महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-176, verse-6

भृगुरुवाच ।
ब्रह्मकल्पे पुरा ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मर्षीणां समागमे ।
लोकसंभवसंदेहः समुत्पन्नो महात्मनाम् ॥६॥

6. bhṛguruvāca ,
brahmakalpe purā brahmanbrahmarṣīṇāṁ samāgame ,
lokasaṁbhavasaṁdehaḥ samutpanno mahātmanām.

6. bhṛguḥ uvāca brahmakalpe purā brahman brahmarṣīṇām
samāgame lokasaṁbhavasaṁdehaḥ samutpannaḥ mahātmanām

6. bhṛguḥ uvāca brahman purā brahmakalpe brahmarṣīṇām
samāgame mahātmanām lokasaṁbhavasaṁdehaḥ samutpannaḥ

6. Bhṛgu said: 'O Brahmin (brahman), long ago, during the Brahmakalpa (brahmakalpa), a great doubt regarding the origin of the worlds arose among the great-souled ones (mahātmanām) at a gathering of the Brahma-ṛṣis (brahmarṣi).'

Words meanings summery:

• भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रह्मकल्पे (brahmakalpe) - in the Brahmakalpa, in a cosmic age

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Bharadvāja (O Brahmin, O learned one)

• ब्रह्मर्षीणाम् (brahmarṣīṇām) - of the Brahma-ṛṣis, of the divine sages

• समागमे (samāgame) - in the assembly, at the meeting, in the confluence

• लोकसंभवसंदेहः (lokasaṁbhavasaṁdehaḥ) - doubt concerning the origin of the worlds

• समुत्पन्नः (samutpannaḥ) - arisen, generated, occurred

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls, of the noble ones

Words meanings and morphology

भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - name of a celebrated ancient sage and patriarch

Note: Subject of the verb uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of √vac

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मकल्पे (brahmakalpe) - in the Brahmakalpa, in a cosmic age

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of brahmakalpa

brahmakalpa - a Kalpa, a cosmic age, a day of Brahmā

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+kalpa)

• brahman – Brahmā (the creator god), supreme reality
  proper noun (masculine)
• kalpa – a cosmic age, an eon, a period of time
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to a specific cosmic period.

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Bharadvāja (O Brahmin, O learned one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin (a member of the priestly class), one who knows Brahman

Note: Address to the listener.

ब्रह्मर्षीणाम् (brahmarṣīṇām) - of the Brahma-ṛṣis, of the divine sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahmarṣi

brahmarṣi - a Brahma-ṛṣi, a divine sage of the highest class

Karma-dhāraya compound

Compound type : karmadharaya (brahman+ṛṣi)

• brahman – Brahma, divine
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

Note: Denotes possession or relation to the assembly.

समागमे (samāgame) - in the assembly, at the meeting, in the confluence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, assembly, coming together, confluence

from sam-ā-√gam (to come together)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Expresses the place/time of the event.

लोकसंभवसंदेहः (lokasaṁbhavasaṁdehaḥ) - doubt concerning the origin of the worlds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokasaṁbhavasaṁdeha

lokasaṁbhavasaṁdeha - doubt about the origin of the worlds

Tatpuruṣa compound (saṁśaya of lokasaṁbhava)

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka+saṁbhava+saṁdeha)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• saṁbhava – origin, birth, production, possibility
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-√bhū (to arise, be produced)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• saṁdeha – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-√dih (to be confused)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject of `samutpannaḥ`.

समुत्पन्नः (samutpannaḥ) - arisen, generated, occurred

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samutpanna

samutpanna - produced, born, arisen, occurred, generated

Past Passive Participle

from sam-ut-√pad (to arise, be produced) + -ta (ppp suffix)

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective to `lokasaṁbhavasaṁdehaḥ`.

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls, of the noble ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted, a great person

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'having a great soul'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Denotes the agents among whom the doubt arose.