महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-194, verse-6

मही महीजाः पवनोऽन्तरिक्षं जलौकसश्चैव जलं दिवं च ।
दिवौकसश्चैव यतः प्रसूतास्तदुच्यतां मे भगवन्पुराणम् ॥६॥

6. mahī mahījāḥ pavano'ntarikṣaṁ; jalaukasaścaiva jalaṁ divaṁ ca ,
divaukasaścaiva yataḥ prasūtā;staducyatāṁ me bhagavanpurāṇam.

6. mahī mahī-jāḥ pavanaḥ antarikṣam
jala-okasaḥ ca eva jalam divam ca
| diva-okasaḥ ca eva yataḥ prasūtāḥ
tat ucyatām me bhagavan purāṇam

6. bhagavan me tat purāṇam ucyatām yataḥ mahī,
mahī-jāḥ,
pavanaḥ,
antarikṣam,
jalam,
jala-okasaḥ ca eva,
divam ca,
diva-okasaḥ ca eva prasūtāḥ (iti).

6. O Venerable One (Bhagavan), please tell me about that ancient (Purāṇa) source from which the earth, mountains (born of earth), wind, atmosphere, aquatic beings, water, and the sky, as well as the celestial inhabitants, have all originated.

Words meanings summery:

• मही (mahī) - earth (as one of the elements) (earth, ground, land)

• मही-जाः (mahī-jāḥ) - mountains (literally "earth-born") (born of the earth, mountains, trees)

• पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind (as an element) (wind, air, purifier)

• अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - atmosphere (atmosphere, sky, mid-region)

• जल-ओकसः (jala-okasaḥ) - aquatic beings (aquatic beings, water-dwellers)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, also (emphasizing inclusion) (only, indeed, just, certainly)

• जलम् (jalam) - water (as an element) (water)

• दिवम् (divam) - sky (sky, heaven)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• दिव-ओकसः (diva-okasaḥ) - celestial inhabitants (celestial beings, sky-dwellers)

• च (ca) - as well as (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also (emphasizing inclusion) (only, indeed, just, certainly)

• यतः (yataḥ) - from which source (from whom, from which, because)

• प्रसूताः (prasūtāḥ) - originated, born (born, produced, created)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the Purāṇa) (that, therefore)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - please tell (me) (let it be said, let it be told)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (Bhagavan) (O Venerable One, O Lord, O Fortunate One)

• पुराणम् (purāṇam) - the ancient (Purāṇa) (ancient, old, a Purāṇa (ancient text))

Words meanings and morphology

मही (mahī) - earth (as one of the elements) (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land, a cow

मही-जाः (mahī-jāḥ) - mountains (literally "earth-born") (born of the earth, mountains, trees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahī-ja

mahī-ja - born of the earth, mountains, trees

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+ja)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jan- (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used here as a noun 'mountains'.

पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind (as an element) (wind, air, purifier)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, purifier, current

From root pū- (to purify, to blow)

Root: pū (class 9)

अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam) - atmosphere (atmosphere, sky, mid-region)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - atmosphere, sky, space between heaven and earth

Note: Also accusative singular, but nominative fits the list of subjects being 'born'.

जल-ओकसः (jala-okasaḥ) - aquatic beings (aquatic beings, water-dwellers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jala-okasa

jala-okasa - aquatic creature, water-dweller

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+okasa)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• okasa – dwelling, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  From root vas- (to dwell) with prefix ava changed to oka.
  Root: vas (class 10)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, also (emphasizing inclusion) (only, indeed, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifying particle.

जलम् (jalam) - water (as an element) (water)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Also accusative singular, but nominative fits the list of subjects being 'born'.

दिवम् (divam) - sky (sky, heaven)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

दिव-ओकसः (diva-okasaḥ) - celestial inhabitants (celestial beings, sky-dwellers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of diva-okasa

diva-okasa - celestial being, god, sky-dweller

Compound type : tatpurusha (div+okasa)

• div – sky, heaven
  noun (feminine)
• okasa – dwelling, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  From root vas- (to dwell) with prefix ava changed to oka.
  Root: vas (class 10)

च (ca) - as well as (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also (emphasizing inclusion) (only, indeed, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifying particle.

यतः (yataḥ) - from which source (from whom, from which, because)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yat

yat - which, what

Ablative form of 'yat'.

प्रसूताः (prasūtāḥ) - originated, born (born, produced, created)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prasūta

prasūta - born, produced, brought forth, arisen

Past Passive Participle

From root sū- (to produce, generate) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Refers to mahī, mahī-jāḥ, pavanaḥ, jala-okasaḥ, diva-okasaḥ, and implicitly to antarikṣam, jalam, divam in a collective sense.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the Purāṇa) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of `ucyatām`.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - please tell (me) (let it be said, let it be told)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Imperative, 3rd person singular, passive voice

From root vac- (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (Bhagavan) (O Venerable One, O Lord, O Fortunate One)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, venerable, divine

Possessive adjective from bhaga.

Note: Often used as a respectful address for a deity or revered person.

पुराणम् (purāṇam) - the ancient (Purāṇa) (ancient, old, a Purāṇa (ancient text))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old, primeval; an ancient narrative (Purāṇa)

Note: Object of `ucyatām`.