महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-59, verse-88

वैशालाक्षमिति प्रोक्तं तदिन्द्रः प्रत्यपद्यत ।
दशाध्यायसहस्राणि सुब्रह्मण्यो महातपाः ॥८८॥

88. vaiśālākṣamiti proktaṁ tadindraḥ pratyapadyata ,
daśādhyāyasahasrāṇi subrahmaṇyo mahātapāḥ.

88. vaiśālākṣam iti proktam tat indraḥ pratyapadyata
daśa adhyāyashasrāṇi subrahmaṇyaḥ mahātapāḥ

88. tat vaiśālākṣam iti proktam daśa adhyāyashasrāṇi
subrahmaṇyaḥ mahātapāḥ indraḥ pratyapadyata

88. That treatise, thus declared as Vaiśālākṣa and comprising ten thousand chapters, was then received by Indra (Indra), who was a great ascetic (tapas) and well-disposed towards Brahmins (Subrahmaṇya).

Words meanings summery:

• वैशालाक्षम् (vaiśālākṣam) - named Vaiśālākṣa (related to Viśālākṣa, named Vaiśālākṣa)

• इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this manner, as follows, so)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared (said, declared, proclaimed)

• तत् (tat) - that treatise (that, it)

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (Indra) (Indra, chief)

• प्रत्यपद्यत (pratyapadyata) - was received (he obtained, he understood, he received)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• अध्यायस्हस्राणि (adhyāyashasrāṇi) - thousand chapters (thousands of chapters)

• सुब्रह्मण्यः (subrahmaṇyaḥ) - well-disposed towards Brahmins (Subrahmaṇya) (well-disposed to Brahmins, Skanda/Kartikeya)

• महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - a great ascetic (tapas) (of great asceticism, very austere)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशालाक्षम् (vaiśālākṣam) - named Vaiśālākṣa (related to Viśālākṣa, named Vaiśālākṣa)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiśālākṣa

vaiśālākṣa - belonging to Viśālākṣa, relating to Viśālākṣa, a title derived from Viśālākṣa (Shiva)

Derived from 'viśālākṣa' (Shiva) with secondary suffix -a forming an adjective/proper noun.

Note: Agrees with 'tat' (referring to 'śāstram').

इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this manner, as follows, so)

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared (said, declared, proclaimed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of provac

provac - to speak, declare, proclaim

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √vac (to speak) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'tat' (referring to 'śāstram').

तत् (tat) - that treatise (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (Indra) (Indra, chief)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (king of gods), chief, excellent

Note: Subject of 'pratyapadyata'.

प्रत्यपद्यत (pratyapadyata) - was received (he obtained, he understood, he received)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (luṅ) of pratyapapad

Imperfect

3rd person singular, Imperfect tense, Atmanepada, with prefixes prati- and apa-

Prefixes: prati+apa

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Root 'pad' (to go, fall, obtain).

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'adhyāyashasrāṇi'.

अध्यायस्हस्राणि (adhyāyashasrāṇi) - thousand chapters (thousands of chapters)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of adhyāyashasra

adhyāyashasra - a thousand chapters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhyāya+sahasra)

• adhyāya – chapter, section, lesson
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix adhi- and root √i (to go)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: i (class 2)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

Note: The number 'daśa' implies 10 * 1000 chapters.

सुब्रह्मण्यः (subrahmaṇyaḥ) - well-disposed towards Brahmins (Subrahmaṇya) (well-disposed to Brahmins, Skanda/Kartikeya)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of subrahmaṇya

subrahmaṇya - friendly to Brahmins, favorable to Brahma, an epithet of Skanda/Kartikeya

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+brahmaṇya)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• brahmaṇya – pious, devoted to Brahmins, sacred
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'brahman' (Brahmin, sacred knowledge)

Note: Modifies Indra.

महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - a great ascetic (tapas) (of great asceticism, very austere)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātapas

mahātapas - having great austerity or asceticism

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tapas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• tapas – heat, asceticism, austerity, penance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies Indra.