महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-200, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
पितामह महाप्राज्ञ पुण्डरीकाक्षमच्युतम् ।
कर्तारमकृतं विष्णुं भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययम् ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
pitāmaha mahāprājña puṇḍarīkākṣamacyutam ,
kartāramakṛtaṁ viṣṇuṁ bhūtānāṁ prabhavāpyayam.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca pitāmaha mahāprājña puṇḍarīkākṣam
acyutam kartāram akṛtam viṣṇum bhūtānām prabhavāpyayam

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca pitāmaha mahāprājña puṇḍarīkākṣam
acyutam akṛtam kartāram bhūtānām prabhavāpyayam viṣṇum

1. Yudhishthira said: 'O Grandfather, O greatly wise one, (I salute/ask you about) Vishnu, who is the lotus-eyed (Puṇḍarīkākṣa), the infallible (Acyuta), the uncreated creator, and the origin and dissolution (prabhavāpyaya) of all beings.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

• पुण्डरीकाक्षम् (puṇḍarīkākṣam) - the lotus-eyed one (epithet of Vishnu)

• अच्युतम् (acyutam) - the infallible, the unfallen (epithet of Vishnu)

• कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the creator, the doer

• अकृतम् (akṛtam) - the uncreated, the not-made

• विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Vishnu

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of elements

• प्रभवाप्ययम् (prabhavāpyayam) - the origin and dissolution (of beings)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (eldest of the Pandavas)

Compound type : aluk tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative of yudh
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  From sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, great sire, an epithet of Brahmā

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, very intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)

पुण्डरीकाक्षम् (puṇḍarīkākṣam) - the lotus-eyed one (epithet of Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puṇḍarīkākṣa

puṇḍarīkākṣa - lotus-eyed, epithet of Vishnu

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṇḍarīka+akṣa)

• puṇḍarīka – white lotus
  noun (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (masculine)

अच्युतम् (acyutam) - the infallible, the unfallen (epithet of Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - infallible, unfallen, steady, epithet of Vishnu

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cyuta)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• cyuta – fallen, deviated, moved
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root cyu
  Root: cyu (class 1)

कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the creator, the doer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent, creator

Agent noun from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अकृतम् (akṛtam) - the uncreated, the not-made

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of akṛta

akṛta - uncreated, unmade, undone, not performed

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛta)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• kṛta – made, done, created
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Vishnu

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Vishnu (a principal Hindu deity)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of elements

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past (as participle of bhū)

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रभवाप्ययम् (prabhavāpyayam) - the origin and dissolution (of beings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhavāpyaya

prabhavāpyaya - origin and dissolution, creation and destruction

Compound type : dvandva (prabhava+apyaya)

• prabhava – origin, source, birth
  noun (masculine)
  From pra + bhū
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• apyaya – disappearance, dissolution, destruction, end
  noun (masculine)
  From api + i
  Prefix: api
  Root: i (class 2)