महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-16

भृगुणा वै महाभाग शप्तोऽग्निः कारणान्तरे ।
कथं देवमुखो भूत्वा यज्ञभागाग्रभुक्तथा ।
हुतभुक्सर्वलोकेषु सर्वभक्षत्वमेष्यति ॥१६॥

16. bhṛguṇā vai mahābhāga śapto'gniḥ kāraṇāntare ,
kathaṁ devamukho bhūtvā yajñabhāgāgrabhuktathā ,
hutabhuksarvalokeṣu sarvabhakṣatvameṣyati.

16. bhṛguṇā vai mahābhāga śaptaḥ agniḥ
kāraṇāntare katham devamukhaḥ bhūtvā
yajñabhāgāgrabuk tathā hutabhuk
sarvalokeṣu sarvabhakṣatvam eṣyati

16. O Illustrious One (Brahmā), Agni was indeed cursed by Bhṛgu for another reason. How can Agni, who has become the mouth of the gods and is thus the foremost enjoyer of sacrificial shares, the consumer of oblations in all worlds, become an eater of everything?

Words meanings summery:

• भृगुणा (bhṛguṇā) - by Bhṛgu (a sage) (by Bhṛgu)

• वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely)

• महाभाग (mahābhāga) - O Illustrious One (addressing Brahmā) (O greatly fortunate one, O illustrious one)

• शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (Agni, fire)

• कारणान्तरे (kāraṇāntare) - for another reason (for another reason, in another cause)

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• देवमुखः (devamukhaḥ) - having become the mouthpiece of the gods (mouth of the gods, having gods as his mouth)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (having been, having become)

• यज्ञभागाग्रबुक् (yajñabhāgāgrabuk) - foremost enjoyer of sacrificial shares

• तथा (tathā) - thus, and so (thus, so, in that manner)

• हुतभुक् (hutabhuk) - the consumer of oblations (consumer of oblations)

• सर्वलोकेषु (sarvalokeṣu) - in all worlds

• सर्वभक्षत्वम् (sarvabhakṣatvam) - the state of being an eater of everything (state of eating everything, omnivorousness)

• एष्यति (eṣyati) - he will attain (he will go, he will attain)

Words meanings and morphology

भृगुणा (bhṛguṇā) - by Bhṛgu (a sage) (by Bhṛgu)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (name of a sage)

वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

महाभाग (mahābhāga) - O Illustrious One (addressing Brahmā) (O greatly fortunate one, O illustrious one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, illustrious, noble

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bhāga – share, portion, fortune
  noun (masculine)

शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śapta

śap - to curse, to imprecate

past passive participle

past passive participle of √śap

Root: śap (class 1)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (Agni, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the fire god Agni

कारणान्तरे (kāraṇāntare) - for another reason (for another reason, in another cause)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāraṇāntara

kāraṇāntara - another reason, another cause

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāraṇa+antara)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ
• antara – other, different, interior
  adjective (neuter)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

देवमुखः (devamukhaḥ) - having become the mouthpiece of the gods (mouth of the gods, having gods as his mouth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devamukha

devamukha - mouth of the gods, having gods as his mouth (epithet of Agni)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+mukha)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening
  noun (neuter)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (having been, having become)

(gerund)

यज्ञभागाग्रबुक् (yajñabhāgāgrabuk) - foremost enjoyer of sacrificial shares

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajñabhāgāgrabuj

yajñabhāgāgrabuj - one who enjoys the first part of sacrificial offerings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+bhāga+agra+bhuj)

• yajña – sacrifice, oblation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj
• bhāga – share, portion
  noun (masculine)
• agra – foremost, tip, first part
  noun (neuter)
• bhuj – enjoyer, eater
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root √bhuj
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

तथा (tathā) - thus, and so (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

हुतभुक् (hutabhuk) - the consumer of oblations (consumer of oblations)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutabhuj

hutabhuj - one who eats or consumes oblations (Agni)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+bhuj)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  p.p.p. of √hu
  Root: hu (class 3)
• bhuj – enjoyer, eater
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root √bhuj
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

सर्वलोकेषु (sarvalokeṣu) - in all worlds

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarvaloka

sarvaloka - all worlds

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+loka)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)

सर्वभक्षत्वम् (sarvabhakṣatvam) - the state of being an eater of everything (state of eating everything, omnivorousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarvabhakṣatva

sarvabhakṣatva - omnivorousness, the condition of eating everything

abstract noun formed with -tva suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarvabhakṣa+tva)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective
• bhakṣa – food, eating, eater
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 1)
• tva – suffix denoting 'state of being', 'nature'
  suffix (neuter)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

एष्यति (eṣyati) - he will attain (he will go, he will attain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of eṣyati

future tense

future 3rd singular active of root √i

Root: i (class 2)