महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-9

न वेद परिमाणं वा संस्थानं वापि भारत ।
न च रूपं मया तादृग्दृष्टपूर्वं कदाचन ॥९॥

9. na veda parimāṇaṁ vā saṁsthānaṁ vāpi bhārata ,
na ca rūpaṁ mayā tādṛgdṛṣṭapūrvaṁ kadācana.

9. na veda parimāṇam vā saṃsthānam vā api bhārata
na ca rūpam mayā tādṛk dṛṣṭapūrvam kadācana

9. O descendant of Bharata, no one knows its measure or its structure, nor have I ever seen such a form before.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• वेद (veda) - he knows, one knows

• परिमाणम् (parimāṇam) - measure, dimension, extent

• वा (vā) - or

• संस्थानम् (saṁsthānam) - structure, form, shape, situation

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तादृक् (tādṛk) - such, of that kind

• दृष्टपूर्वम् (dṛṣṭapūrvam) - seen before, previously seen

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (with na)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वेद (veda) - he knows, one knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (liṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Perfect form used with present sense.

परिमाणम् (parimāṇam) - measure, dimension, extent

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parimāṇa

parimāṇa - measure, dimension, size, extent

Derived from root mā (to measure) with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Object of veda.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

संस्थानम् (saṁsthānam) - structure, form, shape, situation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃsthāna

saṁsthāna - structure, form, shape, situation, arrangement, constitution

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix saṃ-.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of veda.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian

Patronymic from Bharata

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

Note: Object of dṛṣṭapūrvam (implicitly, as part of the compound).

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent of dṛṣṭapūrvam.

तादृक् (tādṛk) - such, of that kind

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tādṛś

tādṛś - such, of that kind, similar to that

Note: Modifies rūpam.

दृष्टपूर्वम् (dṛṣṭapūrvam) - seen before, previously seen

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭapūrva

dṛṣṭapūrva - seen before, formerly seen

Compound: dṛṣṭa (seen, past participle) + pūrva (before).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛṣṭa+pūrva)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, observed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś with suffix -ta
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pūrva – former, prior, before
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies rūpam.

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (with na)

(indeclinable)

Derived from kadā (when) + cana (emphatic particle).