महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-43, verse-7

अम्भसां वरुणो राजा सत्त्वानां मित्र उच्यते ।
अर्कोऽधिपतिरुष्णानां ज्योतिषामिन्दुरुच्यते ॥७॥

7. ambhasāṁ varuṇo rājā sattvānāṁ mitra ucyate ,
arko'dhipatiruṣṇānāṁ jyotiṣāmindurucyate.

7. ambhāsām varuṇaḥ rājā sattvānām mitra ucyate
arkaḥ adhipatiḥ uṣṇānām jyotiṣām induḥ ucyate

7. varuṇaḥ ambhāsām rājā mitra sattvānām ucyate
arkaḥ uṣṇānām adhipatiḥ induḥ jyotiṣām ucyate

7. Varuṇa is the king of the waters. Mitra is said to be (the lord) of living beings. The Sun (Arka) is the lord of hot things, and the Moon (Indu) is said to be (the lord) of luminaries.

Words meanings summery:

• अम्भासाम् (ambhāsām) - of the waters

• वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (Vedic deity)

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• सत्त्वानाम् (sattvānām) - of living beings (of living beings, of creatures; of good qualities)

• मित्र (mitra) - Mitra (Vedic deity) (Mitra (Vedic deity), friend)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (to be) (is said, is called, is spoken)

• अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the Sun (sun, ray, praise)

• अधिपतिः (adhipatiḥ) - lord, ruler

• उष्णानाम् (uṣṇānām) - of hot things (of hot things, of the heated ones)

• ज्योतिषाम् (jyotiṣām) - of luminaries (of the luminaries, of the lights)

• इन्दुः (induḥ) - the Moon (moon, drop, soma)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (to be) (is said, is called, is spoken)

Words meanings and morphology

अम्भासाम् (ambhāsām) - of the waters

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid

वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (Vedic deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varuṇa

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

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सत्त्वानाम् (sattvānām) - of living beings (of living beings, of creatures; of good qualities)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sattva

sattva - being, existence, reality; living creature; goodness, purity (one of the three guṇas)

Note: Here "sattva" clearly refers to "living beings" or "creatures" rather than the philosophical concept of sattva-guṇa.

मित्र (mitra) - Mitra (Vedic deity) (Mitra (Vedic deity), friend)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mitra

mitra - friend; ally; Mitra (Vedic deity, god of friendship and contracts)

Note: Often pairs with Varuṇa.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (to be) (is said, is called, is spoken)

(verb)

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

present passive

root vac, 2nd conjugation, passive form

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the Sun (sun, ray, praise)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arka

arka - sun, sun god; ray; praise, hymn

अधिपतिः (adhipatiḥ) - lord, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhipati

adhipati - lord, ruler, master

उष्णानाम् (uṣṇānām) - of hot things (of hot things, of the heated ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, warm; heat, hot thing

Note: Used as a substantive, "of the hot ones" or "of hot things."

ज्योतिषाम् (jyotiṣām) - of luminaries (of the luminaries, of the lights)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jyotis

jyotis - light, luminescence, star, heavenly body

इन्दुः (induḥ) - the Moon (moon, drop, soma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, soma

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (to be) (is said, is called, is spoken)

(verb)

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

present passive

root vac, 2nd conjugation, passive form

Root: vac (class 2)