महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-85, verse-44

वरुणश्चादितो विप्र जग्राह प्रभुरीश्वरः ।
कविं तात भृगुं चैव तस्मात्तौ वारुणौ स्मृतौ ॥४४॥

44. varuṇaścādito vipra jagrāha prabhurīśvaraḥ ,
kaviṁ tāta bhṛguṁ caiva tasmāttau vāruṇau smṛtau.

44. varuṇaḥ ca āditaḥ vipra jagrāha prabhuḥ īśvaraḥ
kavim tāta bhṛgum ca eva tasmāt tau vāruṇau smṛtau

44. O Brahmin, Varuṇa, the mighty lord and controller who is an Āditya, indeed accepted Kavi and Bhṛgu, my dear. Therefore, these two are remembered as Vāruṇas (sons of Varuṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (a Vedic deity)

• च (ca) - and

• आदितः (āditaḥ) - who is an Āditya (from Āditi; an Āditya (son of Āditi))

• विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin; learned one

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, seized, accepted, adopted

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord (an epithet for Varuṇa) (lord, master, mighty)

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the controller (an epithet for Varuṇa) (controller, lord, supreme being)

• कविम् (kavim) - Kavi (a proper name) (Kavi (proper name); poet, sage)

• तात (tāta) - my dear (term of address from speaker to listener) (dear one, father (as a term of address), son)

• भृगुम् (bhṛgum) - Bhṛgu (proper name)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• तौ (tau) - those two (referring to Kavi and Bhṛgu) (those two)

• वारुणौ (vāruṇau) - belonging to Varuṇa, sons of Varuṇa

• स्मृतौ (smṛtau) - are remembered, are considered, are known

Words meanings and morphology

वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (a Vedic deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuṇa (Vedic deity of cosmic order, sky, waters)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आदितः (āditaḥ) - who is an Āditya (from Āditi; an Āditya (son of Āditi))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - son of Aditi, a class of deities (including Varuṇa, Mitra, etc.), the sun

Derived from Aditi + ya (taddhita suffix indicating 'son of' or 'belonging to')

Note: Can be 'from Āditi' (ablative of Āditi) or 'an Āditya' (nominative of Āditya). In the context of Varuṇa, the latter is more fitting.

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin; learned one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, priest, inspired, wise

जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, seized, accepted, adopted

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root √grah, reduplicated perfect form

Root: grah (class 9)

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord (an epithet for Varuṇa) (lord, master, mighty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, mighty, powerful

From pra- + √bhū (to be, become)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the controller (an epithet for Varuṇa) (controller, lord, supreme being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - master, lord, ruler, supreme being, God

From √īś (to be master of, to rule)

Root: īś (class 2)

कविम् (kavim) - Kavi (a proper name) (Kavi (proper name); poet, sage)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kavi

kavi - poet, sage, seer, wise man; a proper name

तात (tāta) - my dear (term of address from speaker to listener) (dear one, father (as a term of address), son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father (term of address), dear one, son

Note: Term of endearment.

भृगुम् (bhṛgum) - Bhṛgu (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (a prominent Vedic sage, ancestor of many priestly families)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as an adverbial 'therefore'.

तौ (tau) - those two (referring to Kavi and Bhṛgu) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वारुणौ (vāruṇau) - belonging to Varuṇa, sons of Varuṇa

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vāruṇa

vāruṇa - relating to Varuṇa, descended from Varuṇa, belonging to Varuṇa

Taddhita suffix (aṇ) on Varuṇa, indicating 'of Varuṇa' or 'descended from Varuṇa'

Note: Used substantively here, referring to Kavi and Bhṛgu as 'sons of Varuṇa'.

स्मृतौ (smṛtau) - are remembered, are considered, are known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, known, declared (Past Passive Participle of √smṛ)

Past Passive Participle

From √smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Implies 'they are remembered as such'.