महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-306, verse-23

कर्तुं शतपथं वेदमपूर्वं कारितं च मे ।
यथाभिलषितं मार्गं तथा तच्चोपपादितम् ॥२३॥

23. kartuṁ śatapathaṁ vedamapūrvaṁ kāritaṁ ca me ,
yathābhilaṣitaṁ mārgaṁ tathā taccopapāditam.

23. kartum śatapatham vedam apūrvam kāritam ca me
yathābhilaṣitam mārgam tathā tat ca upapāditam

23. apūrvam śatapatham vedam kartum me ca kāritam
tathā yathābhilaṣitam mārgam tat ca upapāditam

23. I was enabled to compose an unprecedented Śatapatha Veda, and that desired path was indeed brought to completion.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to compose (to do, to make, to compose)

• शतपथम् (śatapatham) - the Śatapatha (Brāhmaṇa) (Śatapatha)

• वेदम् (vedam) - the Veda (Śatapatha Veda) (Veda, sacred knowledge)

• अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented (unprecedented, new, unparalleled)

• कारितम् (kāritam) - it was caused to be made (by me) (caused to be done, caused to be made)

• च (ca) - and

• मे (me) - by me (agent of the passive action 'kāritam') (by me, for me, to me)

• यथाभिलषितम् (yathābhilaṣitam) - as desired (as desired, according to desire)

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - the path (path, way, course)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, indeed (thus, so, in that manner)

• तत् (tat) - that (path) (that, it)

• च (ca) - and

• उपपादितम् (upapāditam) - was accomplished/brought to completion (accomplished, brought about, furnished)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to compose (to do, to make, to compose)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root √kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शतपथम् (śatapatham) - the Śatapatha (Brāhmaṇa) (Śatapatha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śatapatha

śatapatha - Śatapatha (name of a Brāhmaṇa text, meaning 'of a hundred paths')

Compound 'śata' (hundred) + 'patha' (path, way, recension), used as a proper name for a Vedic text.

Compound type : dvigu (śata+patha)

• śata – hundred
  adjective (neuter)
• patha – path, way, course, doctrine
  noun (masculine)

वेदम् (vedam) - the Veda (Śatapatha Veda) (Veda, sacred knowledge)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda (the collected hymns and sacred texts)

Derived from root √vid (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented (unprecedented, new, unparalleled)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apūrva

apūrva - not preceded by, unprecedented, new, unique

Compound 'na' + 'pūrva' (not previously existing).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+pūrva)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• pūrva – former, prior, preceding, old
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'śatapatham vedam'.

कारितम् (kāritam) - it was caused to be made (by me) (caused to be done, caused to be made)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārita

kārita - caused to be done, caused to be made, effected, appointed

Causative Past Passive Participle

Derived from the causative stem of root √kṛ (kāri-) + ta suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used predicatively for the Śatapatha Veda.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (agent of the passive action 'kāritam') (by me, for me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used as the agent in the passive construction (similar to instrumental).

यथाभिलषितम् (yathābhilaṣitam) - as desired (as desired, according to desire)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathābhilaṣita

yathābhilaṣita - as desired, according to wish

Past Passive Participle (used adverbially or adjectivally)

Compound 'yathā' (as, according to) + 'abhilaṣita' (desired, wished for). 'abhilaṣita' is from prefix 'abhi' + root √laṣ (to desire).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+abhilaṣita)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• abhilaṣita – desired, wished for, longed for
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √laṣ (to desire) with prefix abhi.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: laṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mārgam'.

मार्गम् (mārgam) - the path (path, way, course)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, course, pursuit

तथा (tathā) - thus, indeed (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (path) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उपपादितम् (upapāditam) - was accomplished/brought to completion (accomplished, brought about, furnished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upapādita

upapādita - accomplished, brought about, performed, supplied, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pad (to go, move) with prefixes upa and ā, in causative sense 'caused to approach/come about'.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Used predicatively with 'tat' (that was accomplished).