महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-327, verse-81

तं देवो दर्शयामास कृत्वा हयशिरो महत् ।
साङ्गानावर्तयन्वेदान्कमण्डलुगणित्रधृक् ॥८१॥

81. taṁ devo darśayāmāsa kṛtvā hayaśiro mahat ,
sāṅgānāvartayanvedānkamaṇḍalugaṇitradhṛk.

81. tam devaḥ darśayām āsa kṛtvā haya-śiraḥ mahat |
sa-aṅgān āvartayan vedān kamaṇḍalu-gaṇitra-dhṛk

81. devaḥ tam darśayām āsa mahat haya-śiraḥ kṛtvā,
sa-aṅgān vedān āvartayan,
kamaṇḍalu-gaṇitra-dhṛk [san]

81. That deity (Bhagavān) revealed himself to him (Brahmā), having assumed a great horse-head, reciting the Vedas along with their auxiliary sciences (aṅgas), holding a water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) and a rosary.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Brahmā) (him, that one.)

• देवः (devaḥ) - the deity (Bhagavān, specifically Aniruddha) (the deity, the god.)

• दर्शयाम् (darśayām) - making to see, showing.

• आस (āsa) - was, existed.

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done, having assumed.

• हय-शिरः (haya-śiraḥ) - horse-head.

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty.

• स-अङ्गान् (sa-aṅgān) - along with the auxiliary sciences (aṅgas) of the Vedas. (along with the auxiliary parts/sciences, with its limbs.)

• आवर्तयन् (āvartayan) - reciting, causing to revolve.

• वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas, sacred texts.

• कमण्डलु-गणित्र-धृक् (kamaṇḍalu-gaṇitra-dhṛk) - holding a water-pot and a rosary.

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Brahmā) (him, that one.)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him

Note: Object, referring to Brahmā from the previous verse.

देवः (devaḥ) - the deity (Bhagavān, specifically Aniruddha) (the deity, the god.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - a god, a deity, a divine being

Note: Subject of 'darśayām āsa'.

दर्शयाम् (darśayām) - making to see, showing.

(verb)

active

Causative stem with 'ām' suffix, part of periphrastic perfect.

Causative stem of √dṛś (to see), used in a periphrastic perfect construction.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used with 'āsa' to form a periphrastic perfect ('darśayām āsa' = revealed himself/showed).

आस (āsa) - was, existed.

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of as

Perfect Active

Perfect, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, from √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Auxiliary verb for the periphrastic perfect.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done, having assumed.

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Formed from √kṛ (to do, to make) with -tvā suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb 'darśayām āsa'.

हय-शिरः (haya-śiraḥ) - horse-head.

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of haya-śiras

haya-śiras - horse-head

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (haya+śiras)

• haya – a horse
  noun (masculine)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty.

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Note: Modifies 'haya-śiraḥ'.

स-अङ्गान् (sa-aṅgān) - along with the auxiliary sciences (aṅgas) of the Vedas. (along with the auxiliary parts/sciences, with its limbs.)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sa-aṅga

sa-aṅga - having auxiliary parts, complete with its limbs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+aṅga)

• sa – with, accompanied by, together with
  indeclinable
• aṅga – limb, part, auxiliary science (especially of the Veda)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'vedān'.

आवर्तयन् (āvartayan) - reciting, causing to revolve.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvartayat

āvartayat - reciting, causing to revolve

Present Active Participle (Causative)

Derived from ā-√vṛt (to turn, to revolve) in the causative sense (to cause to turn, to repeat, to recite)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'devaḥ'.

वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas, sacred texts.

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, holy scripture

Note: Object of 'āvartayan'.

कमण्डलु-गणित्र-धृक् (kamaṇḍalu-gaṇitra-dhṛk) - holding a water-pot and a rosary.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kamaṇḍalu-gaṇitra-dhṛj

kamaṇḍalu-gaṇitra-dhṛj - holder of a water-pot and rosary

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (kamaṇḍalu+gaṇitra+dhṛj)

• kamaṇḍalu – a water-pot (used by ascetics)
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇitra – a rosary, a counting instrument
  noun (neuter)
• dhṛj – holding, carrying, bearing (from √dhṛ)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √dhṛ (to hold, to bear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'devaḥ'.