महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-211, verse-22

अग्निर्यच्छति भूतानि येन भूतानि नित्यदा ।
कर्मस्विह विचित्रेषु सोऽग्रणीर्वह्निरुच्यते ॥२२॥

22. agniryacchati bhūtāni yena bhūtāni nityadā ,
karmasviha vicitreṣu so'graṇīrvahnirucyate.

22. agniḥ yacchati bhūtāni yena bhūtāni nityadā
karmasu iha vicitreṣu saḥ agraṇīḥ vahniḥ ucyate

22. Agni controls all beings; by him, living entities are always sustained in various and wondrous actions (karma). That Agni (vahniḥ) is called the leader.

Words meanings summery:

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - the deity Agni (fire, Agni (the deity))

• यच्छति (yacchati) - he controls, he sustains (he controls, he offers, he bestows)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living entities, beings (beings, creatures, elements)

• येन (yena) - by him (Agni) (by whom, by which)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living entities, beings (beings, creatures, elements)

• नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly, perpetually

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in activities (in actions, in deeds, in rituals)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• विचित्रेषु (vicitreṣu) - in various, in wondrous, in manifold

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अग्रणीः (agraṇīḥ) - leader, chief, foremost

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - the deity Agni (fire, Agni, bearer, carrier)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - he is called, he is said

Words meanings and morphology

अग्निः (agniḥ) - the deity Agni (fire, Agni (the deity))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the deity Agni

यच्छति (yacchati) - he controls, he sustains (he controls, he offers, he bestows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yaccha

derived from √yam

Root: yam (class 1)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living entities, beings (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, become

Past Passive Participle

from √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

येन (yena) - by him (Agni) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living entities, beings (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, become

Past Passive Participle

from √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in activities (in actions, in deeds, in rituals)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, result of action

from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

विचित्रेषु (vicitreṣu) - in various, in wondrous, in manifold

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of vicitra

vicitra - various, wondrous, manifold, diverse, painted

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अग्रणीः (agraṇīḥ) - leader, chief, foremost

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agraṇī

agraṇī - leader, chief, foremost, pioneer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agra+nī)

• agra – front, tip, foremost part, head
  noun (neuter)
• nī – leading, guiding, conducting
  noun (masculine)
  from √nī
  Root: nī (class 1)

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - the deity Agni (fire, Agni, bearer, carrier)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni, bearer, carrier, one who carries (oblations)

agent noun

from √vah

Root: vah (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - he is called, he is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of ucyate

passive voice of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)