महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-48, verse-10

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी कृता निःक्षत्रिया तदा ।
रामेणेति यदात्थ त्वमत्र मे संशयो महान् ॥१०॥

10. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī kṛtā niḥkṣatriyā tadā ,
rāmeṇeti yadāttha tvamatra me saṁśayo mahān.

10. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī kṛtā niḥkṣatriyā
tadā rāmeṇa iti yat āttha tvam atra me saṃśayaḥ mahān

10. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca tvam yat āttha rāmeṇa tadā pṛthivī
triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā iti atra me mahān saṃśayaḥ

10. Yudhishthira said: "You mentioned that at that time, the earth was made free of Kshatriyas twenty-one times by Rama. Regarding this, I have a great doubt."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः (triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ) - twenty-one times, thrice seven times

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth

• कृता (kṛtā) - was made, done

• निःक्षत्रिया (niḥkṣatriyā) - devoid of Kshatriyas, free from Kshatriyas

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama (Parashurama)

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying

• यत् (yat) - what, that which

• आत्थ (āttha) - you said, you spoke

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• मे (me) - my, to me

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• महान् (mahān) - great, large

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable (feminine)
  locative singular of yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – steady, firm
  adjective (masculine)
  from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः (triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ) - twenty-one times, thrice seven times

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation using the suffix -kṛtvas with a compound numeral.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (trisapta+kṛtvas)

• trisapta – thrice seven, twenty-one
  numeral
• kṛtvas – times (adverbial suffix)
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating repetition or multiplication

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world, soil

कृता (kṛtā) - was made, done

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निःक्षत्रिया (niḥkṣatriyā) - devoid of Kshatriyas, free from Kshatriyas

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niḥkṣatriya

niḥkṣatriya - without Kshatriyas

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+kṣatriya)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
  Negative or privative prefix
• kṣatriya – a member of the warrior class, Kshatriya
  noun (masculine)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama (Parashurama)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, here referring to Parashurama), pleasing, dark

इति (iti) - thus, so saying

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - what, that which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

आत्थ (āttha) - you said, you spoke

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect form (lit) of root ah

Root: ah (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Derived from root śī (to lie, rest) with prefix sam and suffix a

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

महान् (mahān) - great, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important