महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-25

अग्निर्मित्रो योनिरापोऽथ देव्यो विष्णो रेतस्त्वममृतस्य नाभिः ।
एवं ब्रुवन्पाण्डव सत्यवाक्यं वेदीमिमां त्वं तरसाधिरोह ॥२५॥

25. agnirmitro yonirāpo'tha devyo; viṣṇo retastvamamṛtasya nābhiḥ ,
evaṁ bruvanpāṇḍava satyavākyaṁ; vedīmimāṁ tvaṁ tarasādhiroha.

25. agniḥ mitraḥ yoniḥ āpaḥ atha devyaḥ
viṣṇoḥ retas tvam amṛtasya nābhiḥ
| evaṃ bruvan pāṇḍava satyavākyaṃ
vedīm imām tvaṃ tarasā adhiroha

25. Proclaiming this truthful statement — 'You are Fire, Mitra, the source, the Waters, and the goddesses; you are the seed of Viṣṇu (viṣṇu), and the navel of immortality (amṛta)' — O Pāṇḍava, you must swiftly ascend this altar.

25. אַגְנִי, מִיטְרַה, הרחם, המים והאלות. הו וִישְׁנוּ, אתה הזרע וטבור האלמוות. בעודך אומר כך את דברי האמת האלה, הו בן פָּאנְדוּ, עלה במהירות על המזבח הזה.

Words meanings summery:

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - Fire

• मित्रः (mitraḥ) - Mitra (Vedic deity), friend

• योनिः (yoniḥ) - source, origin, womb

• आपः (āpaḥ) - Waters, goddesses of water

• अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover

• देव्यः (devyaḥ) - goddesses, divine ones

• विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Viṣṇu

• रेतस् (retas) - seed, essence, virility

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of immortality, of nectar

• नाभिः (nābhiḥ) - navel, center, core

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner

• ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - Agrees with the implied speaker (sage) (saying, speaking)

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira here (O Pāṇḍava)

• सत्यवाक्यं (satyavākyaṁ) - Object of 'bruvan' (truthful statement)

• वेदीम् (vedīm) - altar

• इमाम् (imām) - Agrees with 'vedīm' (this (fem.))

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तरसा (tarasā) - with speed, with force

• अधिरोह (adhiroha) - ascend, mount! (imperative)

Words meanings and morphology

अग्निः (agniḥ) - Fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

मित्रः (mitraḥ) - Mitra (Vedic deity), friend

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, the Vedic deity Mitra

योनिः (yoniḥ) - source, origin, womb

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - source, origin, womb, place of birth

आपः (āpaḥ) - Waters, goddesses of water

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters, stream, river

always plural in this sense

अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

देव्यः (devyaḥ) - goddesses, divine ones

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman

विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a principal Hindu deity)

रेतस् (retas) - seed, essence, virility

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of retas

retas - seed, semen, essence, virility, fluid

Root: rī (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of immortality, of nectar

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortality, nectar, ambrosia

Root: mṛ (class 6)

नाभिः (nābhiḥ) - navel, center, core

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nābhi

nābhi - navel, hub, center, origin, connection

एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - Agrees with the implied speaker (sage) (saying, speaking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bruvant

bruvant - speaking, saying, declaring

Present Active Participle

Derived from root brū with śatṛ suffix

Root: brū (class 2)

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira here (O Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

सत्यवाक्यं (satyavākyaṁ) - Object of 'bruvan' (truthful statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satyavākya

satyavākya - truthful speech, true statement

Compound type : tatpurusha (satya+vākya)

• satya – truth, true
  adjective (neuter)
• vākya – speech, statement, sentence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

वेदीम् (vedīm) - altar

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vedī

vedī - an altar, a sacrificial ground

Root: vid (class 4)

इमाम् (imām) - Agrees with 'vedīm' (this (fem.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

तरसा (tarasā) - with speed, with force

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of taras

taras - speed, force, energy

Root: tṛ (class 1)

अधिरोह (adhiroha) - ascend, mount! (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of adhiruh

Prefix: adhi

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: parasmaipada

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