महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-23

एवमस्त्विति तं वह्निः प्रत्युवाच पितामहम् ।
जगाम शासनं कर्तुं देवस्य परमेष्ठिनः ॥२३॥

23. evamastviti taṁ vahniḥ pratyuvāca pitāmaham ,
jagāma śāsanaṁ kartuṁ devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ.

23. evam astu iti tam vahniḥ pratyuvāca pitāmaham
jagāma śāsanam kartum devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ

23. Agni replied to the Grandfather, saying, 'So be it.' He then went to execute the command of the supreme deity.

Words meanings summery:

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

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quote) (thus, so (quotation particle))

• तम् (tam) - him (Brahmā) (him, that)

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - Agni (fire, Agni, carrier of oblations)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, spoke in return)

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the Grandfather (Brahmā) (grandfather, Brahmā)

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went (he went, he proceeded)

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - the command (command, order, instruction)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to execute (to do, to make, to perform)

• देवस्य (devasya) - of the god

• परमेष्ठिनः (parameṣṭhinaḥ) - of the supreme lord (Brahmā) (of the supreme one, of Brahmā)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quote) (thus, so (quotation particle))

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (Brahmā) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - Agni (fire, Agni, carrier of oblations)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni, carrier of oblations

from root vah

Root: vah (class 1)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, spoke in return)

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the Grandfather (Brahmā) (grandfather, Brahmā)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, Brahmā

जगाम (jagāma) - he went (he went, he proceeded)

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

शासनम् (śāsanam) - the command (command, order, instruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - instruction, command, rule

action noun

from root śās

Root: śās (class 2)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to execute (to do, to make, to perform)

(verb)

infinitive

to-infinitive (tumun)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

देवस्य (devasya) - of the god

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity

परमेष्ठिनः (parameṣṭhinaḥ) - of the supreme lord (Brahmā) (of the supreme one, of Brahmā)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parameṣṭhin

parameṣṭhin - standing at the summit, supreme ruler, Brahmā

from parama (supreme) + sthā (to stand) + -in (agent suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parama+sthā)

• parama – highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective
• sthā – to stand, to remain, to exist
  verb_base
  Root: sthā (class 1)