महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-104

भीष्म उवाच ।
महाकल्पसहस्राणि महाकल्पशतानि च ।
समतीतानि राजेन्द्र सर्गाश्च प्रलयाश्च ह ॥१०४॥

104. bhīṣma uvāca ,
mahākalpasahasrāṇi mahākalpaśatāni ca ,
samatītāni rājendra sargāśca pralayāśca ha.

104. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca mahākalpa-sahasrāṇi mahākalpa-śatāni
ca samatītāni rājendra sargāḥ ca pralayāḥ ca ha

104. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca rājendra mahākalpa-sahasrāṇi ca
mahākalpa-śatāni ca sargāḥ ca pralayāḥ ha samatītāni

104. Bhishma said: O king among kings, thousands upon hundreds of great cosmic cycles (mahākalpas), along with creations and dissolutions, have indeed passed.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• महाकल्प-सहस्राणि (mahākalpa-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of great cosmic cycles

• महाकल्प-शतानि (mahākalpa-śatāni) - hundreds of great cosmic cycles

• च (ca) - and, also

• समतीतानि (samatītāni) - have passed (passed completely, elapsed)

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O Yudhishthira (O king of kings, O best of kings)

• सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - cosmic creations (creations, emanations)

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रलयाः (pralayāḥ) - cosmic dissolutions (dissolutions, destructions)

• च (ca) - and, also

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Active Voice

Root vac (ब्रूञ्) with reduplication and strong stem for 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

महाकल्प-सहस्राणि (mahākalpa-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of great cosmic cycles

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahākalpa-sahasra

mahākalpa-sahasra - thousands of great cosmic cycles

Tatpurusha compound: mahākalpa (great cosmic cycle) + sahasra (thousand)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahākalpa+sahasra)

• mahākalpa – great cosmic cycle (a day of Brahmā)
  noun (masculine)
  Karma-dhāraya compound: mahat (great) + kalpa (cosmic cycle)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

महाकल्प-शतानि (mahākalpa-śatāni) - hundreds of great cosmic cycles

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahākalpa-śata

mahākalpa-śata - hundreds of great cosmic cycles

Tatpurusha compound: mahākalpa (great cosmic cycle) + śata (hundred)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahākalpa+śata)

• mahākalpa – great cosmic cycle (a day of Brahmā)
  noun (masculine)
  Karma-dhāraya compound: mahat (great) + kalpa (cosmic cycle)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

समतीतानि (samatītāni) - have passed (passed completely, elapsed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of samatīta

samatīta - passed completely, elapsed, gone by

Past Passive Participle

from root i (to go) with prefixes sam-ati-

Prefixes: sam+ati

Root: i (class 2)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O Yudhishthira (O king of kings, O best of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king of kings, best of kings, emperor

Tatpurusha compound: rājan (king) + indra (chief, best)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, best, Indra (name of a deity)
  noun (masculine)

सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - cosmic creations (creations, emanations)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, chapter, section

from root sṛj (to create, emit)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रलयाः (pralayāḥ) - cosmic dissolutions (dissolutions, destructions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pralaya

pralaya - dissolution, destruction, re-absorption

from root lī (to dissolve) with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)