महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-52, verse-2

सूत उवाच ।
सहस्राणि बहून्यस्मिन्प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।
न शक्यं परिसंख्यातुं बहुत्वाद्वेदवित्तम ॥२॥

2. sūta uvāca ,
sahasrāṇi bahūnyasminprayutānyarbudāni ca ,
na śakyaṁ parisaṁkhyātuṁ bahutvādvedavittama.

2. sūtaḥ uvāca | sahasrāṇi bahūni asmin prayutāni arbudāni
ca | na śakyam parisaṃkhyātum bahutvāt vedavittama

2. Sūta said: "O most excellent knower of the Vedas, there were many thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of millions [of snakes present] in this [sacrifice]; it is not possible to enumerate them due to their immense number."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (proper name) (charioteer, bard, Sūta (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many (many, numerous)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (sacrifice) (in this, in this one)

• प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - tens of thousands or millions (large numbers) (ten thousands, millions)

• अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - millions or tens of millions (very large numbers) (millions, ten millions, hundred millions)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (to do) (possible, able)

• परिसंख्यातुम् (parisaṁkhyātum) - to enumerate (to count, to enumerate completely)

• बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to their immense number (because of the multitude, due to numerousness)

• वेदवित्तम (vedavittama) - O most excellent knower of the Vedas (addressing Śaunaka) (O best knower of the Vedas, O most excellent among the Vedic scholars)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (proper name) (charioteer, bard, Sūta (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - a charioteer, a bard, a class of mixed caste, Sūta (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

बहूनि (bahūni) - many (many, numerous)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, much, abundant

Note: Agrees with 'sahasrāṇi', 'prayutāni', 'arbudāni'.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (sacrifice) (in this, in this one)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Implied 'satre' (sacrifice).

प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - tens of thousands or millions (large numbers) (ten thousands, millions)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of prayuta

prayuta - ten thousand, a million, a myriad

अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - millions or tens of millions (very large numbers) (millions, ten millions, hundred millions)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of arbuda

arbuda - ten millions, a myriad of myriads, a large number

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (to do) (possible, able)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, able to be done

gerundive

ṇyat suffix from śak

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Used impersonally here, 'it is possible'.

परिसंख्यातुम् (parisaṁkhyātum) - to enumerate (to count, to enumerate completely)

(verb)

active

infinitive

tumun suffix

Prefixes: pari+sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: From root 'khyā' (to name, to count) with prefixes 'pari' and 'sam'.

बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to their immense number (because of the multitude, due to numerousness)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bahutva

bahutva - multitude, numerousness, abundance

tva suffix (abstract noun)

Note: Ablative indicates cause.

वेदवित्तम (vedavittama) - O most excellent knower of the Vedas (addressing Śaunaka) (O best knower of the Vedas, O most excellent among the Vedic scholars)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vedavittama

vedavittama - most excellent knower of the Vedas

tama suffix (superlative)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vedavid+tama)

• vedavid – knower of the Vedas, versed in the Vedas
  noun (masculine)
• tama – most, best (superlative suffix)
  suffix (masculine)
  superlative suffix

Note: Compound used as a vocative. Addresses Śaunaka.