महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-203, verse-28

तस्या गात्रे निपतिता तेषां दृष्टिर्महात्मनाम् ।
सर्वेषामेव भूयिष्ठमृते देवं पितामहम् ॥२८॥

28. tasyā gātre nipatitā teṣāṁ dṛṣṭirmahātmanām ,
sarveṣāmeva bhūyiṣṭhamṛte devaṁ pitāmaham.

28. tasyāḥ gātre nipatitā teṣām dṛṣṭiḥ mahātmanām
sarveṣām eva bhūyiṣṭham ṛte devam pitāmaham

28. The gaze of those great souls (mahātmanām) fell upon her body, indeed from almost all of them, with the exception of the grandfather god (pitāmaha), Brahmā.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

• गात्रे (gātre) - on the body, in the limb

• निपतिता (nipatitā) - fallen, descended, fixed upon

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the gods and sages (of them)

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - gaze, sight, view, vision

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls, of the noble ones

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly, exceedingly, in the highest degree, for the most part

• ऋते (ṛte) - except, without

• देवम् (devam) - god, deity

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandfather (pitāmaha), Brahmā (grandfather, great progenitor)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

गात्रे (gātre) - on the body, in the limb

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gātra

gātra - body, limb, part of the body

निपतिता (nipatitā) - fallen, descended, fixed upon

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nipatita

nipatita - fallen, descended, alighted, fixed upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with upasarga 'ni' and past passive participle suffix 'kta'.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the gods and sages (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, they (demonstrative pronoun)

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - gaze, sight, view, vision

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, view, gaze, vision, eye

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls, of the noble ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, sublime, a great person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, essence, spirit, supreme spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly, exceedingly, in the highest degree, for the most part

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūyiṣṭha

bhūyiṣṭha - most abundant, greatest, most frequent, mostly

Superlative degree of 'bahu' (much, many).

Note: Used adverbially.

ऋते (ṛte) - except, without

(indeclinable)

देवम् (devam) - god, deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandfather (pitāmaha), Brahmā (grandfather, great progenitor)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, great ancestor, a common epithet for Brahmā