महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-134, verse-15

बन्द्युवाच ।
नवैवोक्ताः सामिधेन्यः पितॄणां तथा प्राहुर्नवयोगं विसर्गम् ।
नवाक्षरा बृहती संप्रदिष्टा नवयोगो गणनामेति शश्वत् ॥१५॥

15. bandyuvāca ,
navaivoktāḥ sāmidhenyaḥ pitṝṇāṁ; tathā prāhurnavayogaṁ visargam ,
navākṣarā bṛhatī saṁpradiṣṭā; navayogo gaṇanāmeti śaśvat.

15. bandyuḥ uvāca nava eva uktāḥ
sāmidhenyaḥ pitṝṇām tathā prāhuḥ navayogam
visargam navākṣarā bṛhatī
sampradiṣṭā navayogaḥ gaṇanām eti śaśvat

15. Bandin said: Nine sāmīdhenī verses are declared for the ancestors (pitṛ), and similarly, they refer to the ninefold emission (visarga). The Bṛhatī meter is stated to consist of nine syllables, and the ninefold calculation always comes into reckoning.

Words meanings summery:

• बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandin (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• नव (nava) - nine

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - declared, said, spoken

• सामिधेन्यः (sāmidhenyaḥ) - sāmīdhenī verses (sacred verses recited to kindle fire)

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors (pitṛ), for the ancestors (pitṛ)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they speak

• नवयोगम् (navayogam) - ninefold conjunction/union, ninefold emission

• विसर्गम् (visargam) - emission, creation, discharge

• नवाक्षरा (navākṣarā) - nine-syllabled

• बृहती (bṛhatī) - Bṛhatī (a specific Vedic meter)

• सम्प्रदिष्टा (sampradiṣṭā) - taught, declared, clearly stated

• नवयोगः (navayogaḥ) - ninefold calculation, ninefold union

• गणनाम् (gaṇanām) - calculation, counting

• एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains

• शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always, constantly

Words meanings and morphology

बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandin (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandyu

bandyu - Bandin (name of a sage, son of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - declared, said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सामिधेन्यः (sāmidhenyaḥ) - sāmīdhenī verses (sacred verses recited to kindle fire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sāmidhenī

sāmidhenī - sacrificial verses for kindling the sacred fire

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors (pitṛ), for the ancestors (pitṛ)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, forefathers (pitṛ)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pra + ah

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

नवयोगम् (navayogam) - ninefold conjunction/union, ninefold emission

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of navayoga

navayoga - ninefold union, ninefold connection, ninefold calculation/emission

विसर्गम् (visargam) - emission, creation, discharge

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of visarga

visarga - emission, creation, discharge, abandonment, final liberation (mokṣa)

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj

नवाक्षरा (navākṣarā) - nine-syllabled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of navākṣara

navākṣara - nine-syllabled

बृहती (bṛhatī) - Bṛhatī (a specific Vedic meter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bṛhatī

bṛhatī - a Vedic meter of 36 syllables, often arranged in nine syllables per pāda in some varieties

सम्प्रदिष्टा (sampradiṣṭā) - taught, declared, clearly stated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sampradiṣṭa

sampradiṣṭa - taught, declared, pointed out, clearly stated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root diś with prefixes sam and pra

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: diś (class 6)

नवयोगः (navayogaḥ) - ninefold calculation, ninefold union

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of navayoga

navayoga - ninefold union, ninefold connection, ninefold calculation

गणनाम् (gaṇanām) - calculation, counting

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṇanā

gaṇanā - counting, reckoning, calculation

एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)