महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-84, verse-8

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
हुताशनो न तत्रासीच्छापकाले सुरोत्तमाः ।
स उत्पादयितापत्यं वधार्थं त्रिदशद्विषाम् ॥८॥

8. brahmovāca ,
hutāśano na tatrāsīcchāpakāle surottamāḥ ,
sa utpādayitāpatyaṁ vadhārthaṁ tridaśadviṣām.

8. brahmā uvāca hutāśanaḥ na tatra āsīt śāpakāle sura_uttamāḥ
saḥ utpādayitā apatyam vadha_artham tridaśa_dviṣām

8. brahmā uvāca he sura_uttamāḥ hutāśanaḥ śāpakāle na tatra
āsīt saḥ tridaśa_dviṣām vadha_artham apatyam utpādayitā

8. Brahmā said: 'O best of gods! Fire (Agni) was not present at the time of the curse. He will produce progeny for the destruction of the enemies of the gods.'

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni (the fire god)

• न (na) - not

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• शापकाले (śāpakāle) - at the time of the curse

• सुर_उत्तमाः (sura_uttamāḥ) - O best of gods!

• सः (saḥ) - He (Agni) (he)

• उत्पादयिता (utpādayitā) - will produce, will cause to be born

• अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring, progeny

• वध_अर्थम् (vadha_artham) - for the purpose of killing, for the sake of destruction

• त्रिदश_द्विषाम् (tridaśa_dviṣām) - of the enemies of the gods (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god); the supreme reality (brahman)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root: √vac (class 2)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni (the fire god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire; god of fire (Agni)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense

Root: √as (class 2)

शापकाले (śāpakāle) - at the time of the curse

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śāpakāla

śāpakāla - time of a curse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāpa+kāla)

• śāpa – curse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √śap (class 1)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)

सुर_उत्तमाः (sura_uttamāḥ) - O best of gods!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of surottama

surottama - best among gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+uttama)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - He (Agni) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

उत्पादयिता (utpādayitā) - will produce, will cause to be born

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utpādayitṛ

utpādayitṛ - producer, generator

Agent Noun (kṛt)

Derived from root √pad (to go) with prefix ut + causative suffix āp. Functions as a future agent.

Prefix: ut

Root: √pad (class 4)

अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring, progeny

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apatya

apatya - offspring, progeny, child

वध_अर्थम् (vadha_artham) - for the purpose of killing, for the sake of destruction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadhārtha

vadhārtha - purpose of killing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadha+artha)

• vadha – killing, striking
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √vadh (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to express purpose.

त्रिदश_द्विषाम् (tridaśa_dviṣām) - of the enemies of the gods (demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tridaśadviṣ

tridaśadviṣ - enemy of gods (demon)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tridaśa+dviṣ)

• tridaśa – god (literally 'having three states' or 'of thirty')
  noun (masculine)
• dviṣ – enemy, hater
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √dviṣ (class 2)