महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-42, verse-29

तृतीयं ज्योतिरित्याहुश्चक्षुरध्यात्ममुच्यते ।
अधिभूतं ततो रूपं सूर्यस्तत्राधिदैवतम् ॥२९॥

29. tṛtīyaṁ jyotirityāhuścakṣuradhyātmamucyate ,
adhibhūtaṁ tato rūpaṁ sūryastatrādhidaivatam.

29. tṛtīyam jyotiḥ iti āhuḥ cakṣuḥ adhyātmam ucyate
adhibhūtam tataḥ rūpam sūryaḥ tatra adhidaivatam

29. jyotiḥ tṛtīyam iti āhuḥ cakṣuḥ adhyātmam ucyate
tataḥ rūpam adhibhūtam tatra sūryaḥ adhidaivatam

29. They call light (jyotiḥ) the third (element). The eye is said to be its inner faculty (adhyātma); then form (rūpa) is its gross object (adhibhūta), and the sun (sūrya) is its presiding deity (adhidaivata).

Words meanings summery:

• तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - the third (element) (third)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the element of light or fire (light, luster, fire)

• इति (iti) - indicating direct speech or that something is so called (thus, in this manner, 'so called')

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they (the wise ones) say or declare (they say, they call)

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - the sense organ of sight, the eye (eye, sight, faculty of seeing)

• अध्यात्मम् (adhyātmam) - the inner faculty or subjective aspect (adhyātma), here referring to the sense organ connected to the element (pertaining to the self/spirit, inner faculty)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared or called (is said, is called)

• अधिभूतम् (adhibhūtam) - the objective manifestation or gross object (adhibhūta), here referring to the sense object connected to the element (pertaining to beings/elements, objective manifestation)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (thence, thereupon, then, therefore)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form (as the object of sight) (form, shape, beauty, appearance, sight)

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the Sun (as the presiding deity for fire/light) (sun, Sun-god)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that context, for that (element) (there, in that place, in that case)

• अधिदैवतम् (adhidaivatam) - the presiding deity or divine aspect (adhidaivata), here referring to the deity connected to the element (pertaining to the gods, presiding deity)

Words meanings and morphology

तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - the third (element) (third)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third, tertiary

Note: Agrees with 'jyotiḥ' (understood as element).

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the element of light or fire (light, luster, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, flame, fire; star; element of fire/light

इति (iti) - indicating direct speech or that something is so called (thus, in this manner, 'so called')

(indeclinable)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they (the wise ones) say or declare (they say, they call)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ah

Present Active

From root 'ah', an irregular root for 'to say'.

Root: ah

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - the sense organ of sight, the eye (eye, sight, faculty of seeing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, faculty of seeing

अध्यात्मम् (adhyātmam) - the inner faculty or subjective aspect (adhyātma), here referring to the sense organ connected to the element (pertaining to the self/spirit, inner faculty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhyātma

adhyātma - pertaining to the self, spiritual, subjective; the internal faculty or sense organ related to a specific element

Compound type : avyayībhāva (adhi+ātman)

• adhi – over, above, concerning, pertaining to
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, vital breath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared or called (is said, is called)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present Passive

Root 'vac' (to speak) takes 'uc' in passive forms.

Root: vac (class 2)

अधिभूतम् (adhibhūtam) - the objective manifestation or gross object (adhibhūta), here referring to the sense object connected to the element (pertaining to beings/elements, objective manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhibhūta

adhibhūta - pertaining to created beings or elements; the objective manifestation or gross object related to a specific element

Compound type : avyayībhāva (adhi+bhūta)

• adhi – over, above, concerning, pertaining to
  indeclinable
• bhūta – element; being; created thing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, next (thence, thereupon, then, therefore)

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form (as the object of sight) (form, shape, beauty, appearance, sight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty; image, representation; object of sight

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the Sun (as the presiding deity for fire/light) (sun, Sun-god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - the sun, the Sun-god

तत्र (tatra) - in that context, for that (element) (there, in that place, in that case)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to 'jyotiḥ'.

अधिदैवतम् (adhidaivatam) - the presiding deity or divine aspect (adhidaivata), here referring to the deity connected to the element (pertaining to the gods, presiding deity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhidaivata

adhidaivata - pertaining to the gods; the presiding deity or divine aspect related to a specific element

Compound type : avyayībhāva (adhi+devatā)

• adhi – over, above, concerning, pertaining to
  indeclinable
• devatā – divinity, godhead, deity
  noun (feminine)
  From deva + tā (feminine suffix)