महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-13

तस्यां स भगवानास्ते विदधद्देवमायया ।
स्वयमेकोऽनिशं राजँल्लोकाँल्लोकपितामहः ॥१३॥

13. tasyāṁ sa bhagavānāste vidadhaddevamāyayā ,
svayameko'niśaṁ rājaँllokāँllokapitāmahaḥ.

13. tasyām saḥ bhagavān āste vidadhat devamāyayā
svayam ekaḥ aniśam rājan lokān lokapitāmahaḥ

13. O king, in that assembly hall, the worshipful (bhagavān) grandfather of the worlds (lokapitāmahaḥ) himself, alone and constantly, sits performing (vidadhat) [his functions] through his divine creative power (māyā).

13. הו מלך, באולם ההוא יושב בְּרַהְמָה (האל היוצר), סבם של העולמות, ובכוח האשליה האלוהית הוא יוצר את העולמות בעצמו, לבדו וללא הפסקה.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (assembly hall) (in her, in that)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the worshipful, the divine, the illustrious one

• आस्ते (āste) - sits, dwells, abides

• विदधत् (vidadhat) - performing, doing, creating, arranging

• देवमायया (devamāyayā) - by divine creative power, by divine illusion

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, incessantly, day and night

• राजन् (rājan) - O king!

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, people

• लोकपितामहः (lokapitāmahaḥ) - epithet for Brahma (grandfather of the worlds, creator of the worlds)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (assembly hall) (in her, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the worshipful, the divine, the illustrious one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - illustrious, divine, blessed, worshipful, possessing fortune

आस्ते (āste) - sits, dwells, abides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

विदधत् (vidadhat) - performing, doing, creating, arranging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidadhat

vidadhat - performing, doing, creating, arranging, assigning

Present Active Participle

From root 'dhā' (to place, put, do) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

देवमायया (devamāyayā) - by divine creative power, by divine illusion

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of devamāyā

devamāyā - divine creative power, divine illusion, divine (māyā)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+māyā)

• deva – god, divine, celestial
  noun (masculine)
• māyā – creative power, illusion, magic, artifice
  noun (feminine)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, incessantly, day and night

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (a+niśam)

• a – negation, without
  indeclinable
• niśam – night
  noun (feminine)

राजन् (rājan) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

लोकपितामहः (lokapitāmahaḥ) - epithet for Brahma (grandfather of the worlds, creator of the worlds)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokapitāmaha

lokapitāmaha - grandfather of the worlds, epithet of Brahmā

Compound type : genitive tatpurusha (loka+pitāmaha)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• pitāmaha – grandfather (father's father), great father
  noun (masculine)

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