महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-16

लोमश उवाच ।
त्रिशतं वै सहस्राणि योजनानां युधिष्ठिर ।
यत्र ध्वनिं शृणोष्येनं तूष्णीमास्स्व विशां पते ॥१६॥

16. lomaśa uvāca ,
triśataṁ vai sahasrāṇi yojanānāṁ yudhiṣṭhira ,
yatra dhvaniṁ śṛṇoṣyenaṁ tūṣṇīmāssva viśāṁ pate.

16. lomaśa uvāca triśatam vai sahasrāṇi yojanānām yudhiṣṭhira
yatra dhvanim śṛṇoṣi enam tūṣṇīm āssva viśām pate

16. Lomaśa said: O Yudhiṣṭhira, the place from which you hear this sound is indeed three hundred thousand yojanas away. O lord of men, remain silent.

Words meanings summery:

• लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomaśa (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• त्रिशतम् (triśatam) - three hundred

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• ध्वनिम् (dhvanim) - sound, noise

• शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear

• एनम् (enam) - this (masculine accusative)

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, in silence

• आस्स्व (āssva) - remain, sit

• विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

Words meanings and morphology

लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomaśa (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomaśa (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

त्रिशतम् (triśatam) - three hundred

(numeral adjective)

Note: Acts as a numeral noun in this context, but originally an adjective.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: In apposition to triśatam, forming a numerical phrase 'three hundred thousand'.

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - yojana (a measure of distance, approx. 8-16 km)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative of 'ya'.

ध्वनिम् (dhvanim) - sound, noise

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhvani

dhvani - sound, noise, tone

शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice (from 5th class root)

Root: śru (class 5)

एनम् (enam) - this (masculine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

Note: Refers to 'dhvani'.

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, in silence

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial form.

आस्स्व (āssva) - remain, sit

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ās

Imperative, 2nd person singular, middle voice (from 2nd class root)

Root: ās (class 2)

विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, mankind

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband