महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-272, verse-23

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एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शिवश्चैव जगत्प्रभुः ।
सोमश्च भगवान्देवः सर्वे च परमर्षयः ॥२३॥

23. eṣa brahmā ca viṣṇuśca śivaścaiva jagatprabhuḥ ,
somaśca bhagavāndevaḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ.

23. eṣaḥ brahmā ca viṣṇuḥ ca śivaḥ ca eva jagatprabhuḥ
somaḥ ca bhagavān devaḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ

23. Behold, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva – indeed, the Lord of the universe – are here. Also, the revered god Soma and all the great sages (paramarṣayaḥ) are present.

Words meanings summery:

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एषः (eṣaḥ) - an emphatic pronoun, introducing the following list of deities and sages (this, this one, he)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

च (ca) - and, also

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu (the preserver god)

च (ca) - and, also

शिवः (śivaḥ) - Śiva (the destroyer god)

च (ca) - and, also

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

जगत्प्रभुः (jagatprabhuḥ) - an epithet often applied to supreme deities like Viṣṇu or Śiva (lord of the world, master of the universe)

सोमः (somaḥ) - the deity Soma, often associated with the moon and divine nectar (Soma (the moon god, also the name of a ritual drink))

च (ca) - and, also

भगवान् (bhagavān) - an adjective indicating Soma's divine status (revered, glorious, divine, Lord)

देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

सर्वे (sarve) - all of the following great sages (all, everyone)

च (ca) - and, also

परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - great sages, supreme seers

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - an emphatic pronoun, introducing the following list of deities and sages (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the personified creator god); the absolute (brahman)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu (the preserver god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (one of the principal deities of Hinduism, the preserver of the universe)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शिवः (śivaḥ) - Śiva (the destroyer god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - Śiva (one of the principal deities of Hinduism, the destroyer of the universe); auspicious, benevolent

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

जगत्प्रभुः (jagatprabhuḥ) - an epithet often applied to supreme deities like Viṣṇu or Śiva (lord of the world, master of the universe)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagatprabhu

jagatprabhu - lord of the world, master of the universe

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagat+prabhu)

jagat – world, universe, moving, existing
noun (neuter)
Present active participle of √gam (to go), used as a noun.
Root: gam (class 1)
prabhu – lord, master, sovereign, powerful
noun (masculine)
Prefix: pra

सोमः (somaḥ) - the deity Soma, often associated with the moon and divine nectar (Soma (the moon god, also the name of a ritual drink))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma (a Vedic deity, personification of the moon or a divine intoxicating drink); moon

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - an adjective indicating Soma's divine status (revered, glorious, divine, Lord)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, revered, Lord (epithet for deities)

Possessive suffix -vat from bhaga (fortune, glory).

देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity