महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-68

शाकल्यः संशितात्मा वै नव वर्षशतान्यपि ।
आराधयामास भवं मनोयज्ञेन केशव ॥६८॥

68. śākalyaḥ saṁśitātmā vai nava varṣaśatānyapi ,
ārādhayāmāsa bhavaṁ manoyajñena keśava.

68. śākalyaḥ saṃśitātmā vai nava varṣaśatāni
api ārādhyāmāsa bhavam manoyajñena keśava

68. keśava śākalyaḥ saṃśitātmā vai nava
varṣaśatāni api manoyajñena bhavam ārādhyāmāsa

68. O Keśava, the self-controlled (saṃśitātmā) Śākalya indeed worshipped Bhava for as long as nine hundred years through a mental Vedic ritual (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• शाकल्यः (śākalyaḥ) - The sage Śākalya, referred to in the text (Śākalya)

• संशितात्मा (saṁśitātmā) - Śākalya, who possessed a disciplined spiritual self (one with a disciplined self, self-controlled)

• वै (vai) - an emphatic particle, often untranslated in modern English (indeed, certainly, verily)

• नव (nava) - nine

• वर्षशतानि (varṣaśatāni) - nine hundreds of years (900 years) (hundreds of years, centuries)

• अपि (api) - emphasizing the long duration: 'even nine hundred years' (even, also, too)

• आराध्यामास (ārādhyāmāsa) - worshipped, propitiated

• भवम् (bhavam) - the deity Bhava (an aspect of Shiva) (Bhava (an epithet of Shiva), existence, being)

• मनोयज्ञेन (manoyajñena) - by a ritual performed purely in the mind, without physical offerings (by a mental Vedic ritual)

• केशव (keśava) - O Keśava, referring to the deity being addressed by the speaker (O Keśava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

Words meanings and morphology

शाकल्यः (śākalyaḥ) - The sage Śākalya, referred to in the text (Śākalya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śākalya

śākalya - name of a sage

संशितात्मा (saṁśitātmā) - Śākalya, who possessed a disciplined spiritual self (one with a disciplined self, self-controlled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśitātman

saṁśitātman - one with a disciplined or controlled self/mind

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃśita+ātman)

• saṃśita – disciplined, restrained, sharpened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root śo (to sharpen, whet) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śo (class 4)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, vital breath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an

वै (vai) - an emphatic particle, often untranslated in modern English (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

Note: modifies varṣaśatāni

वर्षशतानि (varṣaśatāni) - nine hundreds of years (900 years) (hundreds of years, centuries)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - a hundred years, a century

Compound type : tatpurusha (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

अपि (api) - emphasizing the long duration: 'even nine hundred years' (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

आराध्यामास (ārādhyāmāsa) - worshipped, propitiated

(verb)

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

Periphrastic Perfect

root rādh with prefix ā, 3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: ā

Root: rādh (class 5)

भवम् (bhavam) - the deity Bhava (an aspect of Shiva) (Bhava (an epithet of Shiva), existence, being)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhava

bhava - existence, being, origin, the world; a name of Shiva

from root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

मनोयज्ञेन (manoyajñena) - by a ritual performed purely in the mind, without physical offerings (by a mental Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of manoyajña

manoyajña - a mental Vedic ritual, a ritual performed mentally

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+yajña)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• yajña – Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship
  noun (masculine)
  from root yaj (to worship, sacrifice)
  Root: yaj (class 1)

केशव (keśava) - O Keśava, referring to the deity being addressed by the speaker (O Keśava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - having beautiful hair; a name of Vishnu or Krishna