महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-16, verse-1

बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।
त्वमग्ने सर्वदेवानां मुखं त्वमसि हव्यवाट् ।
त्वमन्तः सर्वभूतानां गूढश्चरसि साक्षिवत् ॥१॥

1. bṛhaspatiruvāca ,
tvamagne sarvadevānāṁ mukhaṁ tvamasi havyavāṭ ,
tvamantaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ gūḍhaścarasi sākṣivat.

1. bṛhaspatiḥ uvāca tvam agne sarvadevānām mukham tvam asi
havyavāṭ tvam antaḥ sarvabhūtānām gūḍhaḥ carasi sākṣivat

1. Bṛhaspati said: "O Agni, you are the mouth of all the gods; you are the bearer of oblations. You move secretly within all beings, like a witness."

Words meanings summery:

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati (name of a Vedic deity, preceptor of the gods)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अग्ने (agne) - O Agni (addressing the god) (O Agni, O fire)

• सर्वदेवानाम् (sarvadevānām) - of all the gods

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

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असि (asi) - you are

• हव्यवाट् (havyavāṭ) - bearer of oblations, fire (as carrier of offerings)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, in the middle

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

• गूढः (gūḍhaḥ) - hidden, concealed, secret

• चरसि (carasi) - you move, you walk, you wander

• साक्षिवत् (sākṣivat) - like a witness, as a witness

Words meanings and morphology

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati (name of a Vedic deity, preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - lord of prayer or devotion, preceptor of the gods, a Vedic deity

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

reduplicated perfect form of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अग्ने (agne) - O Agni (addressing the god) (O Agni, O fire)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire; the god of fire

सर्वदेवानाम् (sarvadevānām) - of all the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvadeva

sarvadeva - all gods

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (sarva+deva)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)

मुखम् (mukham) - mouth, face, principal part

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - mouth, face; principal part, opening

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root: as (class 2)

हव्यवाट् (havyavāṭ) - bearer of oblations, fire (as carrier of offerings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of havyavāh

havyavāh - bearer of oblations, fire

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (havya+vāh)

• havya – oblation, offering
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root hū 'to sacrifice'
  Root: hū (class 3)
• vāh – carrying, bearing, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  from root vah 'to carry'
  Root: vah (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, in the middle

(indeclinable)

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature; past, happened
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

गूढः (gūḍhaḥ) - hidden, concealed, secret

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gūḍha

guh - to hide, to conceal

Past Passive Participle

Root: guh (class 1)

चरसि (carasi) - you move, you walk, you wander

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of car

Present Active

Root: car (class 1)

साक्षिवत् (sākṣivat) - like a witness, as a witness

(indeclinable)

From sākṣin + -vat (possessive/similitude suffix)