महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-294, verse-36

अधिष्ठातेति राजेन्द्र प्रोच्यते यतिसत्तमैः ।
अधिष्ठानादधिष्ठाता क्षेत्राणामिति नः श्रुतम् ॥३६॥

36. adhiṣṭhāteti rājendra procyate yatisattamaiḥ ,
adhiṣṭhānādadhiṣṭhātā kṣetrāṇāmiti naḥ śrutam.

36. adhiṣṭhātā iti rājendra procyate yatisattamaiḥ
adhiṣṭhānāt adhiṣṭhātā kṣetrāṇām iti naḥ śrutam

36. rājendra saḥ adhiṣṭhātā iti yatisattamaiḥ procyate
kṣetrāṇām adhiṣṭhānāt adhiṣṭhātā iti naḥ śrutam

36. O great king, he is called 'the Controller' by the best of ascetics. We have heard that he is called the Controller because he presides over the fields.

Words meanings summery:

• अधिष्ठाता (adhiṣṭhātā) - controller, presider, supervisor

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (marker for direct speech or quotation)

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O great king, O chief of kings

• प्रोच्यते (procyate) - is called, is said, is declared

• यतिसत्तमैः (yatisattamaiḥ) - by the best of ascetics, by the most excellent renunciants

• अधिष्ठानात् (adhiṣṭhānāt) - from controlling, from presiding, from being situated in

• अधिष्ठाता (adhiṣṭhātā) - controller, presider, supervisor

• क्षेत्राणाम् (kṣetrāṇām) - of the fields, of the bodies, of the realms

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• नः (naḥ) - by us, to us

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, taught, revealed

Words meanings and morphology

अधिष्ठाता (adhiṣṭhātā) - controller, presider, supervisor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhiṣṭhātṛ

adhiṣṭhātṛ - controller, presider, supervisor

Agent noun from adhi-√sthā

Prefix: adhi

Root: sthā (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (marker for direct speech or quotation)

(indeclinable)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O great king, O chief of kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - chief of kings, great king

Compound type : Tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, best, lord
  noun (masculine)

प्रोच्यते (procyate) - is called, is said, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

यतिसत्तमैः (yatisattamaiḥ) - by the best of ascetics, by the most excellent renunciants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yatisattama

yatisattama - best of ascetics, most excellent renunciant

Compound type : Tatpurusha (yati+sattama)

• yati – ascetic, renunciant, one who controls himself
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

अधिष्ठानात् (adhiṣṭhānāt) - from controlling, from presiding, from being situated in

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of adhiṣṭhāna

adhiṣṭhāna - controlling, presiding, dwelling, foundation, position

Action noun from adhi-√sthā

Prefix: adhi

Root: sthā (class 1)

अधिष्ठाता (adhiṣṭhātā) - controller, presider, supervisor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhiṣṭhātṛ

adhiṣṭhātṛ - controller, presider, supervisor

Agent noun from adhi-√sthā

Prefix: adhi

Root: sthā (class 1)

क्षेत्राणाम् (kṣetrāṇām) - of the fields, of the bodies, of the realms

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kṣetra

kṣetra - field, ground, place, body, realm of action/experience

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - by us, to us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, taught, revealed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, taught, revealed

Past Passive Participle

PPP from root √śru

Root: śru (class 1)