महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-299, verse-8

देवाः पितॄणां च सुता देवैर्लोकाः समावृताः ।
चराचरा नरश्रेष्ठ इत्येवमनुशुश्रुम ॥८॥

8. devāḥ pitṝṇāṁ ca sutā devairlokāḥ samāvṛtāḥ ,
carācarā naraśreṣṭha ityevamanuśuśruma.

8. devāḥ pitṝṇām ca sutāḥ devaiḥ lokāḥ samāvṛtāḥ
carācarāḥ naraśreṣṭha iti evam anuśuśruma

8. naraśreṣṭha devāḥ pitṝṇām sutāḥ ca lokāḥ
carācarāḥ devaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ iti evam anuśuśruma

8. O best of men (naraśreṣṭha), the gods (deva) are the children of the ancestors (pitṛ). And these worlds, along with all mobile and immobile beings (carācara), are encompassed by the gods. Thus have we heard.

Words meanings summery:

• देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the fathers, of the ancestors

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons, offspring, children

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - the worlds, realms

• समावृताः (samāvṛtāḥ) - encompassed or pervaded (surrounded, covered, filled)

• चराचराः (carācarāḥ) - all animate and inanimate entities (mobile and immobile beings, all creatures)

• नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best of men

• इति (iti) - marking the conclusion of a traditional saying (thus, so)

• एवम् (evam) - in this way (as described) (thus, in this manner)

• अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we have learned through tradition or sacred texts (we have heard)

Words meanings and morphology

देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

From the root √div (to shine).

Root: div (class 4)

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the fathers, of the ancestors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, (pl.) ancestors, Manes

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons, offspring, children

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child, begotten, born

Past Passive Participle (from √sū to beget)

From the root √sū (to beget, produce).

Root: sū (class 2)

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

From the root √div (to shine).

Root: div (class 4)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - the worlds, realms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

From the root √lok (to see, perceive).

Root: lok (class 10)

समावृताः (samāvṛtāḥ) - encompassed or pervaded (surrounded, covered, filled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāvṛta

samāvṛta - encompassed, surrounded, covered, filled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam- + ā- + √vṛ (to cover, surround).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'lokāḥ' and 'carācarāḥ'.

चराचराः (carācarāḥ) - all animate and inanimate entities (mobile and immobile beings, all creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of carācara

carācara - moving and unmoving, animate and inanimate, all creatures

Compound type : dvandva (cara+acara)

• cara – moving, mobile, animate
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From √car (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)
• acara – immobile, unmoving, inanimate
  adjective (masculine)
  a- (negative prefix) + cara (moving).
  Prefix: a
  Root: car (class 1)

नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśreṣṭha

naraśreṣṭha - best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent).

इति (iti) - marking the conclusion of a traditional saying (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - in this way (as described) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we have learned through tradition or sacred texts (we have heard)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of anuśru

Perfect Active, Parasmaipada, 1st person plural

From anu- (after, along) + √śru (to hear). Denotes hearing through tradition.

Prefix: anu

Root: śru (class 5)