महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-6, verse-34

वसुर्यज्ञशतैरिष्ट्वा द्वितीय इव वासवः ।
मिथ्याभिधानेनैकेन रसातलतलं गतः ॥३४॥

34. vasuryajñaśatairiṣṭvā dvitīya iva vāsavaḥ ,
mithyābhidhānenaikena rasātalatalaṁ gataḥ.

34. vasuḥ yajñaśataiḥ iṣṭvā dvitīyaḥ iva vāsavaḥ
mithyābhidhānena ekena rasātalatalam gataḥ

34. vasuḥ yajñaśataiḥ iṣṭvā dvitīyaḥ iva vāsavaḥ
ekena mithyābhidhānena rasātalatalam gataḥ

34. Vasu, having performed hundreds of Vedic rituals (yajña), like a second Indra, descended to the lowest abyss due to a single false statement.

Words meanings summery:

• वसुः (vasuḥ) - Vasu (name of a king or deity), wealth, good

• यज्ञशतैः (yajñaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of Vedic rituals, by hundreds of sacrifices

• इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā) - having performed (having worshipped, having performed a Vedic ritual)

• द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra (chief of the gods)

• मिथ्याभिधानेन (mithyābhidhānena) - due to a false statement (by a false statement, by speaking falsely)

• एकेन (ekena) - due to a single (by one, by a single)

• रसातलतलम् (rasātalatalam) - to the lowest region of Rasātala, to the nethermost abyss

• गतः (gataḥ) - descended (gone, reached, attained, descended)

Words meanings and morphology

वसुः (vasuḥ) - Vasu (name of a king or deity), wealth, good

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasu

vasu - name of a class of deities; a king (like Uparicara Vasu); wealth, riches; excellent, good

यज्ञशतैः (yajñaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of Vedic rituals, by hundreds of sacrifices

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of yajñaśata

yajñaśata - a hundred sacrifices/Vedic rituals

Compound type : tatpurusha (yajña+śata)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship
  noun (masculine)
  From root √yaj (to worship, sacrifice).
  Root: √yaj (class 1)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā) - having performed (having worshipped, having performed a Vedic ritual)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed using the suffix -tvā for the absolutive.

Root: √yaj (class 1)

द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, another, secondary

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra (chief of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra (chief of the gods, also known as Vasava)

मिथ्याभिधानेन (mithyābhidhānena) - due to a false statement (by a false statement, by speaking falsely)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mithyābhidhāna

mithyābhidhāna - false statement, lying, false designation

Compound type : tatpurusha (mithyā+abhidhāna)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, untruly
  indeclinable
• abhidhāna – statement, word, appellation, name
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √dhā (to place) with prefix abhi.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: √dhā (class 3)

एकेन (ekena) - due to a single (by one, by a single)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique, sole

रसातलतलम् (rasātalatalam) - to the lowest region of Rasātala, to the nethermost abyss

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rasātalatala

rasātalatala - the lowest region of Rasātala (one of the netherworlds), the lowest abyss

Compound type : tatpurusha (rasātala+tala)

• rasātala – one of the seven lower worlds or netherworlds
  noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, bottom, plain, lowest part
  noun (neuter)

गतः (gataḥ) - descended (gone, reached, attained, descended)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, moved, reached, attained, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √gam (to go).

Root: √gam (class 1)