महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-224, verse-17

ये ते रात्र्यहनी पूर्वे कीर्तिते दैवलौकिके ।
तयोः संख्याय वर्षाग्रं ब्राह्मे वक्ष्याम्यहःक्षपे ॥१७॥

17. ye te rātryahanī pūrve kīrtite daivalaukike ,
tayoḥ saṁkhyāya varṣāgraṁ brāhme vakṣyāmyahaḥkṣape.

17. ye te rātryahanī pūrve kīrtite devalaukike tayoḥ
saṃkhyāya varṣāgram brāhme vakṣyāmi ahaḥkṣape

17. ye te pūrve devalaukike rātryahanī kīrtite tayoḥ
varṣāgram saṃkhyāya brāhme ahaḥkṣape vakṣyāmi

17. Having calculated the total number of years that constitute those two day-and-night cycles previously described as belonging to the divine (deva) realm, I will now explain the day and night (cycle) in the Brahma (brahman) realm.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those which, these

• ते (te) - those

• रात्र्यहनी (rātryahanī) - night and day

• पूर्वे (pūrve) - former, earlier, previously mentioned

• कीर्तिते (kīrtite) - described, mentioned, celebrated

• देवलौकिके (devalaukike) - pertaining to the divine world

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, of them

• संख्याय (saṁkhyāya) - having counted, having calculated, having enumerated

• वर्षाग्रम् (varṣāgram) - sum of years, total of years

• ब्राह्मे (brāhme) - in the Brahma (brahman) realm, pertaining to Brahman

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will declare, I will tell, I will speak

• अहःक्षपे (ahaḥkṣape) - day and night (cycle)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those which, these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Corresponds to 'rātryahanī' (day and night).

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Corresponds to 'rātryahanī' (day and night).

रात्र्यहनी (rātryahanī) - night and day

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of rātryahan

rātryahan - night and day

Compound type : dvandva (rātri+ahan)

• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

पूर्वे (pūrve) - former, earlier, previously mentioned

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, earlier, eastern

Note: Agrees with 'rātryahanī'.

कीर्तिते (kīrtite) - described, mentioned, celebrated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of kīrtita

kīrtita - described, spoken of, praised, celebrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root kīrt (to mention, praise)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'rātryahanī'.

देवलौकिके (devalaukike) - pertaining to the divine world

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of devalaukika

devalaukika - divine-worldly, pertaining to the world of gods (deva)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+laukika)

• deva – god, divine being (deva)
  noun (masculine)
• laukika – worldly, mundane, popular
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'rātryahanī'.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the two day-and-night cycles mentioned in the previous verse.

संख्याय (saṁkhyāya) - having counted, having calculated, having enumerated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root khyā with prefix saṃ

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

वर्षाग्रम् (varṣāgram) - sum of years, total of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣāgra

varṣāgra - sum of years, total of years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+agra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• agra – tip, top, sum, chief
  noun (neuter)

ब्राह्मे (brāhme) - in the Brahma (brahman) realm, pertaining to Brahman

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of brāhma

brāhma - pertaining to Brahman/Brahma, sacred, divine

Note: Adjective in locative singular, modifying an implied noun like 'kāle' (in the time) or 'varṣe' (in the year).

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will declare, I will tell, I will speak

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अहःक्षपे (ahaḥkṣape) - day and night (cycle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of ahaḥkṣapa

ahaḥkṣapa - day and night, a day-night period

Compound type : dvandva (ahan+kṣapa)

• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)
• kṣapa – night (often feminine 'kṣapā'), day (masculine)
  noun (masculine)