महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-216, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्तु भगवान्धूमकेतुर्हुताशनः ।
चिन्तयामास वरुणं लोकपालं दिदृक्षया ।
आदित्यमुदके देवं निवसन्तं जलेश्वरम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktastu bhagavāndhūmaketurhutāśanaḥ ,
cintayāmāsa varuṇaṁ lokapālaṁ didṛkṣayā ,
ādityamudake devaṁ nivasantaṁ jaleśvaram.

1. vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktaḥ tu
bhagavān dhūmaketuḥ hutāśanaḥ cintayāmāsa
varuṇam lokapālam didṛkṣayā ādityam
udake devam nivasantam jaleśvaram

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Thus addressed, the revered Agni, known as Dhūmaketu and Hutāśana, meditated with a desire to see Varuṇa. Varuṇa was the world-protector (lokapāla), a son of Aditi, a deity dwelling in the waters, and the lord of waters (jaleśvara).

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśaṃpāyana (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (to Agni) (spoken, addressed, said)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered Agni (the revered one, the illustrious one)

• धूमकेतुः (dhūmaketuḥ) - Agni, the smoke-bannered one (smoke-bannered, having smoke for a banner (an epithet of Agni))

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - Agni, the consumer of oblations (fire-eater, consumer of oblations, Agni)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he meditated (on Varuṇa) (he thought, he meditated, he considered)

• वरुणम् (varuṇam) - Varuṇa, the god of waters (Varuṇa (god of cosmic order, waters))

• लोकपालम् (lokapālam) - Varuṇa as a world-protector (lokapāla) (world-protector, guardian of the world)

• दिदृक्षया (didṛkṣayā) - with a desire to see (Varuṇa) (with a desire to see, in order to see)

• आदित्यम् (ādityam) - Varuṇa, the son of Aditi (son of Aditi, a deity)

• उदके (udake) - in the waters (where Varuṇa dwells) (in water, in the waters)

• देवम् (devam) - Varuṇa, the deity (god, deity)

• निवसन्तम् (nivasantam) - dwelling (in the waters) (dwelling, residing)

• जलेश्वरम् (jaleśvaram) - Varuṇa, the lord of waters (jaleśvara) (lord of waters)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśaṃpāyana (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active indicative of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (to Agni) (spoken, addressed, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies Bhagavan/Agni

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered Agni (the revered one, the illustrious one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, revered, illustrious, divine

Root: bhag

Note: Refers to Agni

धूमकेतुः (dhūmaketuḥ) - Agni, the smoke-bannered one (smoke-bannered, having smoke for a banner (an epithet of Agni))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhūmaketu

dhūmaketu - smoke-bannered, comet (lit. smoke-banner), an epithet of Agni

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhūma+ketu)

• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• ketu – banner, flag, sign, mark
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Agni

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - Agni, the consumer of oblations (fire-eater, consumer of oblations, Agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire-eater, consumer of oblations, fire, Agni

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, oblation
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Refers to Agni

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he meditated (on Varuṇa) (he thought, he meditated, he considered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of cint

perfect tense (denominal from cintā or caus. from cit)

3rd person singular perfect active indicative of cint (from root cit with suffix -aya)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Subject is Agni

वरुणम् (varuṇam) - Varuṇa, the god of waters (Varuṇa (god of cosmic order, waters))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuṇa (Vedic deity, god of waters, oceans, cosmic order)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Object of cintayāmāsa

लोकपालम् (lokapālam) - Varuṇa as a world-protector (lokapāla) (world-protector, guardian of the world)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lokapāla

lokapāla - protector of the world, guardian of a quarter of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pāla)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Appositive to varuṇam

दिदृक्षया (didṛkṣayā) - with a desire to see (Varuṇa) (with a desire to see, in order to see)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of didṛkṣā

didṛkṣā - desire to see

desiderative noun

Derived from desiderative stem of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आदित्यम् (ādityam) - Varuṇa, the son of Aditi (son of Aditi, a deity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - a son of Aditi, a deity belonging to the group of Adityas (e.g., Varuṇa, Mitra, Sūrya)

Derived from Aditi + ya (patronymic)

Note: Appositive to varuṇam

उदके (udake) - in the waters (where Varuṇa dwells) (in water, in the waters)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

Root: und (class 7)

Note: In the water

देवम् (devam) - Varuṇa, the deity (god, deity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Appositive to varuṇam

निवसन्तम् (nivasantam) - dwelling (in the waters) (dwelling, residing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nivasat

nivasat - dwelling, residing

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root vas with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Modifies devam (Varuṇa)

जलेश्वरम् (jaleśvaram) - Varuṇa, the lord of waters (jaleśvara) (lord of waters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaleśvara

jaleśvara - lord of waters, an epithet for Varuṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+īśvara)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Appositive to varuṇam