महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-127, verse-12

सलिलादुत्थितो वह्निर्येन व्याप्तं चराचरम् ।
दधीचस्यास्थितो वज्रं कृतं दानवसूदनम् ॥१२॥

12. salilādutthito vahniryena vyāptaṁ carācaram ,
dadhīcasyāsthito vajraṁ kṛtaṁ dānavasūdanam.

12. salilāt utthitaḥ vahniḥ yena vyāptam carācaram
dadhīcasya asthitaḥ vajram kṛtam dānavasūdanam

12. Fire (vahni) arose from water, by which the entire moving and unmoving world is pervaded. The thunderbolt (vajra), made from Dadhīci's bones, was fashioned as the destroyer of Dānavas.

Words meanings summery:

• सलिलात् (salilāt) - from water

• उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - arisen, sprung up, originated

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire, Agni

• येन (yena) - by which

• व्याप्तम् (vyāptam) - pervaded, spread throughout

• चराचरम् (carācaram) - the moving and unmoving (world), the entire creation

• दधीचस्य (dadhīcasya) - of Dadhīci

• अस्थितः (asthitaḥ) - meaning 'from Dadhīci's bones' in the context of the myth of the vajra (from bone)

• वज्रम् (vajram) - thunderbolt

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, performed

• दानवसूदनम् (dānavasūdanam) - the destroyer of Dānavas (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

सलिलात् (salilāt) - from water

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - arisen, sprung up, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, standing up, produced, originated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' with the prefix 'ud-'.

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire, Agni

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, god of fire (Agni)

Root: vah (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

व्याप्तम् (vyāptam) - pervaded, spread throughout

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyāpta

vyāpta - pervaded, occupied, contained, spread over

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'āp' with prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: āp (class 5)

चराचरम् (carācaram) - the moving and unmoving (world), the entire creation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of carācara

carācara - moving and unmoving, animate and inanimate

Compound type : dvandva (cara+acara)

• cara – moving, movable
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: car (class 1)
• acara – unmoving, immovable, inanimate
  adjective (neuter)
  A-prefix negation of 'cara'.

दधीचस्य (dadhīcasya) - of Dadhīci

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dadhīci

dadhīci - a Vedic sage, known for sacrificing his bones for the thunderbolt

अस्थितः (asthitaḥ) - meaning 'from Dadhīci's bones' in the context of the myth of the vajra (from bone)

(indeclinable)

Note: This form 'asthitaḥ' is derived from the noun 'asthi' (bone) with the ablative suffix '-tas', meaning 'from bone'. It undergoes sandhi to 'asthito' before a soft consonant.

वज्रम् (vajram) - thunderbolt

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt, diamond

कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दानवसूदनम् (dānavasūdanam) - the destroyer of Dānavas (demons)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dānavasūdana

dānavasūdana - destroyer of Dānavas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dānava+sūdana)

• dānava – a demon, descendant of Danu
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – destroying, crushing; destroyer
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root 'sūd'.
  Root: sūd (class 10)