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6,13

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-13, verse-43

सूर्यस्त्वष्टौ सहस्राणि द्वे चान्ये कुरुनन्दन ।
विष्कम्भेण ततो राजन्मण्डलं त्रिंशतं समम् ॥४३॥
43. sūryastvaṣṭau sahasrāṇi dve cānye kurunandana ,
viṣkambheṇa tato rājanmaṇḍalaṁ triṁśataṁ samam.
43. sūryaḥ tu aṣṭau sahasrāṇi dve ca anye kurunandana
| viṣkambheṇa tataḥ rājan maṇḍalam triṃśatam samam
43. kurunandana rājan sūryaḥ tu aṣṭau sahasrāṇi dve ca
anye tataḥ maṇḍalam viṣkambheṇa triṃśatam samam
43. O delight of the Kurus (kurunandana), the Sun is indeed [measured as] eight thousand [yojanas in height] and two thousand other [yojanas in breadth]. Then, O King (rājan), its disk's diameter is precisely thirty thousand [yojanas].

Words meanings summery:

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  • सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun, the solar deity
  • तु (tu) - indeed, but, however, on the other hand
  • अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight
  • सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
  • द्वे (dve) - two
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover
  • अन्ये (anye) - other [thousands] (other, another)
  • कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - addressee, likely Dhritarashtra or Yudhishthira (O delight of the Kurus, O scion of Kuru)
  • विष्कम्भेण (viṣkambheṇa) - by diameter, in terms of diameter
  • ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that, therefore
  • राजन् (rājan) - addressee, likely Dhritarashtra (O king)
  • मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - the sun's disk (disk, orb, sphere, circle)
  • त्रिंशतम् (triṁśatam) - thirty thousand (yojanas implied) (thirty)
  • समम् (samam) - precisely, exactly (equal, even, precise, exactly)

Words meanings and morphology

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun, the solar deity
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya
sūrya - sun, solar deity
तु (tu) - indeed, but, however, on the other hand
(indeclinable)
अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of aṣṭan
aṣṭan - eight
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
द्वे (dve) - two
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of dvi
dvi - two
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
अन्ये (anye) - other [thousands] (other, another)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of anya
anya - other, another, different
कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - addressee, likely Dhritarashtra or Yudhishthira (O delight of the Kurus, O scion of Kuru)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana
kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, scion of Kuru
Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+nandana)
  • kuru – Kuru (an ancient king, ancestor of a dynasty)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • nandana – delight, son, child
    noun (masculine)
    Root: nand (class 1)
विष्कम्भेण (viṣkambheṇa) - by diameter, in terms of diameter
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of viṣkambha
viṣkambha - diameter, breadth, obstacle
Prefix: vi
Root: skambh (class 5)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that, therefore
(indeclinable)
राजन् (rājan) - addressee, likely Dhritarashtra (O king)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - the sun's disk (disk, orb, sphere, circle)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of maṇḍala
maṇḍala - disk, orb, circle, sphere, region
त्रिंशतम् (triṁśatam) - thirty thousand (yojanas implied) (thirty)
(adjective)
Accusative of triṃśat
triṁśat - thirty
समम् (samam) - precisely, exactly (equal, even, precise, exactly)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sama
sama - equal, even, similar, same, just, precise