महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-74, verse-21

कश्यप उवाच ।
यथैकगेहे जातवेदाः प्रदीप्तः कृत्स्नं ग्रामं प्रदहेत्स त्वरावान् ।
विमोहनं कुरुते देव एष ततः सर्वं स्पृश्यते पुण्यपापैः ॥२१॥

21. kaśyapa uvāca ,
yathaikagehe jātavedāḥ pradīptaḥ; kṛtsnaṁ grāmaṁ pradahetsa tvarāvān ,
vimohanaṁ kurute deva eṣa; tataḥ sarvaṁ spṛśyate puṇyapāpaiḥ.

21. kaśyapa uvāca | yathā ekagehe jātavedāḥ
pradīptaḥ kṛtsnam grāmam pradahet
saḥ tvarāvān | vimohanam kurute devaḥ
eṣaḥ tataḥ sarvam spṛśyate puṇyapāpaiḥ

21. kaśyapa uvāca yathā ekagehe pradīptaḥ
tvarāvān jātavedāḥ kṛtsnam grāmam pradahet
(tathā eva) eṣaḥ devaḥ vimohanam
kurute tataḥ sarvam puṇyapāpaiḥ spṛśyate

21. Kashyapa said: Just as a swiftly blazing fire (jātavedāḥ) kindled in one house can incinerate the entire village, so too does this divine (deva) being cause delusion. Consequently, everything becomes tainted by merits and demerits.

Words meanings summery:

• कश्यप (kaśyapa) - Kashyapa (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• एकगेहे (ekagehe) - in one house

• जातवेदाः (jātavedāḥ) - fire (as in the element) (fire; having known all beings; knowing the past)

• प्रदीप्तः (pradīptaḥ) - blazing strongly (kindled, blazing, inflamed)

• कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire, whole, complete

• ग्रामम् (grāmam) - village

• प्रदहेत् (pradahet) - incinerates, burns down (may burn, should burn, would burn (completely))

• सः (saḥ) - that fire (he, that)

• त्वरावान् (tvarāvān) - swiftly (as an adverbial adjective) (swift, quick, hasty)

• विमोहनम् (vimohanam) - the act of causing delusion (delusion, bewildering)

• कुरुते (kurute) - causes, creates (does, makes, performs)

• देवः (devaḥ) - divine being, the Self/Rudra (god, divine being)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (divine being/self) (this, this one)

• ततः (tataḥ) - consequently, therefore (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (in existence) (all, whole, entire, everything)

• स्पृश्यते (spṛśyate) - is touched, is affected by

• पुण्यपापैः (puṇyapāpaiḥ) - by merits and demerits, by good and evil deeds

Words meanings and morphology

कश्यप (kaśyapa) - Kashyapa (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - Kashyapa, name of an ancient sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

root 'vac' (वच्), perfect active 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

एकगेहे (ekagehe) - in one house

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ekageha

ekageha - one house, a single dwelling

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+geha)

• eka – one, a single
  numeral (masculine)
• geha – house, dwelling, home
  noun (neuter)

जातवेदाः (jātavedāḥ) - fire (as in the element) (fire; having known all beings; knowing the past)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jātavedas

jātavedas - fire; Agni; one who knows all created beings; one who has known the past

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jāta+vedas)

• jāta – born, produced, created
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root 'jan' (जन्)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vedas – knowledge, wealth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vid (class 2)

प्रदीप्तः (pradīptaḥ) - blazing strongly (kindled, blazing, inflamed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradīpta

pradīpta - blazing, ignited, shining brightly

Past Passive Participle

root 'dīp' (दीप्) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: dīp (class 4)

कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire, whole, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete, all

ग्रामम् (grāmam) - village

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of grāma

grāma - village, community, multitude

प्रदहेत् (pradahet) - incinerates, burns down (may burn, should burn, would burn (completely))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √dah

optative mood

root 'dah' (दह्) with prefix 'pra', optative active 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: dah (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that fire (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्वरावान् (tvarāvān) - swiftly (as an adverbial adjective) (swift, quick, hasty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvarāvat

tvarāvat - swift, quick, hasty, impetuous

suffix -vat indicating possession/endowment

Note: Agrees with 'jātavedāḥ' or 'saḥ'

विमोहनम् (vimohanam) - the act of causing delusion (delusion, bewildering)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vimohana

vimohana - delusion, bewildering, confusing, infatuating

verbal noun from 'vimohayati' (causative of '√muh')

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

कुरुते (kurute) - causes, creates (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of √kṛ

present tense

root 'kṛ' (कृ), present middle 3rd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

देवः (devaḥ) - divine being, the Self/Rudra (god, divine being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (divine being/self) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

ततः (tataḥ) - consequently, therefore (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (in existence) (all, whole, entire, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

स्पृश्यते (spṛśyate) - is touched, is affected by

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of √spṛś

present tense

root 'spṛś' (स्पृश्), present passive 3rd person singular

Root: spṛś (class 6)

पुण्यपापैः (puṇyapāpaiḥ) - by merits and demerits, by good and evil deeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of puṇyapāpa

puṇyapāpa - merit and demerit, good and evil deeds

Compound type : dvandva (puṇya+pāpa)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed, sacred
  noun (neuter)
• pāpa – evil, sin, demerit, wicked
  noun (neuter)