महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-17

श्रुत्वा तु तद्वचस्तेषामग्निमाहूय लोककृत् ।
उवाच वचनं श्लक्ष्णं भूतभावनमव्ययम् ॥१७॥

17. śrutvā tu tadvacasteṣāmagnimāhūya lokakṛt ,
uvāca vacanaṁ ślakṣṇaṁ bhūtabhāvanamavyayam.

17. śrutvā tu tad vacaḥ teṣām agnim āhūya lokakṛt
uvāca vacanam ślakṣṇam bhūtabhāvanam avyayam

17. Having heard their words, Brahmā, the creator of the worlds, summoned Agni and spoke gentle, life-sustaining, and imperishable words.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic filler) (indeed, but, and)

• तद् (tad) - their (that)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech)

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

• अग्निम् (agnim) - Agni

• आहूय (āhūya) - having summoned (having called, having summoned)

• लोककृत् (lokakṛt) - the creator of the worlds (Brahmā) (creator of the worlds)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke (he said, he spoke)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, utterance)

• श्लक्ष्णम् (ślakṣṇam) - gentle (smooth, gentle, agreeable)

• भूतभावनम् (bhūtabhāvanam) - life-sustaining (fostering beings, causing beings to exist, life-sustaining)

• अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable (imperishable, immutable)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(gerund)

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic filler) (indeed, but, and)

(indeclinable)

तद् (tad) - their (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अग्निम् (agnim) - Agni

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the fire god Agni

आहूय (āhūya) - having summoned (having called, having summoned)

(gerund)

लोककृत् (lokakṛt) - the creator of the worlds (Brahmā) (creator of the worlds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokakṛt

lokakṛt - creator of the world/people

agent noun

compound of loka and agent noun kṛt from root √kṛ

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+kṛt)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• kṛt – doer, maker, creator
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of uvāca

perfect tense

perfect 3rd singular active of root √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, utterance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, utterance

action noun

Root: vac

श्लक्ष्णम् (ślakṣṇam) - gentle (smooth, gentle, agreeable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ślakṣṇa

ślakṣṇa - smooth, soft, gentle, agreeable, subtle

भूतभावनम् (bhūtabhāvanam) - life-sustaining (fostering beings, causing beings to exist, life-sustaining)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūtabhāvana

bhūtabhāvana - fostering living beings, causing beings to exist, sustaining life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+bhāvana)

• bhūta – being, creature, existed
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle
  p.p.p. of √bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhāvana – causing to be, effecting, cherishing, fostering
  adjective (neuter)
  agent noun/verbal adjective
  from causative of √bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable (imperishable, immutable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, immutable, undecaying, indeclinable

negative prefix 'a' + 'vyaya'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyaya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• vyaya – expense, decay, destruction, passing away
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from vi-√i
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)