महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-103, verse-23

यावान्हि भारः कृत्स्नायाः पृथिव्याः पर्वतैः सह ।
एकस्या देहशाखायास्तावद्भारममन्यत ॥२३॥

23. yāvānhi bhāraḥ kṛtsnāyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ parvataiḥ saha ,
ekasyā dehaśākhāyāstāvadbhāramamanyata.

23. yāvān hi bhāraḥ kṛtsnāyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ parvataiḥ
saha ekasyāḥ dehaśākhāyāḥ tāvat bhāram amanyata

23. Indeed, he perceived that the weight from a single limb of (the Lord's) body was equivalent to the entire burden of the earth along with its mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• यावान् (yāvān) - as much as, as great as, as numerous as

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• भारः (bhāraḥ) - burden, weight, load

• कृत्स्नायाः (kṛtsnāyāḥ) - of the entire, of the whole

• पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

• पर्वतैः (parvataiḥ) - with mountains

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of a single (limb) (of one, of a single)

• देहशाखायाः (dehaśākhāyāḥ) - of a limb of the body, of a body-branch

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, that much, to that extent

• भारम् (bhāram) - burden, weight, load (accusative)

• अमन्यत (amanyata) - he considered, he thought, he perceived

Words meanings and morphology

यावान् (yāvān) - as much as, as great as, as numerous as

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāvat

yāvat - as much as, as great as, as long as, how much, how many

Derived from pronominal root `ya` + `vat` suffix.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Particle.

भारः (bhāraḥ) - burden, weight, load

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, load, weight, quantity

From root `bhṛ` (to bear).

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the 'as much as' clause.

कृत्स्नायाः (kṛtsnāyāḥ) - of the entire, of the whole

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - whole, entire, complete, all

Root: kṛt

Note: Modifies `pṛthivyāḥ`.

पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the earth (as a goddess), world

Root: pṛth

Note: Genitive of `pṛthivī`.

पर्वतैः (parvataiḥ) - with mountains

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

Root: pṛ

Note: Used with `saha`.

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of a single (limb) (of one, of a single)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, alone

Note: Modifies `dehaśākhāyāḥ`.

देहशाखायाः (dehaśākhāyāḥ) - of a limb of the body, of a body-branch

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of dehaśākhā

dehaśākhā - limb of the body (literally 'body branch')

Compound: `deha` (body) + `śākhā` (branch, limb).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+śākhā)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• śākhā – branch, limb
  noun (feminine)

Note: Genitive of `dehaśākhā`.

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, that much, to that extent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tāvat

tāvat - so much, so many, as long as, meanwhile

Derived from pronominal base `tad` with suffix `vat`.

Note: Correlative to `yāvān`.

भारम् (bhāram) - burden, weight, load (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, load, weight, quantity

From root `bhṛ` (to bear).

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Direct object of `amanyata`.

अमन्यत (amanyata) - he considered, he thought, he perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of man

Imperfect tense, Middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: man (class 4)