महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-237, verse-27

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उत्तान आस्येन हविर्जुहोति लोकस्य नाभिर्जगतः प्रतिष्ठा ।
तस्याङ्गमङ्गानि कृताकृतं च वैश्वानरः सर्वमेव प्रपेदे ॥२७॥

27. uttāna āsyena havirjuhoti; lokasya nābhirjagataḥ pratiṣṭhā ,
tasyāṅgamaṅgāni kṛtākṛtaṁ ca; vaiśvānaraḥ sarvameva prapede.

27. uttānaḥ āsyena haviḥ juhoti
lokasya nābhiḥ jagataḥ pratiṣṭhā
tasya aṅgam aṅgāni kṛtākṛtam
ca vaiśvānaraḥ sarvam eva prapede

27. vaiśvānaraḥ uttānaḥ āsyena haviḥ juhoti.
lokasya nābhiḥ jagataḥ pratiṣṭhā.
tasya aṅgam aṅgāni kṛtākṛtam ca sarvam eva prapede.

27. The Universal Fire (Vaiśvānara) offers oblations with its upturned mouth; it is the navel of the world, the foundation of the universe. Vaiśvānara indeed pervades all its limbs and parts, encompassing both the formed and the unformed (aspects of creation).

Words meanings summery:

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उत्तानः (uttānaḥ) - upturned (referring to the mouth/flame) (upturned, facing upwards, supine, extended)

आस्येन (āsyena) - with its (upturned) mouth (referring to the flame of Agni/Vaiśvānara) (by the mouth, with the mouth, through the face)

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial offering

जुहोति (juhoti) - he offers, he sacrifices

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the human world/realm (of the world, of the people)

नाभिः (nābhiḥ) - the central point, core (navel, center, hub)

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the entire mobile universe (of the moving world, of the universe)

प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) - the stable basis (foundation, support, abode, establishment)

तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to Vaiśvānara's own) (his, its)

अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - any singular part or aspect (limb, part, body)

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - multiple limbs or parts (limbs, parts)

कृताकृतम् (kṛtākṛtam) - all aspects of creation, both manifest and unmanifest (done and undone, made and unmade, created and uncreated, formed and unformed)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

वैश्वानरः (vaiśvānaraḥ) - the Universal Fire, representing the all-pervading consciousness or digestive fire (the universal fire, Agni, universal spirit, relating to all men)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (encompassing all limbs, done, and undone) (all, whole, entire)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just, quite)

प्रपेदे (prapede) - he pervaded, he entered into (he attained, he reached, he entered, he comprehended, he pervaded)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तानः (uttānaḥ) - upturned (referring to the mouth/flame) (upturned, facing upwards, supine, extended)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttāna

uttāna - upturned, supine, extended

From 'ut' (up) + root 'tan' (to stretch).

Prefix: ut

Root: tan (class 8)

आस्येन (āsyena) - with its (upturned) mouth (referring to the flame of Agni/Vaiśvānara) (by the mouth, with the mouth, through the face)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face

Note: Instrument for 'juhoti'.

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial offering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, sacrificial offering, butter, ghee

From root 'hu' (to offer).

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Direct object of 'juhoti'.

जुहोति (juhoti) - he offers, he sacrifices

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of hu

Present tense, Parasmaipada (active voice), reduplicated root. 3rd class (juhotyādi) verb.

Root: hu (class 3)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the human world/realm (of the world, of the people)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Possessive, modifying 'nābhiḥ'.

नाभिः (nābhiḥ) - the central point, core (navel, center, hub)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nābhi

nābhi - navel, center, hub, focal point

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the entire mobile universe (of the moving world, of the universe)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, world, universe

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go), reduplicated form. Used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Possessive, modifying 'pratiṣṭhā'.

प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) - the stable basis (foundation, support, abode, establishment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratiṣṭhā

pratiṣṭhā - foundation, support, abode, establishment

From 'prati' + root 'sthā' (to stand), with 'ā' suffix.

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to Vaiśvānara's own) (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Genitive singular of 'tad'.

अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - any singular part or aspect (limb, part, body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṅga

aṅga - limb, part, member, body

Note: Direct object of 'prapede'.

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - multiple limbs or parts (limbs, parts)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, part, member, body

Note: Direct object of 'prapede'.

कृताकृतम् (kṛtākṛtam) - all aspects of creation, both manifest and unmanifest (done and undone, made and unmade, created and uncreated, formed and unformed)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛtākṛta

kṛtākṛta - done and undone, made and unmade, created and uncreated

Dvandva compound of 'kṛta' (done/made/created - PPP of 'kṛ') and 'akṛta' (undone/unmade/uncreated - 'a' + PPP of 'kṛ'). Used here as a noun.

Compound type : dvandva (kṛta+akṛta)

kṛta – done, made, performed, created
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
akṛta – undone, unmade, uncreated
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Formed from 'a' (not) + 'kṛta' (done/made).
Prefix: a
Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Direct object of 'prapede'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'aṅgam aṅgāni' with 'kṛtākṛtam'.

वैश्वानरः (vaiśvānaraḥ) - the Universal Fire, representing the all-pervading consciousness or digestive fire (the universal fire, Agni, universal spirit, relating to all men)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśvānara

vaiśvānara - belonging to all men, universal, omnipresent, the universal fire, Agni

Derived from 'viśva' (all) + 'nara' (man, being).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viśva+nara)