महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-59, verse-119

समतां वसुधायाश्च स सम्यगुपपादयत् ।
वैषम्यं हि परं भूमेरासीदिति ह नः श्रुतम् ॥११९॥

119. samatāṁ vasudhāyāśca sa samyagupapādayat ,
vaiṣamyaṁ hi paraṁ bhūmerāsīditi ha naḥ śrutam.

119. samatām vasudhāyāḥ ca saḥ samyak upapādayat
vaiṣamyam hi param bhūmeḥ āsīt iti ha naḥ śrutam

119. saḥ vasudhāyāḥ samatām samyak upapādayat hi
bhūmeḥ param vaiṣamyam āsīt iti ha naḥ śrutam

119. He properly established the equality of the earth. For indeed, we have heard that there was previously great unevenness of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• समताम् (samatām) - equality (equality, sameness, impartiality)

• वसुधायाः (vasudhāyāḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, of the giver of wealth)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the king) (he, that (masculine))

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, well (properly, rightly, completely, perfectly)

• उपपादयत् (upapādayat) - he established, he brought about (he caused to attain, he accomplished, he established)

• वैषम्यम् (vaiṣamyam) - unevenness (of the terrain) (unevenness, inequality, disparity, roughness)

• हि (hi) - for indeed (indeed, for, because, certainly)

• परम् (param) - great, extreme (highest, supreme, extreme, great)

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

• आसीत् (āsīt) - had existed (it was, there was, he/she/it existed)

• इति (iti) - introducing a quotation or specific statement (thus, so, in this way)

• ह (ha) - indeed (often used with past tense verbs to indicate a tradition or well-known fact) (indeed, surely, verily; an emphatic or expletive particle)

• नः (naḥ) - us (implied subject for 'śrutam') (to us, for us, by us, us, our (enclitic pronoun))

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by us) (heard, reported, traditionally known)

Words meanings and morphology

समताम् (samatām) - equality (equality, sameness, impartiality)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samatā

samatā - equality, sameness, impartiality

From sama (equal) + -tā (abstract feminine suffix)

वसुधायाः (vasudhāyāḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, of the giver of wealth)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth (literally, 'bearer of wealth')

Compound of vasu (wealth) + dhā (bearer)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the king) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine nominative singular of tad

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, well (properly, rightly, completely, perfectly)

(indeclinable)

From samyanc (going together, complete)

उपपादयत् (upapādayat) - he established, he brought about (he caused to attain, he accomplished, he established)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of upapādaya

Causative stem of upa-pad

Causative from root pad (to go) with upasarga upa

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

वैषम्यम् (vaiṣamyam) - unevenness (of the terrain) (unevenness, inequality, disparity, roughness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaiṣamya

vaiṣamya - unevenness, inequality, disparity, roughness, difficulty

From viṣama (uneven) + -ya (abstract suffix)

हि (hi) - for indeed (indeed, for, because, certainly)

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - great, extreme (highest, supreme, extreme, great)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another; supreme, highest, ultimate; distant

Note: Neuter nominative/accusative singular of para

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

आसीत् (āsīt) - had existed (it was, there was, he/she/it existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - introducing a quotation or specific statement (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed (often used with past tense verbs to indicate a tradition or well-known fact) (indeed, surely, verily; an emphatic or expletive particle)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - us (implied subject for 'śrutam') (to us, for us, by us, us, our (enclitic pronoun))

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form; here functioning as implied subject of 'śrutam' (it has been heard by us).

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by us) (heard, reported, traditionally known)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened to, known by tradition

Past Passive Participle

From root śru- (to hear)

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Neuter nominative singular of the past passive participle śruta. Functions here as a predicate, 'it has been heard (by us)'.