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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-219, verse-45

ऊर्ध्वं तु षोडशाद्वर्षाद्ये भवन्ति ग्रहा नृणाम् ।
तानहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम् ॥४५॥
45. ūrdhvaṁ tu ṣoḍaśādvarṣādye bhavanti grahā nṛṇām ,
tānahaṁ saṁpravakṣyāmi namaskṛtya maheśvaram.
45. ūrdhvaṃ tu ṣoḍaśāt varṣāt ye bhavanti grahāḥ nṛṇām
tān ahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi namaskṛtya maheśvaram
45. And after the age of sixteen years, I will fully describe those afflictions (graha) that affect human beings, having first saluted the Great Lord (Maheśvara).

Words meanings summery:

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  • ऊर्ध्वं (ūrdhvaṁ) - after, beyond (upwards, above, after, beyond)
  • तु (tu) - and (but, however, and, moreover)
  • षोडशात् (ṣoḍaśāt) - from sixteen (years) (from sixteen)
  • वर्षात् (varṣāt) - after the age of year (from year, after a year)
  • ये (ye) - those who
  • भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they affect (are) (they are, they become, they exist)
  • ग्रहाः (grahāḥ) - afflictions (graha) (seizers, capturers, planets, evil spirits, afflictions)
  • नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of human beings (of men, to men, for men, to human beings)
  • तान् (tān) - those (afflictions) (those (masculine accusative plural))
  • अहं (ahaṁ) - I
  • संप्रवक्ष्यामि (saṁpravakṣyāmi) - I will fully describe (I will fully declare, I will explain)
  • नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having saluted (having saluted, having bowed down)
  • महेश्वरम् (maheśvaram) - to the Great Lord (Maheśvara) (to the Great Lord (Śiva))

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्ध्वं (ūrdhvaṁ) - after, beyond (upwards, above, after, beyond)
(indeclinable)
Accusative singular neuter used adverbially, or an indeclinable derived from the adjective ūrdhva.
तु (tu) - and (but, however, and, moreover)
(indeclinable)
षोडशात् (ṣoḍaśāt) - from sixteen (years) (from sixteen)
(adjective)
Ablative, neuter, singular of ṣoḍaśa
ṣoḍaśa - sixteenth, sixteen
Adjective 'sixteenth' or numeral 'sixteen'. Here used as a numeral.
Note: Refers to the age of 16.
वर्षात् (varṣāt) - after the age of year (from year, after a year)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain, cloud
Note: Refers to years.
ये (ye) - those who
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - which, who, what, that
भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they affect (are) (they are, they become, they exist)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √bhū
Present Active
Third person plural present active indicative of √bhū.
Root: bhū (class 1)
ग्रहाः (grahāḥ) - afflictions (graha) (seizers, capturers, planets, evil spirits, afflictions)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of graha
graha - seizing, grasping, capturer, planet, evil spirit, demon, affliction
From root √grah (to seize)
Root: grah (class 9)
नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of human beings (of men, to men, for men, to human beings)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ
nṛ - man, person, human being
Note: Modifies grahāḥ, indicating whom the afflictions affect.
तान् (tān) - those (afflictions) (those (masculine accusative plural))
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Direct object of saṃpravakṣyāmi. Refers to the grahas mentioned earlier.
अहं (ahaṁ) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we
Note: Subject of saṃpravakṣyāmi.
संप्रवक्ष्यामि (saṁpravakṣyāmi) - I will fully describe (I will fully declare, I will explain)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of saṃ-pra-√vac
Future Active
First person singular future active indicative of saṃ-pra-√vac (to speak, declare).
Prefixes: sam+pra
Root: vac (class 2)
नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having saluted (having saluted, having bowed down)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
Formed from namas (obeisance) and √kṛ (to do, make) with -tya suffix.
Prefix: namas
Root: kṛ (class 8)
महेश्वरम् (maheśvaram) - to the Great Lord (Maheśvara) (to the Great Lord (Śiva))
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of maheśvara
maheśvara - a great lord, a great ruler, an epithet of Śiva
Compound of mahā (great) and īśvara (lord).
Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+īśvara)
  • mahā – great, mighty, large
    adjective
  • īśvara – lord, master, ruler, the Supreme Being
    noun (masculine)
    From root √īś (to own, rule)
    Root: īś (class 2)