महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-17, verse-97

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उग्रो वंशकरो वंशो वंशनादो ह्यनिन्दितः ।
सर्वाङ्गरूपो मायावी सुहृदो ह्यनिलोऽनलः ॥९७॥

97. ugro vaṁśakaro vaṁśo vaṁśanādo hyaninditaḥ ,
sarvāṅgarūpo māyāvī suhṛdo hyanilo'nalaḥ.

97. ugraḥ vaṃśakaraḥ vaṃśaḥ vaṃśanādaḥ hi aninditaḥ
sarvāṅgarūpaḥ māyāvī suhṛdaḥ hi anilaḥ analaḥ

97. He is fierce, the creator of lineages, the lineage (vaṃśa) itself, the roar of the lineage, and indeed faultless. His form encompasses all limbs/aspects, he is an illusionist (māyāvī), a good-hearted friend, indeed the wind (anila), and fire (anala).

Words meanings summery:

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उग्रः (ugraḥ) - epithet for the deity, emphasizing a potent and awe-inspiring aspect (fierce, terrible, mighty, powerful)

वंशकरः (vaṁśakaraḥ) - epithet for the deity as the origin and sustainer of all genealogies and creation (creator of lineage or family; one who makes bamboo)

वंशः (vaṁśaḥ) - the deity as the very essence or embodiment of lineage, indicating all-pervasiveness (lineage, family, race; bamboo; flute)

वंशनादः (vaṁśanādaḥ) - epithet for the deity, possibly referring to a divine sound or the pervasive influence of the deity's lineage/presence (sound of a flute; the roar of a lineage/family)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

अनिन्दितः (aninditaḥ) - epithet for the deity, indicating perfection and freedom from defect (unblamed, faultless, irreproachable)

सर्वाङ्गरूपः (sarvāṅgarūpaḥ) - epithet for the deity, indicating cosmic form, omnipresence, or universal embodiment (one whose form is all limbs; one who has all forms or aspects)

मायावी (māyāvī) - epithet for the deity, highlighting divine power to create and control the phenomenal world (possessing illusion (māyā); an illusionist, magician)

सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - epithet for the deity, indicating benevolence and kindness (good-hearted; a friend)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

अनिलः (anilaḥ) - epithet for the deity, signifying control over the element of wind or embodying wind itself (wind, air; the god of wind)

अनलः (analaḥ) - epithet for the deity, signifying control over the element of fire or embodying fire itself (fire; the god of fire)

Words meanings and morphology

उग्रः (ugraḥ) - epithet for the deity, emphasizing a potent and awe-inspiring aspect (fierce, terrible, mighty, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, mighty, powerful, severe

वंशकरः (vaṁśakaraḥ) - epithet for the deity as the origin and sustainer of all genealogies and creation (creator of lineage or family; one who makes bamboo)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṃśakara

vaṁśakara - creator or establisher of a lineage (vaṃśa); one who makes bamboo

compound of 'vaṃśa' and 'kara'

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (vaṃśa+kara)

vaṃśa – lineage, family, race, bamboo, flute
noun (masculine)
kara – maker, doer, creator
noun (masculine)
agent noun
from root kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)

वंशः (vaṁśaḥ) - the deity as the very essence or embodiment of lineage, indicating all-pervasiveness (lineage, family, race; bamboo; flute)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - lineage, family, race; bamboo; flute; backbone

वंशनादः (vaṁśanādaḥ) - epithet for the deity, possibly referring to a divine sound or the pervasive influence of the deity's lineage/presence (sound of a flute; the roar of a lineage/family)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṃśanāda

vaṁśanāda - the sound or roar (nāda) of a lineage/family (vaṃśa); sound of a bamboo flute

compound of 'vaṃśa' and 'nāda'

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vaṃśa+nāda)

vaṃśa – lineage, family, race, bamboo, flute
noun (masculine)
nāda – sound, roar, cry
noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

अनिन्दितः (aninditaḥ) - epithet for the deity, indicating perfection and freedom from defect (unblamed, faultless, irreproachable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anindita

anindita - unblamed, faultless, irreproachable, blameless

Past Passive Participle

negation of 'nindita' (blamed), from root nind (to blame)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable
nindita – blamed, censured, despised
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root nind (to blame)
Root: nind (class 1)

सर्वाङ्गरूपः (sarvāṅgarūpaḥ) - epithet for the deity, indicating cosmic form, omnipresence, or universal embodiment (one whose form is all limbs; one who has all forms or aspects)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvāṅgarūpa

sarvāṅgarūpa - one whose form (rūpa) is all limbs (sarvāṅga) or all aspects; embodying all forms

compound of 'sarva', 'aṅga', and 'rūpa'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+aṅga+rūpa)

sarva – all, every, whole
adjective (masculine)
aṅga – limb, body part, constituent, aspect
noun (neuter)
rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
noun (neuter)

मायावी (māyāvī) - epithet for the deity, highlighting divine power to create and control the phenomenal world (possessing illusion (māyā); an illusionist, magician)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māyāvin

māyāvin - possessing illusion (māyā); an illusionist, magician; one who exercises māyā

possessive suffix -vin added to 'māyā'

सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - epithet for the deity, indicating benevolence and kindness (good-hearted; a friend)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suhṛt

suhṛt - good-hearted, benevolent; a friend, ally

compound of 'su' and 'hṛd'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+hṛd)