महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-28, verse-28

मुखं त्वमसि देवानां यज्ञस्त्वमसि पावक ।
पावनात्पावकश्चासि वहनाद्धव्यवाहनः ॥२८॥

28. mukhaṁ tvamasi devānāṁ yajñastvamasi pāvaka ,
pāvanātpāvakaścāsi vahanāddhavyavāhanaḥ.

28. mukham tvam asi devānām yajñaḥ tvam asi pāvaka
pāvanāt pāvakaḥ ca asi vahanāt havyavāhanaḥ

28. pāvaka tvam devānām mukham asi tvam yajñaḥ asi
pāvanāt ca pāvakaḥ asi vahanāt havyavāhanaḥ

28. You are the mouth of the gods, you are the Vedic ritual (yajña), O purifier (pāvaka)! Because of your purifying nature, you are called Pāvaka, and because you bear oblations, you are Havyavāhana.

Words meanings summery:

• मुखम् (mukham) - mouth (mouth, face, principal, chief)

• त्वम् (tvam) - You

• असि (asi) - are (you are, you exist)

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असि (asi) - are (you are, you exist)

• पावक (pāvaka) - O purifier (pāvaka) (O purifier, O Agni)

• पावनात् (pāvanāt) - Because of your purifying nature (from purifying, by purifying, due to purification)

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - Pāvaka (purifier, Agni)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• असि (asi) - are (you are, you exist)

• वहनात् (vahanāt) - because you bear (from carrying, by bearing, due to conveyance)

• हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - Havyavāhana (carrier of oblations (an epithet of Agni))

Words meanings and morphology

मुखम् (mukham) - mouth (mouth, face, principal, chief)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - mouth, face, front, principal, chief, entrance

Note: Predicate nominative.

त्वम् (tvam) - You

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of asi.

असि (asi) - are (you are, you exist)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of as

Present

2nd person singular, Present tense, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, celestial being, divine

Note: Possessive, connected to mukham.

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering, worship

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of asi.

असि (asi) - are (you are, you exist)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of as

Present

2nd person singular, Present tense, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

पावक (pāvaka) - O purifier (pāvaka) (O purifier, O Agni)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - purifier, pure, clean, Agni (fire god)

Derived from root 'pū' (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Direct address to Agni.

पावनात् (pāvanāt) - Because of your purifying nature (from purifying, by purifying, due to purification)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pāvana

pāvana - purifying, purificatory, means of purification, cleaner

Causal derivation from pū

Derived from root 'pū' (to purify), suffix 'ana'

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Explaining the name Pāvaka.

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - Pāvaka (purifier, Agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - purifier, pure, clean, Agni (fire god)

Derived from root 'pū' (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - are (you are, you exist)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of as

Present

2nd person singular, Present tense, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

वहनात् (vahanāt) - because you bear (from carrying, by bearing, due to conveyance)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vahana

vahana - carrying, bearing, conveying, vehicle, flow

Derived from root 'vah' (to carry)

Derived from root 'vah' (to carry), suffix 'ana'

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Explaining the name Havyavāhana.

हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - Havyavāhana (carrier of oblations (an epithet of Agni))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - carrier of oblations, one who conveys offerings to the gods (an epithet of Agni)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, offering, sacrificial gift
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/ppp
  From root 'hu' (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, bearer, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root 'vah' (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.