महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-12, verse-16

उच्चैर्गिरी रैवतको यत्र नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितः ।
रेवती दिवि नक्षत्रं पितामहकृतो विधिः ॥१६॥

16. uccairgirī raivatako yatra nityaṁ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ,
revatī divi nakṣatraṁ pitāmahakṛto vidhiḥ.

16. uccaiḥ giriḥ raivatakaḥ yatra nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
revatī divi nakṣatraṃ pitāmahākṛtaḥ vidhiḥ

16. yatra uccaiḥ giriḥ raivatakaḥ nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ [asti],
[yatra] divi revatī nakṣatraṃ pitāmaha-kṛtaḥ vidhiḥ [asti].

16. Where the high mountain Revataka always stands established, and in the sky, the Revatī constellation is an arrangement made by Pitāmaha (Brahmā).

16. ההר הגבוה רַיוַטַקַה, שבו קבוע לעד כוכב רֵוַטִי בשמים, סידור שנעשה בידי בְּרַהְמָה (האל היוצר).

Words meanings summery:

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high (referring to the mountain) (high, loudly, upward)

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain (mountain, hill)

• रैवतकः (raivatakaḥ) - Mount Revataka (proper noun) (pertaining to Revatī, name of a mountain)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

• नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always (always, perpetually, constantly)

• प्रतिष्ठितः (pratiṣṭhitaḥ) - stands established (established, standing, situated)

• रेवती (revatī) - Revatī (the constellation) (Revatī (name of a constellation, a goddess, a woman))

• दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven, in day)

• नक्षत्रं (nakṣatraṁ) - constellation (constellation, star, lunar mansion)

• पितामहाकृतः (pitāmahākṛtaḥ) - arranged by Pitāmaha (Brahmā) (made by Pitāmaha (Brahmā))

• विधिः (vidhiḥ) - arrangement, ordinance (rule, ordinance, method, arrangement, destiny)

Words meanings and morphology

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high (referring to the mountain) (high, loudly, upward)

(indeclinable)

Note: An adverbial indeclinable.

गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain (mountain, hill)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

रैवतकः (raivatakaḥ) - Mount Revataka (proper noun) (pertaining to Revatī, name of a mountain)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raivataka

raivataka - Mount Raivataka (a specific mountain)

Derived from Revatī

यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

(indeclinable)

नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always (always, perpetually, constantly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial form of nitya.

प्रतिष्ठितः (pratiṣṭhitaḥ) - stands established (established, standing, situated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, founded, standing, situated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root sthā (to stand) with prefix prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to giriḥ raivatakaḥ.

रेवती (revatī) - Revatī (the constellation) (Revatī (name of a constellation, a goddess, a woman))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of revatī

revatī - name of a constellation, prosperity, a goddess

दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven, in day)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

नक्षत्रं (nakṣatraṁ) - constellation (constellation, star, lunar mansion)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nakṣatra

nakṣatra - star, constellation, lunar mansion

पितामहाकृतः (pitāmahākṛtaḥ) - arranged by Pitāmaha (Brahmā) (made by Pitāmaha (Brahmā))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmahākṛta

pitāmahākṛta - made by the grandfather (Brahma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitāmaha+kṛta)

• pitāmaha – great-father, grandfather, Brahmā
  noun (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to vidhiḥ.

विधिः (vidhiḥ) - arrangement, ordinance (rule, ordinance, method, arrangement, destiny)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, ordinance, method, arrangement, destiny

Root: dhā (class 3)

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