महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-335, verse-9

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
यत्तद्दर्शितवान्ब्रह्मा देवं हयशिरोधरम् ।
किमर्थं तत्समभवद्वपुर्देवोपकल्पितम् ॥९॥

9. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
yattaddarśitavānbrahmā devaṁ hayaśirodharam ,
kimarthaṁ tatsamabhavadvapurdevopakalpitam.

9. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca yat tat darśitavān brahmā devam
hayaśirodharam kimartham tat samabhavat vapuḥ devopakalpitam

9. Yudhiṣṭhira said: For what purpose did that form, created by the gods, come into being, that form of the deity bearing a horse's head which Brahmā revealed?

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - which (refers to the form) (which, that)

• तत् (tat) - that (form) (that)

• दर्शितवान् (darśitavān) - revealed (showed, revealed)

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• देवम् (devam) - god, deity

• हयशिरोधरम् (hayaśirodharam) - the deity bearing a horse's head (bearing a horse's head)

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• तत् (tat) - that (form) (that)

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - it came into being (it came to be, it arose, it was)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (form, body, figure)

• देवोपकल्पितम् (devopakalpitam) - created by the gods (created by the gods, conceived by deities)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - name of the eldest Pāṇḍava, firm in battle

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which (refers to the form) (which, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Starts the relative clause describing the form.

तत् (tat) - that (form) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Correlative to 'yat', referring to the horse-headed form.

दर्शितवान् (darśitavān) - revealed (showed, revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of darśitavat

darśitavat - one who has shown/revealed

Past Active Participle

from causative of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'brahmā'.

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the creator deity Brahmā

Note: Subject of 'darśitavān'.

देवम् (devam) - god, deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity

Note: Object of 'darśitavān'.

हयशिरोधरम् (hayaśirodharam) - the deity bearing a horse's head (bearing a horse's head)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hayaśirodhara

hayaśirodhara - bearing a horse's head

Compound type : tatpurusha (haya+śiras+dhara)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, carrying
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix
  from dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'devam'.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb.

तत् (tat) - that (form) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to 'vapuḥ'.

समभवत् (samabhavat) - it came into being (it came to be, it arose, it was)

(verb)

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

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - form (form, body, figure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - form, body, figure

Note: Subject of 'samabhavat'.

देवोपकल्पितम् (devopakalpitam) - created by the gods (created by the gods, conceived by deities)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of devopakalpita

devopakalpita - created by the gods

Past Passive Participle

upakalpita (created) by deva (gods)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+upakalpita)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• upakalpita – created, formed, arranged
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from upa + kḷp
  Prefix: upa
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vapuḥ'.