महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-127

सृष्टा कोटिस्तु रुद्राणामृषीणामग्रतः स्थिता ।
मया पूर्वतरं दृष्ट इति ते मेनिरे पृथक् ॥१२७॥

127. sṛṣṭā koṭistu rudrāṇāmṛṣīṇāmagrataḥ sthitā ,
mayā pūrvataraṁ dṛṣṭa iti te menire pṛthak.

127. sṛṣṭā koṭiḥ tu rudrāṇām ṛṣīṇām agrataḥ sthitā
| mayā pūrvataram dṛṣṭā iti te menire pṛthak

127. Indeed, a crore of Rudras was created and stood before the sages (ṛṣi). Each of them individually thought, "It was seen by me earlier."

Words meanings summery:

• सृष्टा (sṛṣṭā) - created, produced

• कोटिः (koṭiḥ) - a crore, ten million

• तु (tu) - indeed, but

• रुद्राणाम् (rudrāṇām) - of the Rudras

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

• स्थिता (sthitā) - stood, present, situated

• मया (mayā) - by me

• पूर्वतरम् (pūrvataram) - earlier, sooner

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, beheld

• इति (iti) - thus, marking a quotation

• ते (te) - they

• मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, believed

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually

Words meanings and morphology

सृष्टा (sṛṣṭā) - created, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, emitted, produced, formed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛj

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कोटिः (koṭiḥ) - a crore, ten million

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of koṭi

koṭi - ten million, extreme point, class, category

तु (tu) - indeed, but

(indeclinable)

रुद्राणाम् (rudrāṇām) - of the Rudras

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rudra

rudra - Rudra (a Vedic deity, later associated with Śiva), a class of deities

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, a Vedic singer

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

(indeclinable)

स्थिता (sthitā) - stood, present, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, present, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

पूर्वतरम् (pūrvataram) - earlier, sooner

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrvatara

pūrvatara - earlier, prior, comparatively earlier

Comparative degree of pūrva

Note: Used adverbially here

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, beheld

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, beheld, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, marking a quotation

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, believed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually

(indeclinable)