महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-200, verse-19

अङ्गुष्ठादसृजद्ब्रह्मा मरीचेरपि पूर्वजम् ।
सोऽभवद्भरतश्रेष्ठ दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः ॥१९॥

19. aṅguṣṭhādasṛjadbrahmā marīcerapi pūrvajam ,
so'bhavadbharataśreṣṭha dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ.

19. aṅguṣṭhāt asṛjat brahmā marīceḥ api pūrvajam saḥ
abhavat bharataśreṣṭha dakṣaḥ nāma prajāpatiḥ

19. bharataśreṣṭha brahmā aṅguṣṭhāt marīceḥ api pūrvajam
[dakṣam] asṛjat saḥ nāma dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ abhavat

19. O best among Bhāratas (bharataśreṣṭha), Brahmā created from his thumb Dakṣa, who was the first-born (pūrvaja) even before Marīci. He became known as Prajāpati Dakṣa.

Words meanings summery:

• अङ्गुष्ठात् (aṅguṣṭhāt) - from the thumb

• असृजत् (asṛjat) - created, let loose, emitted

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

• मरीचेः (marīceḥ) - of Marīci

• अपि (api) - even (before) (also, even, moreover)

• पूर्वजम् (pūrvajam) - earlier (in creation) (first-born, elder, earlier)

• सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Dakṣa) (he, that)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best among Bhāratas

• दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa (a Prajāpati)

• नाम (nāma) - named, by name (name, by name, indeed)

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - lord of creatures, creator, Prajāpati

Words meanings and morphology

अङ्गुष्ठात् (aṅguṣṭhāt) - from the thumb

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aṅguṣṭha

aṅguṣṭha - thumb, big toe

असृजत् (asṛjat) - created, let loose, emitted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of sṛj

Root: sṛj (class 6)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god); the ultimate reality; a priest

Note: Refers to the deity Brahmā.

मरीचेः (marīceḥ) - of Marīci

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of marīci

marīci - a ray of light, a sage, name of one of the Prajāpatis

अपि (api) - even (before) (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पूर्वजम् (pūrvajam) - earlier (in creation) (first-born, elder, earlier)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pūrvaja

pūrvaja - first-born, elder, produced before, earlier

from pūrva (before) + ja (born from √jan)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrva+ja)

• pūrva – former, prior, eastern
  adjective (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies the implied object Dakṣa.

सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Dakṣa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best among Bhāratas

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, name of a king
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of praśasya (excellent)

Note: Standard epithet in the Mahābhārata.

दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa (a Prajāpati)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dakṣa

dakṣa - able, capable, skillful; name of a Prajāpati

नाम (nāma) - named, by name (name, by name, indeed)

(indeclinable)

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - lord of creatures, creator, Prajāpati

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creation, protector of creatures, a progenitor, Prajāpati

Compound type : tatpurusha (prajā+pati)

• prajā – progeny, creatures, subjects
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Often used as a title for primeval progenitors.