महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-175, verse-35

भरद्वाज उवाच ।
पुष्कराद्यदि संभूतो ज्येष्ठं भवति पुष्करम् ।
ब्रह्माणं पूर्वजं चाह भवान्संदेह एव मे ॥३५॥

35. bharadvāja uvāca ,
puṣkarādyadi saṁbhūto jyeṣṭhaṁ bhavati puṣkaram ,
brahmāṇaṁ pūrvajaṁ cāha bhavānsaṁdeha eva me.

35. bharadvāja uvāca puṣkarāt yadi saṃbhūtaḥ jyeṣṭham bhavati
puṣkaram brahmāṇam pūrvajam ca āha bhavān saṃdehaḥ eva me

35. bharadvāja uvāca: yadi puṣkarāt saṃbhūtaḥ,
(tadā) puṣkaram jyeṣṭham bhavati.
ca bhavān brahmāṇam pūrvajam āha.
me saṃdehaḥ eva.

35. Bhāradvāja said: "If (Brahmā) was born from the lotus (puṣkara), then the lotus would be the elder. Yet, you say that Brahmā is the first-born. This is indeed my doubt."

Words meanings summery:

• भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bharadvaja (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पुष्करात् (puṣkarāt) - from the lotus

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• संभूतः (saṁbhūtaḥ) - born, produced, arisen

• ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - eldest, oldest, greatest, most excellent

• भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes, exists

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus

• ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• पूर्वजम् (pūrvajam) - first-born, ancestor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• आह (āha) - refers to Bhrigu's previous statement (said, spoke, you say)

• भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you (polite)

• संदेहः (saṁdehaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

• मे (me) - my, to me

Words meanings and morphology

भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bharadvaja (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvaja (name of a Vedic sage)

Note: The speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, of root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

पुष्करात् (puṣkarāt) - from the lotus

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, water, sky, tip of an elephant's trunk

ablative singular of puṣkara (neuter noun)

Note: Source of origin for Brahmā, according to the earlier statement.

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

संभूतः (saṁbhūtaḥ) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhūta

saṁbhūta - born, produced, arisen, existing, happened

past passive participle

derived from root bhū (to be) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Brahmā, implicitly.

ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - eldest, oldest, greatest, most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, oldest, greatest, best, principal

superlative of vṛddha (old/grown)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'puṣkaram'.

भवति (bhavati) - is, becomes, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

root bhū, Class 1, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, water, sky, tip of an elephant's trunk

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), prayer, sacred text, universal spirit (brahman)

Note: Object of 'āha'.

पूर्वजम् (pūrvajam) - first-born, ancestor

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pūrvaja

pūrvaja - first-born, ancient, ancestor

Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrva+ja)

• pūrva – first, prior, ancient, former
  adjective (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  suffix (masculine)
  derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'brahmāṇam'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

आह (āha) - refers to Bhrigu's previous statement (said, spoke, you say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ah

perfect tense, 2nd or 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, of root ah

Root: ah (class 2)

भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you (polite)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address), being, existing

Note: The implied subject of 'āha'.

संदेहः (saṁdehaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, risk

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'asti' (is).

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'doubt'.

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

enclitic genitive/dative singular of 'asmad'

Note: Possessive pronoun 'my' (my doubt).