महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-108

षट्षष्टिर्हि सहस्राणि ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् ।
सूर्यस्य तपतो लोकान्निर्मिता ये पुरःसराः ।
तेषामकथयत्सूर्यः सर्वेषां भावितात्मनाम् ॥१०८॥

108. ṣaṭṣaṣṭirhi sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāṁ bhāvitātmanām ,
sūryasya tapato lokānnirmitā ye puraḥsarāḥ ,
teṣāmakathayatsūryaḥ sarveṣāṁ bhāvitātmanām.

108. ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭiḥ hi sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇām
bhāvitātmanām | sūryasya tapataḥ lokān
nirmitāḥ ye puraḥ-sarāḥ | teṣām
akathayat sūryaḥ sarveṣām bhāvitātmanām

108. hi,
ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭiḥ sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇām bhāvitātmanām,
ye sūryasya lokān tapataḥ nirmitāḥ puraḥ-sarāḥ,
sūryaḥ teṣām sarveṣām bhāvitātmanām akathayat.

108. Indeed, there were sixty-six thousand sages whose inner selves (ātman) were cultivated, who were created as forerunners by the Sun, who illumines the worlds. To all those cultivated souls, the Sun then proclaimed (it).

Words meanings summery:

• षट्-षष्टिः (ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty-six

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of sages, of seers

• भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - of those whose inner self is cultivated/purified

• सूर्यस्य (sūryasya) - of the Sun

• तपतः (tapataḥ) - illumining (heating, scorching, illumining)

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

• निर्मिताः (nirmitāḥ) - created, made

• ये (ye) - who (relative pronoun)

• पुरः-सराः (puraḥ-sarāḥ) - forerunners, pioneers, going before

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them (referring to the sages) (to them, of them)

• अकथयत् (akathayat) - proclaimed, told

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the Sun

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, to all

• भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - of those whose inner self is cultivated/purified

Words meanings and morphology

षट्-षष्टिः (ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty-six

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (ṣaṭ+ṣaṣṭi)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• ṣaṣṭi – sixty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Refers to the count of thousands.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Part of the number 'sixty-six thousand'.

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of sages, of seers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Note: Governed by 'ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭiḥ sahasrāṇi'.

भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - of those whose inner self is cultivated/purified

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhāvitātman

bhāvitātman - whose inner self is cultivated/purified

Bahuvrihi compound: bhāvita (cultivated) + ātman (self). 'Bhāvita' is a past passive participle of root bhū (to be, to exist) with causative meaning 'to cause to be, to cultivate'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhāvita+ātman)

• bhāvita – cultivated, purified, developed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the causative of root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'ṛṣīṇām'.

सूर्यस्य (sūryasya) - of the Sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - the sun, the sun god

Note: Governs 'tapataḥ'.

तपतः (tapataḥ) - illumining (heating, scorching, illumining)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tapat

tapat - heating, burning, shining

Present Active Participle

Derived from root tap (to heat, shine)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Sun.

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Note: Object of 'tapataḥ'.

निर्मिताः (nirmitāḥ) - created, made

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirmita

nirmita - created, built, made

Past Passive Participle

Derived from nir-mā (to measure out, construct)

Prefix: nir

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'ye' (who, referring to ṛṣīṇām).

ये (ye) - who (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers back to 'ṛṣīṇām'.

पुरः-सराः (puraḥ-sarāḥ) - forerunners, pioneers, going before

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puraḥsara

puraḥsara - going before, preceding, forerunner

Compound of puras (before) + sara (moving). Derived from root sṛ (to move).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (puras+sara)

• puras – before, in front
  indeclinable
• sara – moving, going
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root sṛ (to move) + a suffix.
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ye'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them (referring to the sages) (to them, of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Indirect object of 'akathayat'.

अकथयत् (akathayat) - proclaimed, told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kath

Imperfect

Root kath (10th class) in imperfect tense.

Root: kath (class 10)

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the Sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - the sun, the sun god

Note: Subject of 'akathayat'.

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, to all

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies 'bhāvitātmanām'.

भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - of those whose inner self is cultivated/purified

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhāvitātman

bhāvitātman - whose inner self is cultivated/purified

Bahuvrihi compound: bhāvita (cultivated) + ātman (self). 'Bhāvita' is a past passive participle of root bhū (to be, to exist) with causative meaning 'to cause to be, to cultivate'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhāvita+ātman)

• bhāvita – cultivated, purified, developed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the causative of root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Governed by 'teṣām' (or rather, 'teṣām' refers to 'sarveṣām bhāvitātmanām').