महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-338, verse-22

रुद्र उवाच ।
बहवः पुरुषा ब्रह्मंस्त्वया सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा ।
सृज्यन्ते चापरे ब्रह्मन्स चैकः पुरुषो विराट् ॥२२॥

22. rudra uvāca ,
bahavaḥ puruṣā brahmaṁstvayā sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṁbhuvā ,
sṛjyante cāpare brahmansa caikaḥ puruṣo virāṭ.

22. rudraḥ uvāca bahavaḥ puruṣāḥ brahman tvayā sṛṣṭāḥ svayambhuvā
sṛjyante ca apare brahman saḥ ca ekaḥ puruṣaḥ virāṭ

22. rudraḥ uvāca he brahman tvayā svayambhuvā
bahavaḥ puruṣāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ ca apare
(puruṣāḥ) sṛjyante (tarhi) he brahman
saḥ ca ekaḥ virāṭ puruṣaḥ (asti)

22. Rudra said: "O Brahmā, many persons (puruṣas) have been created by you, the self-existent one, and others are still being created. But then there is that one supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)."

Words meanings summery:

• रुद्रः (rudraḥ) - Rudra, a name of Shiva

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, beings, spirits

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• सृष्टाः (sṛṣṭāḥ) - created, emanated

• स्वयम्भुवा (svayambhuvā) - by the self-existent one

• सृज्यन्ते (sṛjyante) - are created, are being created

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - others

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā

• सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

• च (ca) - and, but

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, being

• विराट् (virāṭ) - cosmic, immense, universal (epithet of puruṣa)

Words meanings and morphology

रुद्रः (rudraḥ) - Rudra, a name of Shiva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rudra

rudra - Rudra (a deity, fierce, roaring), a name of Shiva

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, abundant

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, beings, spirits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, human being, spirit, supreme being

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity), the Absolute, the ultimate reality

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सृष्टाः (sṛṣṭāḥ) - created, emanated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, emanated, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛj

Root: sṛj (class 6)

स्वयम्भुवा (svayambhuvā) - by the self-existent one

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-existent, self-born, a name of Brahmā

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – self, of oneself
  indeclinable
• bhū – to be, become, exist
  root
  Root: bhū (class 1)

सृज्यन्ते (sṛjyante) - are created, are being created

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of sṛj

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity), the Absolute, the ultimate reality

सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, but

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, human being, spirit, supreme being

विराट् (virāṭ) - cosmic, immense, universal (epithet of puruṣa)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāj

virāj - ruling far and wide, sovereign, splendid, universal monarch, cosmic (person)