महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-58, verse-45

इत्युक्त्वा स महीं देवो ब्रह्मा राजन्विसृज्य च ।
आदिदेश तदा सर्वान्विबुधान्भूतकृत्स्वयम् ॥४५॥

45. ityuktvā sa mahīṁ devo brahmā rājanvisṛjya ca ,
ādideśa tadā sarvānvibudhānbhūtakṛtsvayam.

45. iti uktvā sa mahīm devaḥ brahmā rājan visṛjya
ca ādiśat tadā sarvān vibudhān bhūtakṛt svayam

45. Having said this, O King, that divine Brahmā, the creator of beings, himself dismissed the Earth and then commanded all the gods.

45. לאחר שאמר זאת, האל בְּרַהְמָה, הו מלך, שחרר את הארץ, ובעצמו, יוצר היצורים, ציווה אז על כל האלים,

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing speech) (thus, in this manner)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

• स (sa) - that (referring to Brahmā) (he, that)

• महीम् (mahīm) - the Earth

• देवः (devaḥ) - divine (epithet for Brahmā) (god, divine)

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Lord Brahmā)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing the audience/narratee) (O King)

• विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having dismissed (having dismissed, having sent away)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आदिशत् (ādiśat) - commanded (he commanded, instructed)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

• विबुधान् (vibudhān) - gods (wise ones, gods)

• भूतकृत् (bhūtakṛt) - the creator of beings (creator of beings)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (himself, oneself)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (introducing speech) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (ktvā)

Derived from root vac (to speak) with ktvā suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - that (referring to Brahmā) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

महीम् (mahīm) - the Earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

देवः (devaḥ) - divine (epithet for Brahmā) (god, divine)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Lord Brahmā)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), a priest, the Absolute (neuter)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing the audience/narratee) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having dismissed (having dismissed, having sent away)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

Derived from root sṛj with prefix vi, and lyap suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आदिशत् (ādiśat) - commanded (he commanded, instructed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ā-diś

Prefix: ā

Root: diś (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

विबुधान् (vibudhān) - gods (wise ones, gods)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vibudha

vibudha - wise, intelligent, learned, a god

भूतकृत् (bhūtakṛt) - the creator of beings (creator of beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtakṛt

bhūtakṛt - creator of beings, creator

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+kṛt)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• kṛt – maker, doer, creator
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (himself, oneself)

(indeclinable)

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