महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-9

त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां प्रभुः ।
समन्तपञ्चके पञ्च चकार रुधिरह्रदान् ॥९॥

9. triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṁ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṁ prabhuḥ ,
samantapañcake pañca cakāra rudhirahradān.

9. triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīm kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyām
prabhuḥ samantapañcake pañca cakāra rudhirahradān

9. Having made the earth devoid of kṣatriyas (warriors) twenty-one times, the powerful lord (Paraśurāma) created five lakes of blood in Samantapañcaka.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः (triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ) - twenty-one times, thrice seven times

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth, the world

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• निःक्षत्रियाम् (niḥkṣatriyām) - devoid of kṣatriyas, without warriors

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - Paraśurāma (lord, master, powerful one)

• समन्तपञ्चके (samantapañcake) - in Samantapañcaka (a specific holy place)

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• चकार (cakāra) - he made, he created, he did

• रुधिरह्रदान् (rudhirahradān) - lakes of blood

Words meanings and morphology

त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः (triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ) - twenty-one times, thrice seven times

(indeclinable)

Compound triḥ (thrice) + saptan (seven) + kṛtvas (suffix for 'times').

Compound type : dvigu (tris+saptan+kṛtvas)

• tris – thrice, three times
  indeclinable
• saptan – seven
  numeral
• kṛtvas – times, repeatedly
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating repetition or multiplication.

Note: Adverbial usage specifying frequency.

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth, the world

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, land

From pṛthu (broad, wide).

Root: pṛth

Note: Object of kṛtvā.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root kṛ (to do) + ktvā (absolutive suffix).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as a prior action.

निःक्षत्रियाम् (niḥkṣatriyām) - devoid of kṣatriyas, without warriors

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niḥkṣatriya

niḥkṣatriya - devoid of kṣatriyas, having no kṣatriyas

Compound nis- (without) + kṣatriya (warrior).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+kṣatriya)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the kṣatriya class
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicative adjective for pṛthivīm.

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - Paraśurāma (lord, master, powerful one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, powerful, capable

From prefix pra- + root bhū (to be, become, rule).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of cakāra.

समन्तपञ्चके (samantapañcake) - in Samantapañcaka (a specific holy place)

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of samantapañcaka

samantapañcaka - name of a holy place, literally "five everywhere"

Compound samanta (all-around, everywhere) + pañcaka (group of five).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (samanta+pañcaka)

• samanta – all around, contiguous, universal
  adjective (masculine)
• pañcaka – a group of five, consisting of five
  noun (neuter)
  From pañcan (five) + ka (suffix).

Note: Specifies the location of the action.

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with rudhirahradān.

चकार (cakāra) - he made, he created, he did

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Reduplicated perfect form of root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main finite verb of the sentence.

रुधिरह्रदान् (rudhirahradān) - lakes of blood

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rudhirahrada

rudhirahrada - lake of blood, pool of gore

Compound rudhira (blood) + hrada (lake, pool).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rudhira+hrada)

• rudhira – blood, bloody
  noun (neuter)
• hrada – lake, pond, deep pool
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of cakāra.