महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-336, verse-17

तृतीयं ब्रह्मणो जन्म यदासीद्वाचिकं महत् ।
तत्रैष धर्मः संभूतः स्वयं नारायणान्नृप ॥१७॥

17. tṛtīyaṁ brahmaṇo janma yadāsīdvācikaṁ mahat ,
tatraiṣa dharmaḥ saṁbhūtaḥ svayaṁ nārāyaṇānnṛpa.

17. tṛtīyam brahmaṇaḥ janma yat āsīt vācikam mahat
tatra eṣaḥ dharmaḥ saṃbhūtaḥ svayam nārāyaṇāt nṛpa

17. nṛpa brahmaṇaḥ tṛtīyam mahat vācikam yat janma
āsīt tatra eṣaḥ dharmaḥ svayam nārāyaṇāt saṃbhūtaḥ

17. O king, when the third, great, and verbal (manifested through speech) birth of Brahmā occurred, this fundamental principle (dharma) originated spontaneously from Nārāyaṇa himself.

Words meanings summery:

• तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - third

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā (the creator god) (of Brahmā, of Brahman)

• जन्म (janma) - creation (referring to an act of creation by Brahmā) (birth, origin, creation)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to 'janma') (which, that, when)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

• वाचिकम् (vācikam) - manifested through speech (verbal, related to speech, spoken)

• महत् (mahat) - great, significant (great, large, important)

• तत्र (tatra) - then, thereupon (there, then, in that case)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to dharma) (this)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - fundamental principle (dharma) (natural law, constitution, fundamental principle, righteousness, duty)

• संभूतः (saṁbhūtaḥ) - originated, arose (originated, born, produced, manifested)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by himself (oneself, spontaneously, by oneself)

• नारायणात् (nārāyaṇāt) - from Nārāyaṇa himself (from Nārāyaṇa)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - third

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third

ordinal number from tri (three)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'janma'.

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā (the creator god) (of Brahmā, of Brahman)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), Brahman (the absolute reality), priest, sacred word

जन्म (janma) - creation (referring to an act of creation by Brahmā) (birth, origin, creation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, creation, existence

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

यत् (yat) - which (referring to 'janma') (which, that, when)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, when

Note: Corresponds to 'janma'.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

वाचिकम् (vācikam) - manifested through speech (verbal, related to speech, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vācika

vācika - verbal, relating to speech, spoken, expressed

from vāc (speech)

Note: Adjective for 'janma'.

महत् (mahat) - great, significant (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

present active participle

from root mah (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Adjective for 'janma'.

तत्र (tatra) - then, thereupon (there, then, in that case)

(indeclinable)

from pronoun tad

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to dharma) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - fundamental principle (dharma) (natural law, constitution, fundamental principle, righteousness, duty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, fundamental principle, righteousness, duty, virtue, cosmic order, intrinsic nature

from root dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

संभूतः (saṁbhūtaḥ) - originated, arose (originated, born, produced, manifested)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhūta

saṁbhūta - arisen, born, originated, produced

past passive participle

from root bhū (to be, become) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by himself (oneself, spontaneously, by oneself)

(indeclinable)

नारायणात् (nārāyaṇāt) - from Nārāyaṇa himself (from Nārāyaṇa)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa (a name of Viṣṇu), refuge of men

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

compound of nṛ (man) + pa (protector)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian, one who drinks
  noun (masculine)
  from root pā (to protect, to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)