महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-96

शतं राजसहस्राणि शतं राजशतानि च ।
सर्वेऽश्वमेधैरीजानास्तेऽभ्ययुर्दक्षिणायनम् ॥९६॥

96. śataṁ rājasahasrāṇi śataṁ rājaśatāni ca ,
sarve'śvamedhairījānāste'bhyayurdakṣiṇāyanam.

96. śatam rāja-sahasrāṇi śatam rāja-śatāni ca sarve
aśvamedhaiḥ ī jānāḥ te abhyayuḥ dakṣiṇāyanam

96. śatam rāja-sahasrāṇi ca śatam rāja-śatāni,
sarve aśvamedhaiḥ ī jānāḥ,
te dakṣiṇāyanam abhyayuḥ

96. Hundreds of thousands of kings, and tens of thousands of kings – all of them, having performed horse sacrifices (aśvamedha), attained the southern path (dakṣiṇāyana).

Words meanings summery:

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• राज-सहस्राणि (rāja-sahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands of kings (thousands of kings)

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• राज-शतानि (rāja-śatāni) - tens of thousands of kings (a hundred times a hundred) (hundreds of kings)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• अश्वमेधैः (aśvamedhaiḥ) - by horse sacrifices

• ई जानाः (ī jānāḥ) - having sacrificed, performing sacrifice

• ते (te) - they

• अभ्ययुः (abhyayuḥ) - they went towards, they reached, they attained

• दक्षिणायनम् (dakṣiṇāyanam) - the path to the ancestral realm (Pitṛloka), associated with rebirth (southern path, southern course)

Words meanings and morphology

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

Note: Used here to multiply the following noun.

राज-सहस्राणि (rāja-sahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands of kings (thousands of kings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rāja-sahasra

rāja-sahasra - a thousand kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+sahasra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

Note: Used here to multiply the following noun.

राज-शतानि (rāja-śatāni) - tens of thousands of kings (a hundred times a hundred) (hundreds of kings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rāja-śata

rāja-śata - a hundred kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+śata)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• śata – a hundred
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

अश्वमेधैः (aśvamedhaiḥ) - by horse sacrifices

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - horse sacrifice (aśvamedha), a prominent Vedic ritual

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – sacrifice, oblation
  noun (masculine)

ई जानाः (ī jānāḥ) - having sacrificed, performing sacrifice

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ījāna

ījāna - one who has sacrificed, sacrificing

Perfect Active Participle (irregularly formed)

Derived from root yaj (to sacrifice), forms with an irregular ā formation in some perfect tense contexts.

Root: yaj (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभ्ययुः (abhyayuḥ) - they went towards, they reached, they attained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of i

Imperfect 3rd plural, with prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

दक्षिणायनम् (dakṣiṇāyanam) - the path to the ancestral realm (Pitṛloka), associated with rebirth (southern path, southern course)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dakṣiṇāyana

dakṣiṇāyana - southern course (of the sun), southern path; the path to the realm of ancestors (Pitṛloka) leading to rebirth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dakṣiṇa+ayana)

• dakṣiṇa – southern, right
  adjective (neuter)
• ayana – going, path, course, movement
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'i' (to go) with suffix 'ana'.
  Root: i (class 2)