महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-331, verse-12

तपसापि न दृश्यो हि भगवाँल्लोकपूजितः ।
यं दृष्टवन्तस्ते साक्षाच्छ्रीवत्साङ्कविभूषणम् ॥१२॥

12. tapasāpi na dṛśyo hi bhagavāँllokapūjitaḥ ,
yaṁ dṛṣṭavantaste sākṣācchrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇam.

12. tapasā api na dṛśyaḥ hi bhagavān lokapūjitaḥ
yam dṛṣṭavantaḥ te sākṣāt śrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇam

12. hi lokapūjitaḥ bhagavān tapasā api na dṛśyaḥ te
yam śrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇam sākṣāt dṛṣṭavantaḥ

12. Indeed, the revered Lord, worshipped by the worlds, is not to be seen even by spiritual discipline (tapas). Yet, those [ancestors] saw him directly, adorned with the mark of Śrīvatsa.

Words meanings summery:

• तपसा (tapasā) - by spiritual discipline (tapas) (by asceticism, by penance, by spiritual discipline)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• दृश्यः (dṛśyaḥ) - visible, to be seen, object

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one, the Lord, the adorable

• लोकपूजितः (lokapūjitaḥ) - worshipped by the world, revered by people

• यम् (yam) - whom (the revered Lord) (whom)

• दृष्टवन्तः (dṛṣṭavantaḥ) - those (ancestors) who saw (having seen, those who saw)

• ते (te) - those (ancestors) (they, those)

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, visibly, in person

• श्रीवत्साङ्कविभूषणम् (śrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇam) - adorned with the mark of Śrīvatsa

Words meanings and morphology

तपसा (tapasā) - by spiritual discipline (tapas) (by asceticism, by penance, by spiritual discipline)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, austerity, penance, spiritual discipline

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दृश्यः (dṛśyaḥ) - visible, to be seen, object

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, object, spectacle

Gerundive

Gerundive from √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicate for 'bhagavān'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one, the Lord, the adorable

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, adorable, divine, the Lord

Note: Subject of 'is not to be seen'.

लोकपूजितः (lokapūjitaḥ) - worshipped by the world, revered by people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokapūjita

lokapūjita - worshipped by the world(s) or people

Past Passive Participle (in compound)

Derived from loka (world) + pūjita (worshipped)

Compound type : Instrumental Tatpuruṣa (loka+pūjita)

• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
• pūjita – worshipped, honored
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle from √pūj
  Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'bhagavān'.

यम् (yam) - whom (the revered Lord) (whom)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭavantaḥ'.

दृष्टवन्तः (dṛṣṭavantaḥ) - those (ancestors) who saw (having seen, those who saw)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen, one who has seen

Past Active Participle

Past active participle from √dṛś with suffix -vat

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'te'.

ते (te) - those (ancestors) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Referring to the ancestors.

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, visibly, in person

(indeclinable)

श्रीवत्साङ्कविभूषणम् (śrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇam) - adorned with the mark of Śrīvatsa

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇa

śrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇa - adorned with the mark of Śrīvatsa (a special mark on Viṣṇu's chest)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śrīvatsa+aṅka+vibhūṣaṇa)

• śrīvatsa – Śrīvatsa (a mark on Viṣṇu's chest)
  proper noun (masculine)
• aṅka – mark, sign, spot
  noun (masculine)
• vibhūṣaṇa – ornament, adornment
  noun (neuter)
  From vi- + √bhūṣ
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhūṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'yam'.