महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-290, verse-110

एतन्मयोक्तं नरदेव तत्त्वं नारायणो विश्वमिदं पुराणम् ।
स सर्गकाले च करोति सर्गं संहारकाले च तदत्ति भूयः ॥११०॥

110. etanmayoktaṁ naradeva tattvaṁ; nārāyaṇo viśvamidaṁ purāṇam ,
sa sargakāle ca karoti sargaṁ; saṁhārakāle ca tadatti bhūyaḥ.

110. etat mayā uktam naradeva tattvam
nārāyaṇaḥ viśvam idam purāṇam
saḥ sargakāle ca karoti sargam
saṃhārakāle ca tat atti bhūyaḥ

110. naradeva mayā etat tattvam uktam
nārāyaṇaḥ idam purāṇam viśvam
saḥ ca sargakāle sargam karoti
ca saṃhārakāle bhūyaḥ tat atti

110. O lord of men (naradeva), this truth (tattva) has been declared by me: Nārāyaṇa is this ancient universe. And He brings forth creation at the time of creation, and at the time of dissolution, He consumes it again.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the truth that follows) (this, this one, here)

• मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - has been declared (said, spoken, declared)

• नरदेव (naradeva) - O lord of men (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O lord of men, O king)

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - this fundamental truth (truth, reality, essence, principle)

• नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa, the deity (Nārāyaṇa (a name of Viṣṇu))

• विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe (universe, all, whole, cosmic)

• इदम् (idam) - this (universe) (this, this one)

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

• सः (saḥ) - He (Nārāyaṇa) (he, that)

• सर्गकाले (sargakāle) - during the period of creation (at the time of creation)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• करोति (karoti) - creates, brings forth (does, makes, creates)

• सर्गम् (sargam) - creation (as an act or result) (creation, emanation, chapter)

• संहारकाले (saṁhārakāle) - during the period of cosmic dissolution (at the time of dissolution/destruction)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तत् (tat) - that (creation) (that, it)

• अत्ति (atti) - consumes, devours (eats, consumes, devours)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the truth that follows) (this, this one, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

Note: Agrees with tattvam and uktam.

मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

Note: Agent in a passive construction (mayā uktam).

उक्तम् (uktam) - has been declared (said, spoken, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with tattvam.

नरदेव (naradeva) - O lord of men (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) (O lord of men, O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naradeva

naradeva - lord of men, king

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nara+deva)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, deity, lord
  noun (masculine)

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - this fundamental truth (truth, reality, essence, principle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle, element, category

From tad (that) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Subject of the implied verb "is".

नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa, the deity (Nārāyaṇa (a name of Viṣṇu))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa, a name of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, the primal being from whom all creation arises

From nara (man) + ayana (abode)

Note: Subject of the first implied 'is' and of 'karoti' and 'atti'.

विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe (universe, all, whole, cosmic)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - all, every, whole, entire, universal, the universe

Note: Complement to Nārāyaṇa (Nārāyaṇa is the universe).

इदम् (idam) - this (universe) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Agrees with viśvam.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old, former, a class of Hindu religious texts

From purā (formerly)

Note: Agrees with viśvam.

सः (saḥ) - He (Nārāyaṇa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Nārāyaṇa.

सर्गकाले (sargakāle) - during the period of creation (at the time of creation)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargakāla

sargakāla - time of creation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sarga+kāla)

• sarga – creation, emanation, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  From √sṛj (to emit, create)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates time.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

करोति (karoti) - creates, brings forth (does, makes, creates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्गम् (sargam) - creation (as an act or result) (creation, emanation, chapter)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, section, chapter

From √sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Object of karoti.

संहारकाले (saṁhārakāle) - during the period of cosmic dissolution (at the time of dissolution/destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃhārakāla

saṁhārakāla - time of destruction, time of dissolution

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃhāra+kāla)

• saṃhāra – destruction, dissolution, bringing together, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From saṃ + √hṛ (to collect, destroy)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates time.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (creation) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Object of atti. Refers to sargam.

अत्ति (atti) - consumes, devours (eats, consumes, devours)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ad

Root: ad (class 2)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further)

(indeclinable)