महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-148, verse-9

भीम उवाच ।
युगसंख्यां समाचक्ष्व आचारं च युगे युगे ।
धर्मकामार्थभावांश्च वर्ष्म वीर्यं भवाभवौ ॥९॥

9. bhīma uvāca ,
yugasaṁkhyāṁ samācakṣva ācāraṁ ca yuge yuge ,
dharmakāmārthabhāvāṁśca varṣma vīryaṁ bhavābhavau.

9. bhīmaḥ uvāca yugasaṅkhyām samācakṣva ācāram ca yuge
yuge dharmakāmārthabhāvān ca varṣma vīryam bhavābhavau

9. Bhīma said: 'Please explain the enumeration of the ages (yugas), and the conduct (ācāra) in each age (yuga), and the conditions related to natural law (dharma), pleasure (kāma), and prosperity (artha), as well as physical form (varṣma), energy (vīrya), and existence and non-existence (bhavābhavau).'

Words meanings summery:

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (the speaker) (Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava prince))

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Bhīma) said (he said, spoke)

• युगसङ्ख्याम् (yugasaṅkhyām) - the enumeration of the yugas (enumeration of ages, number of yugas)

• समाचक्ष्व (samācakṣva) - please explain completely (to me) (please explain completely, relate fully)

• आचारम् (ācāram) - conduct or practices (conduct, custom, practice, tradition)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• युगे (yuge) - in each age (yuga) (in the age, in the yuga)

• युगे (yuge) - in each age (yuga) (in the age, in the yuga)

• धर्मकामार्थभावान् (dharmakāmārthabhāvān) - the conditions related to natural law (dharma), pleasure (kāma), and prosperity (artha) (conditions of natural law, desire, and prosperity)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वर्ष्म (varṣma) - physical form (body, form, stature, bulk)

• वीर्यम् (vīryam) - energy, prowess (prowess, strength, valor, energy, seed)

• भवाभवौ (bhavābhavau) - existence and non-existence (of beings, or states) (existence and non-existence, creation and destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (the speaker) (Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava prince))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - fearful, terrible, name of a Pāṇḍava prince

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - (Bhīma) said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

Third person singular perfect active form (liṭ).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Introduces Bhīma's speech.

युगसङ्ख्याम् (yugasaṅkhyām) - the enumeration of the yugas (enumeration of ages, number of yugas)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yugasaṅkhyā

yugasaṅkhyā - enumeration of ages, number of yugas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+saṅkhyā)

• yuga – age, era, epoch
  noun (neuter)
• saṅkhyā – number, enumeration, calculation
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'samācakṣva'.

समाचक्ष्व (samācakṣva) - please explain completely (to me) (please explain completely, relate fully)

(verb)

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

imperative middle

Second person singular imperative middle form (loṭ). Root cakṣ with upasargas sam-ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: A request from Bhīma to Hanuman.

आचारम् (ācāram) - conduct or practices (conduct, custom, practice, tradition)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - conduct, custom, practice, tradition, behaviour

Derived from ā-car (to behave, to practice).

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Another object of 'samācakṣva'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Joins 'ācāram' with 'yuge yuge'.

युगे (yuge) - in each age (yuga) (in the age, in the yuga)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuga

yuga - age, era, epoch, a pair, yoke, generation

Note: Locative of time/place.

युगे (yuge) - in each age (yuga) (in the age, in the yuga)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuga

yuga - age, era, epoch, a pair, yoke, generation

Note: Locative of time/place.

धर्मकामार्थभावान् (dharmakāmārthabhāvān) - the conditions related to natural law (dharma), pleasure (kāma), and prosperity (artha) (conditions of natural law, desire, and prosperity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dharmakāmārthabhāva

dharmakāmārthabhāva - states/feelings/conditions regarding dharma, kāma, and artha (the three pursuits of life)

Compound type : dvandva (dharma+kāma+artha+bhāva)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
• kāma – desire, wish, pleasure, love
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, prosperity, material gain
  noun (masculine)
• bhāva – state, condition, feeling, existence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root bhū (to be, to exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Another object of 'samācakṣva'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the previous list of items to the next.

वर्ष्म (varṣma) - physical form (body, form, stature, bulk)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣman

varṣman - body, form, stature, bulk, height, top

Stem ends in -an, hence 'varṣma' in nom/acc singular neuter.

Note: Another object of 'samācakṣva'.

वीर्यम् (vīryam) - energy, prowess (prowess, strength, valor, energy, seed)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vīrya

vīrya - prowess, strength, valor, energy, seed, heroism

Note: Another object of 'samācakṣva'.

भवाभवौ (bhavābhavau) - existence and non-existence (of beings, or states) (existence and non-existence, creation and destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bhavābhava

bhavābhava - existence and non-existence, creation and destruction, being and non-being

Dvandva compound of bhava and abhava.

Compound type : dvandva (bhava+abhava)

• bhava – being, existence, becoming, birth, origin
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root bhū (to be, to exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhava – non-existence, non-being, absence, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  Negation of bhava, derived from a-bhū.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Another object of 'samācakṣva'.