महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-1

नारद उवाच ।
सभा वैश्रवणी राजञ्शतयोजनमायता ।
विस्तीर्णा सप्ततिश्चैव योजनानि सितप्रभा ॥१॥

1. nārada uvāca ,
sabhā vaiśravaṇī rājañśatayojanamāyatā ,
vistīrṇā saptatiścaiva yojanāni sitaprabhā.

1. nāradaḥ uvāca sabhā vaiśravaṇī rājan śatayojanam
āyatā vistīrṇā saptatiḥ ca eva yojanāni sitaprabhā

1. Nārada said: 'O King, Vaiśravaṇa's (Kubera's) assembly hall is one hundred yojanas long and indeed seventy yojanas wide, shining with a white radiance.'

Words meanings summery:

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Narada (a divine sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सभा (sabhā) - assembly hall, assembly

• वैश्रवणी (vaiśravaṇī) - of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), relating to Vaiśravaṇa

• राजन् (rājan) - O king!

• शतयोजनम् (śatayojanam) - a hundred yojanas

• आयता (āyatā) - long, extended

• विस्तीर्णा (vistīrṇā) - wide, extensive, spread out

• सप्ततिः (saptatiḥ) - seventy

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• योजनानि (yojanāni) - yojanas (plural of yojana)

• सितप्रभा (sitaprabhā) - white-shining, having white splendor

Words meanings and morphology

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Narada (a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Narada, a divine sage and musician, son of Brahmā

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सभा (sabhā) - assembly hall, assembly

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, assembly hall, court

वैश्रवणी (vaiśravaṇī) - of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), relating to Vaiśravaṇa

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaiśravaṇī

vaiśravaṇī - relating to Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), belonging to Vaiśravaṇa (feminine form)

राजन् (rājan) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

शतयोजनम् (śatayojanam) - a hundred yojanas

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śatayojana

śatayojana - a hundred yojanas (a yojana is a measure of distance, approx. 8-10 miles)

Compound type : dvigu (śata+yojana)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-10 miles)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate extent.

आयता (āyatā) - long, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyata

āyata - long, extended, stretched, broad

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'yam' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

विस्तीर्णा (vistīrṇā) - wide, extensive, spread out

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - spread out, extensive, wide, broad

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'stṛ' with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

सप्ततिः (saptatiḥ) - seventy

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

योजनानि (yojanāni) - yojanas (plural of yojana)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - a measure of distance (approx. 8-10 miles)

सितप्रभा (sitaprabhā) - white-shining, having white splendor

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sitaprabhā

sitaprabhā - white-shining, having white splendor or radiance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sita+prabhā)

• sita – white, pure, clean
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'śi'
  Root: śi (class 5)
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)