महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-178, verse-2

भृगुरुवाच ।
वायोर्गतिमहं ब्रह्मन्कीर्तयिष्यामि तेऽनघ ।
प्राणिनामनिलो देहान्यथा चेष्टयते बली ॥२॥

2. bhṛguruvāca ,
vāyorgatimahaṁ brahmankīrtayiṣyāmi te'nagha ,
prāṇināmanilo dehānyathā ceṣṭayate balī.

2. bhṛguḥ uvāca | vāyoḥ gatiṃ ahaṃ brahman kīrtayiṣyāmi
te anagha | prāṇināṃ anilaḥ dehān yathā ceṣṭayate balī

2. bhṛguḥ uvāca brahman anagha ahaṃ te vāyoḥ gatiṃ
kīrtayiṣyāmi yathā balī anilaḥ prāṇināṃ dehān ceṣṭayate

2. Bhṛgu said: 'O Brahmin, O sinless one, I will describe to you the course (gati) of the wind (vāyu), and how the mighty wind (anilaḥ) moves the bodies of living beings.'

Words meanings summery:

• भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (as the speaker) (Bhṛgu (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the wind (of wind, of air)

• गतिं (gatiṁ) - movement, course (of the wind) (movement, course, path, state, destination)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Bhṛgu) (I)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin! (addressing Bhāradvāja) (O Brahmin! (vocative of brahman meaning 'Brahmin'))

• कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I will describe (I will proclaim, I will describe, I will praise)

• ते (te) - to you (dative/genitive singular of tvad) (to you, for you, by you)

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one! (addressing Bhāradvāja) (O sinless one! O faultless one!)

• प्राणिनां (prāṇināṁ) - of living beings (of living beings, of creatures)

• अनिलः (anilaḥ) - wind, air (as a biological principle) (wind, air)

• देहान् (dehān) - bodies (of living beings) (bodies)

• यथा (yathā) - how, just as (as, just as, in what manner)

• चेष्टयते (ceṣṭayate) - causes to move, animates (causes to move, animates, makes active, strives)

• बली (balī) - powerful (wind) (powerful, strong, mighty, having strength)

Words meanings and morphology

भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (as the speaker) (Bhṛgu (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (proper name of a Vedic sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root √vac (Gana 2). Perfect tense (liṭ), Active voice, 3rd person, singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the wind (of wind, of air)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, god of wind, vital breath

Root: vā (class 2)

गतिं (gatiṁ) - movement, course (of the wind) (movement, course, path, state, destination)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, going, course, path, state, condition, destination, understanding

From root √gam (to go) + suffix -ti.

Root: gam (class 1)

अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Bhṛgu) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person singular pronoun.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin! (addressing Bhāradvāja) (O Brahmin! (vocative of brahman meaning 'Brahmin'))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin, a priest, the sacred word, the absolute (brahman)

Vocative singular of brahman (masculine, meaning 'a Brahmin').

Root: bṛh

कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I will describe (I will proclaim, I will describe, I will praise)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (ḷṛṭ) of kīrt

Future Active

Causative stem of root √kṛt or √kṛ. Future tense, Active voice, 1st person, singular.

Root: kṛt (class 10)

ते (te) - to you (dative/genitive singular of tvad) (to you, for you, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Second person singular pronoun.

Note: Can also be genitive singular. In this context, 'to you' is more appropriate.

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one! (addressing Bhāradvāja) (O sinless one! O faultless one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, innocent, blameless

Bahuvrīhi compound: an (privative) + agha (sin, fault).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+agha)

• a – not, un- (privative prefix)
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• agha – sin, fault, evil, distress, misfortune
  noun (neuter)

Note: Functions as an epithet here.

प्राणिनां (prāṇināṁ) - of living beings (of living beings, of creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, creature, animate being, endowed with breath (prāṇa)

From prāṇa (life breath) + in (possessive suffix).

अनिलः (anilaḥ) - wind, air (as a biological principle) (wind, air)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, god of wind, vāyu

Literally 'that which is without fire' or 'that which moves without effort'.

Prefix: an-

Root: ila

देहान् (dehān) - bodies (of living beings) (bodies)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form, person

From root √dih (to smear, to grow).

Root: dih (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - how, just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

चेष्टयते (ceṣṭayate) - causes to move, animates (causes to move, animates, makes active, strives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ceṣṭ

Present Middle (causative)

Causative stem of root √ceṣṭ (Gana 1). Present tense, Middle voice, 3rd person, singular.

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

बली (balī) - powerful (wind) (powerful, strong, mighty, having strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - powerful, strong, mighty, endowed with strength (bala)

From bala (strength) + in (possessive suffix). Nominative singular masculine.