महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-193, verse-15

समुद्रो वालुकापूर्ण उज्जानक इति स्मृतः ।
बहुयोजनविस्तीर्णो बहुयोजनमायतः ॥१५॥

15. samudro vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ ,
bahuyojanavistīrṇo bahuyojanamāyataḥ.

15. samudraḥ vālukāpūrṇaḥ ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ
bahuyojanavistīrṇaḥ bahuyojanamāyataḥ

15. This sand-filled ocean is known as Ujjānaka. It is many yojanas wide and many yojanas long.

Words meanings summery:

• समुद्रः (samudraḥ) - ocean, sea

• वालुकापूर्णः (vālukāpūrṇaḥ) - sand-filled, full of sand

• उज्जानक (ujjānaka) - Name of the sand-filled ocean. (Ujjānaka (proper name))

• इति (iti) - Used to introduce or conclude a direct quote or name. (thus, so, so called)

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, known, called

• बहुयोजनविस्तीर्णः (bahuyojanavistīrṇaḥ) - many yojanas wide, extensive over many yojanas

• बहुयोजनमायतः (bahuyojanamāyataḥ) - many yojanas long, extended for many yojanas

Words meanings and morphology

समुद्रः (samudraḥ) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea, large body of water

From `sam-ud-ran` (to flow together).

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: drā (class 2)

वालुकापूर्णः (vālukāpūrṇaḥ) - sand-filled, full of sand

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālukāpūrṇa

vālukāpūrṇa - filled with sand

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vālukā+pūrṇa)

• vālukā – sand
  noun (feminine)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `pṛ` (to fill) + `kta` suffix.
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Adjective for `samudraḥ`.

उज्जानक (ujjānaka) - Name of the sand-filled ocean. (Ujjānaka (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ujjānaka

ujjānaka - Ujjānaka (a proper name)

इति (iti) - Used to introduce or conclude a direct quote or name. (thus, so, so called)

(indeclinable)

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, known, called

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, called, known, taught

Past Passive Participle

From root `smṛ` (to remember) + `kta` suffix.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Acts as a verb in passive construction 'is called'.

बहुयोजनविस्तीर्णः (bahuyojanavistīrṇaḥ) - many yojanas wide, extensive over many yojanas

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bahuyojanavistīrṇa

bahuyojanavistīrṇa - many yojanas extensive

Descriptive compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+yojana+vistīrṇa)

• bahu – much, many, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-15 km), yoke, journey
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• vistīrṇa – extensive, wide, broad, spread out
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `vi` + `stṛ` (to spread) + `kta` suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Adjective for `samudraḥ`.

बहुयोजनमायतः (bahuyojanamāyataḥ) - many yojanas long, extended for many yojanas

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bahuyojanamāyata

bahuyojanamāyata - many yojanas long

Descriptive compound. `ma-āyata` becomes `māyata` by vowel sandhi.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+yojana+āyata)

• bahu – much, many, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-15 km), yoke, journey
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• āyata – long, extended, stretched
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `ā` + `yam` (to restrain, extend) + `kta` suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Adjective for `samudraḥ`.