculine)

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

Note: Acts as an adjective for kumārāḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - it (the wheel) (him, it (masc acc sing))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he, it (a pronoun, often used for emphasis or reference back to something already mentioned)

कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - youths (youths, boys, princes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, prince, son

परिवर्तयन्ति (parivartayanti) - they cause to turn / rotate (they turn, they cause to turn, they rotate)

(verb)

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

causative

Causative of root vṛt with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also / too (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why, whether