महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-333, verse-16

मर्यादास्थापनार्थं च ततो वचनमुक्तवान् ।
अहं हि पितरः स्रष्टुमुद्यतो लोककृत्स्वयम् ॥१६॥

16. maryādāsthāpanārthaṁ ca tato vacanamuktavān ,
ahaṁ hi pitaraḥ sraṣṭumudyato lokakṛtsvayam.

16. maryādāsthāpanārtham ca tataḥ vacanam uktavān |
aham hi pitaraḥ sraṣṭum udyataḥ lokakṛt svayam

16. tataḥ ca maryādāsthāpanārtham uktavān vacanam
hi aham lokakṛt svayam pitaraḥ sraṣṭum udyataḥ

16. And for the establishment of proper order, he then spoke these words: 'Indeed, I, the creator of the worlds, am myself intent on creating the ancestors (pitṛs).'

Words meanings summery:

• मर्यादास्थापनार्थम् (maryādāsthāpanārtham) - for the purpose of establishing boundaries or order

• च (ca) - and

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• उक्तवान् (uktavān) - he spoke, he said

• अहम् (aham) - I

• हि (hi) - indeed, for

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (pitṛs) (ancestors, fathers)

• स्रष्टुम् (sraṣṭum) - to create

• उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - engaged, prepared, ready

• लोककृत् (lokakṛt) - creator of the worlds

• स्वयम् (svayam) - myself, by oneself

Words meanings and morphology

मर्यादास्थापनार्थम् (maryādāsthāpanārtham) - for the purpose of establishing boundaries or order

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maryādā+sthāpana+artha)

• maryādā – boundary, limit, proper order, rule
  noun (feminine)
• sthāpana – act of establishing, placing, fixing
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root sthā (to stand) with suffix lyuṭ
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to denote purpose

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence

(indeclinable)

from tad (that) with tasil suffix

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

from vac (to speak) with lyuṭ suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

उक्तवान् (uktavān) - he spoke, he said

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uktavat

uktavat - having spoken, spoken by

Past Active Participle

from root vac (to speak) with kta (past participle) + matup suffix; vac becomes ukta

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions as a finite verb in this context

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

हि (hi) - indeed, for

(indeclinable)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (pitṛs) (ancestors, fathers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

स्रष्टुम् (sraṣṭum) - to create

(indeclinable)

infinitive

from root sṛj (to create) with tumun suffix

Root: sṛj (class 6)

उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - engaged, prepared, ready

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - engaged, ready, undertaken, prepared

Past Passive Participle

from ud (up) + root yam (to restrain, undertake) + kta suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

लोककृत् (lokakṛt) - creator of the worlds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokakṛt

lokakṛt - world-creator

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+kṛt)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• kṛt – maker, creator, doer
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṛ (to do, make) with kvip suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वयम् (svayam) - myself, by oneself

(indeclinable)