महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-10

उच्चैश्च चतुराशीतिर्योजनानां महीपते ।
ऊर्ध्वमन्तश्च तिर्यक्च लोकानावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥१०॥

10. uccaiśca caturāśītiryojanānāṁ mahīpate ,
ūrdhvamantaśca tiryakca lokānāvṛtya tiṣṭhati.

10. uccaiḥ ca caturaśītiḥ yojanānām mahīpate
ūrdhvam antaḥ ca tiryāc ca lokān āvṛtya tiṣṭhati

10. mahīpate ca uccaiḥ caturaśītiḥ yojanānām
ūrdhvam ca antaḥ ca tiryāc lokān āvṛtya tiṣṭhati

10. And, O King, it stands eighty-four yojanas high, encompassing the worlds (lokas) both upwards, internally, and horizontally.

Words meanings summery:

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high, loudly, above

• च (ca) - and, also

• चतुरशीतिः (caturaśītiḥ) - eighty-four

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O king, O lord of the earth

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above, aloft

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, internally, inside

• च (ca) - and, also

• तिर्याच् (tiryāc) - transversely, horizontally, obliquely

• च (ca) - and, also

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, regions, realms

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, encompassing, surrounding

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - it stands, it exists, it remains

Words meanings and morphology

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high, loudly, above

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चतुरशीतिः (caturaśītiḥ) - eighty-four

(numeral noun)

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - yojana (a unit of distance, typically 8-9 miles or 12-15 km); harnessing, union

Root: yuj (class 7)

महीपते (mahīpate) - O king, O lord of the earth

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth, ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above, aloft

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, internally, inside

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तिर्याच् (tiryāc) - transversely, horizontally, obliquely

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, regions, realms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, region, realm, people

आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, encompassing, surrounding

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root vṛ (to cover) with prefix ā and suffix -tya

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - it stands, it exists, it remains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

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