महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-82, verse-28

व्यतिष्ठदेकपादेन परमं योगमास्थिता ।
दश वर्षसहस्राणि दश वर्षशतानि च ॥२८॥

28. vyatiṣṭhadekapādena paramaṁ yogamāsthitā ,
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca.

28. vyatiṣṭhat ekapādena paramam yogam āsthitā
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca

28. paramam yogam āsthitā ekapādena daśa
varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca vyatiṣṭhat

28. Having adopted the supreme spiritual discipline (yoga), she stood on one foot for ten thousand years and one thousand years (i.e., eleven thousand years).

Words meanings summery:

• व्यतिष्ठत् (vyatiṣṭhat) - she stood, she remained

• एकपादेन (ekapādena) - by one foot, on one foot

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• योगम् (yogam) - spiritual discipline (yoga) (union, spiritual discipline, application)

• आस्थिता (āsthitā) - having adopted, having taken up, established in

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वर्षशतानि (varṣaśatāni) - hundreds of years

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

व्यतिष्ठत् (vyatiṣṭhat) - she stood, she remained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of sthā

Imperfect 3rd singular Parasmaipada

Imperfect tense, from root 'sthā' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ati'. The initial 'a' marks the past tense.

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: sthā (class 1)

एकपादेन (ekapādena) - by one foot, on one foot

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekapāda

ekapāda - one foot, single-footed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+pāda)

• eka – one, a single, unique
  numeral
• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrumental case indicates means or manner ('on one foot').

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent, ultimate

Note: Agrees with 'yogam' in gender, number, and case.

योगम् (yogam) - spiritual discipline (yoga) (union, spiritual discipline, application)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yoga

yoga - union, spiritual discipline, method, effort, concentration, (yoga)

Derived from the root 'yuj' (to join, to unite) with the suffix -a.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Direct object of 'āsthitā'.

आस्थिता (āsthitā) - having adopted, having taken up, established in

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - established, adopted, taken up, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand) with the prefix 'ā' (towards, unto), and the suffix -ta.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective describing the female subject.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'varṣasahasrāṇi'.

वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣasahasra

varṣasahasra - a thousand years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative case indicates duration of time.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'varṣaśatāni'.

वर्षशतानि (varṣaśatāni) - hundreds of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - a hundred years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+śata)

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

Note: Accusative case indicates duration of time. Refers to 10 x 100 = 1000 years.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)