महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-100, verse-1

नारद उवाच ।
इदं रसातलं नाम सप्तमं पृथिवीतलम् ।
यत्रास्ते सुरभिर्माता गवाममृतसंभवा ॥१॥

1. nārada uvāca ,
idaṁ rasātalaṁ nāma saptamaṁ pṛthivītalam ,
yatrāste surabhirmātā gavāmamṛtasaṁbhavā.

1. nārada uvāca idam rasātalam nāma saptamam pṛthivītalam
yatra āste surabhiḥ mātā gavām amṛtasaṃbhavā

1. Nārada said: 'This is called Rasātala, the seventh terrestrial plane (pṛthivītala), where Surabhi, the mother of cows (gava), who was born from the immortal nectar (amṛta), resides.'

Words meanings summery:

• नारद (nārada) - Nārada (a divine sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इदम् (idam) - this

• रसातलम् (rasātalam) - Rasātala (one of the seven lower worlds or netherworlds in Hindu cosmology)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, called; indeed, verily

• सप्तमम् (saptamam) - seventh

• पृथिवीतलम् (pṛthivītalam) - terrestrial plane (in the context of netherworlds, referring to the layers beneath the earth) (earth's surface, terrestrial region)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• आस्ते (āste) - stays, resides, sits, exists

• सुरभिः (surabhiḥ) - Surabhi (the mythical divine cow) (fragrant, agreeable; a mythical cow, mother of all cows)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows (gava) (of cows, of cattle)

• अमृतसंभवा (amṛtasaṁbhavā) - born from the immortal nectar (amṛta) (born from nectar, originated from ambrosia)

Words meanings and morphology

नारद (nārada) - Nārada (a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a divine sage, son of Brahmā, cosmic messenger)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

रसातलम् (rasātalam) - Rasātala (one of the seven lower worlds or netherworlds in Hindu cosmology)

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rasātala

rasātala - Rasātala (one of the seven lower worlds or netherworlds in Hindu cosmology)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rasā+atala)

• rasā – the earth; juice, fluid, essence
  noun (feminine)
• atala – bottomless; a lower region (often referring to the netherworlds)
  noun (neuter)

नाम (nāma) - by name, called; indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

सप्तमम् (saptamam) - seventh

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saptama

saptama - seventh

Ordinal numeral from sapta (seven)

पृथिवीतलम् (pṛthivītalam) - terrestrial plane (in the context of netherworlds, referring to the layers beneath the earth) (earth's surface, terrestrial region)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthivītala

pṛthivītala - earth's surface, terrestrial region; also refers to the seven lower worlds or netherworlds

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+tala)

• pṛthivī – the earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat space; lower part, bottom; the palm of the hand or sole of the foot
  noun (neuter)

Note: In this specific context of Rasātala, 'pṛthivītalam' refers to a layer *below* the earth, a netherworld.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - stays, resides, sits, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

सुरभिः (surabhiḥ) - Surabhi (the mythical divine cow) (fragrant, agreeable; a mythical cow, mother of all cows)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of surabhi

surabhi - fragrant, agreeable; a mythical cow, mother of all cows; one of the Kāmadhenus

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows (gava) (of cows, of cattle)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle; earth, ray of light

अमृतसंभवा (amṛtasaṁbhavā) - born from the immortal nectar (amṛta) (born from nectar, originated from ambrosia)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of amṛtasaṃbhava

amṛtasaṁbhava - born from nectar, originated from ambrosia

Compound type : tatpurusha (amṛta+saṃbhava)

• amṛta – immortal, imperishable; nectar, ambrosia (that which confers immortality)
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbhava – birth, origin, production; cause, source
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Surabhiḥ'.