महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-45, verse-17

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि स्नातका गृहमेधिनः ।
त्रिंशद्दासीक एकैको यान्बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिरः ॥१७॥

17. aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi snātakā gṛhamedhinaḥ ,
triṁśaddāsīka ekaiko yānbibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

17. aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi snātakāḥ gṛhamedhinaḥ
triṃśaddāsīkaḥ ekaikaḥ yān bibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

17. Yudhishthira maintains eighty-eight thousand householder graduates, each of whom has thirty female servants.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि (aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi) - eighty-eight thousand

• स्नातकाः (snātakāḥ) - graduates (of Vedic study)

• गृहमेधिनः (gṛhamedhinaḥ) - householders

• त्रिंशद्दासीकः (triṁśaddāsīkaḥ) - having thirty female servants

• एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one, individually

• यान् (yān) - whom (referring to the 'snātakāḥ gṛhamedhinaḥ') (whom, which (plural))

• बिभर्ति (bibharti) - maintains, supports, carries

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि (aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi) - eighty-eight thousand

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (aṣṭāśīti+sahasra)

• aṣṭāśīti – eighty-eight
  numeral (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Acts as an adjective for the implicit group being maintained.

स्नातकाः (snātakāḥ) - graduates (of Vedic study)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of snātaka

snātaka - one who has bathed after completing Vedic studies, a graduate, a householder

From root snā (to bathe) + ktac pratyaya

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Acts as a nominal phrase subject with gṛhamedhinaḥ, referring to the people Yudhishthira maintains.

गृहमेधिनः (gṛhamedhinaḥ) - householders

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛhamedhin

gṛhamedhin - a householder, one who maintains a household fire and performs sacrifices

From gṛha (house) + medhin (possessing sacrifice/ritual)

Compound type : tatpurusha (gṛha+medhin)

• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)
• medhin – possessing, having (in compounds); performing sacrifice
  adjective (masculine)
  From medha (sacrifice)

Note: Agrees with 'snātakāḥ'.

त्रिंशद्दासीकः (triṁśaddāsīkaḥ) - having thirty female servants

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of triṃśaddāsīka

triṁśaddāsīka - having thirty female servants

Compound of triṃśat (thirty) and dāsī (female servant) with -ka suffix (bahuvrihi)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (triṃśat+dāsī)

• triṃśat – thirty
  numeral (feminine)
• dāsī – female servant, slave girl
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'ekaikaḥ'.

एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one, individually

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one

Repetition of eka (one) forming a distributive pronoun

Compound type : karmadharaya (eka+eka)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)

Note: Refers to each of the 'snātakāḥ'.

यान् (yān) - whom (referring to the 'snātakāḥ gṛhamedhinaḥ') (whom, which (plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the 88,000 householder graduates.

बिभर्ति (bibharti) - maintains, supports, carries

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhṛ

Reduplicated (jihartī) form of the root

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (the eldest Pandava brother), firm in battle

From yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'bibharti'.