महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-30, verse-56

एतन्मया श्रुतं तत्र धर्मसंकरकारकम् ।
कृत्स्नामटित्वा पृथिवीं बाह्लीकेषु विपर्ययः ॥५६॥

56. etanmayā śrutaṁ tatra dharmasaṁkarakārakam ,
kṛtsnāmaṭitvā pṛthivīṁ bāhlīkeṣu viparyayaḥ.

56. etat mayā śrutam tatra dharma-saṃkara-kārakam
kṛtsnām aṭitvā pṛthivīm bāhlīkeṣu viparyayaḥ

56. mayā etat tatra śrutam; kṛtsnām pṛthivīm aṭitvā,
bāhlīkeṣu dharma-saṃkara-kārakam viparyayaḥ (asti).

56. This I heard there: having traveled throughout the entire earth, I found among the Bāhlīkas a situation of perversion that causes the confusion of the natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter, referring to the subsequent description) (this)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - was heard (heard)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• धर्म-संकर-कारकम् (dharma-saṁkara-kārakam) - causing the confusion of natural law

• कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole, complete

• अटित्वा (aṭitvā) - having wandered, having roamed

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth

• बाह्लीकेषु (bāhlīkeṣu) - among the Bāhlīkas

• विपर्ययः (viparyayaḥ) - reversal, opposite, contrary state, perversion

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (matter, referring to the subsequent description) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - was heard (heard)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, perceived, taught

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √śru (to hear) with the suffix -ta.

Root: √śru (class 5)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronoun tad.

धर्म-संकर-कारकम् (dharma-saṁkara-kārakam) - causing the confusion of natural law

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharma-saṃkara-kāraka

dharma-saṁkara-kāraka - causing the mixing/confusion of natural law or intrinsic nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃkara+kāraka)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √dhṛ (class 3)
• saṃkara – mixing, confusion, intermixture, hybrid
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √kṛ (to do, make) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)
• kāraka – causing, making, producer, agent
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, make) with the suffix -aka.
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)

कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - all, whole, entire, complete

अटित्वा (aṭitvā) - having wandered, having roamed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from the root √aṭ (to wander, roam) with the suffix -itvā.

Root: √aṭ (class 1)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the world

बाह्लीकेषु (bāhlīkeṣu) - among the Bāhlīkas

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of bāhlīka

bāhlīka - a native of Bāhlīka, a Bāhlīka (an ancient region/people often associated with Bactria)

विपर्ययः (viparyayaḥ) - reversal, opposite, contrary state, perversion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viparyaya

viparyaya - reversal, opposite, contrary state, inverse, perversion, misfortune

Derived from the root √i (to go) with prefixes vi- and pari-.

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: √i (class 2)