महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-134, verse-16

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
दशा दशोक्ताः पुरुषस्य लोके सहस्रमाहुर्दश पूर्णं शतानि ।
दशैव मासान्बिभ्रति गर्भवत्यो दशेरका दश दाशा दशार्णाः ॥१६॥

16. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
daśā daśoktāḥ puruṣasya loke; sahasramāhurdaśa pūrṇaṁ śatāni ,
daśaiva māsānbibhrati garbhavatyo; daśerakā daśa dāśā daśārṇāḥ.

16. aṣṭāvakra uvāca daśāḥ daśa uktāḥ
puruṣasya loke sahasram āhuḥ daśa pūrṇam
śatāni daśa eva māsān bibhrati garbhavatyaḥ
daśa irakāḥ daśa dāśāḥ daśārṇāḥ

16. Aṣṭāvakra said: Ten directions are declared for a person (puruṣa) in the world. They state that ten complete hundreds make a thousand. Pregnant women carry their fetuses for ten months. There are ten reed-mats (iraḳā), ten fishermen (dāśa), and ten Daśārṇas (people from the Daśārṇa country or the river itself).

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दशाः (daśāḥ) - directions, regions, states

• दश (daśa) - ten

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - declared, said, spoken

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a person (puruṣa), for a person (puruṣa)

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in existence

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• दश (daśa) - ten

• पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - full, complete

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• दश (daśa) - ten

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• मासान् (māsān) - months

• बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they carry, they bear

• गर्भवत्यः (garbhavatyaḥ) - pregnant women

• दश (daśa) - ten

• इरकाः (irakāḥ) - reed-mats, wickerworks

• दश (daśa) - ten

• दाशाः (dāśāḥ) - fishermen

• दशार्णाः (daśārṇāḥ) - people of Daśārṇa (country/river), the Daśārṇa river(s)

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra) - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage, literally 'eight-fold bent')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

दशाः (daśāḥ) - directions, regions, states

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of daśā

daśā - direction, region, state, condition, plight

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

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)

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a person (puruṣa), for a person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - human being, man, person, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, people, region

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(numeral)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

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

Root: ah (class 2)

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - full, complete

(adjective)

neuter, singular of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, entire, filled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pṝ (to fill)

Root: pṝ (class 9)

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

neuter, plural of śata

śata - a hundred

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

मासान् (māsān) - months

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of māsa

māsa - month, moon

बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they carry, they bear

(verb)

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

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

गर्भवत्यः (garbhavatyaḥ) - pregnant women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of garbhavatī

garbhavatī - pregnant woman

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

इरकाः (irakāḥ) - reed-mats, wickerworks

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of irakā

irakā - a kind of mat or wickerwork made of reeds

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

दाशाः (dāśāḥ) - fishermen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāśa

dāśa - fisherman, fowler, a specific mixed caste

दशार्णाः (daśārṇāḥ) - people of Daśārṇa (country/river), the Daśārṇa river(s)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daśārṇa

daśārṇa - a country (Daśārṇa), its inhabitants, or a river (the Daśārṇā river)