महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-14

एष माता पिता चैव सर्वेषां प्राणिनां हरिः ।
परं हि पुण्डरीकाक्षान्न भूतं न भविष्यति ॥१४॥

14. eṣa mātā pitā caiva sarveṣāṁ prāṇināṁ hariḥ ,
paraṁ hi puṇḍarīkākṣānna bhūtaṁ na bhaviṣyati.

14. eṣa mātā pitā ca eva sarveṣām prāṇinām hariḥ
param hi puṇḍarīkākṣāt na bhūtam na bhaviṣyati

14. hariḥ eṣa sarveṣām prāṇinām mātā pitā ca eva
hi puṇḍarīkākṣāt param na bhūtam na bhaviṣyati

14. This Hari is indeed the mother and father of all living beings. Truly, nothing greater than the lotus-eyed one (Hari) has ever existed or will ever exist.

Words meanings summery:

• एष (eṣa) - this, this one

• माता (mātā) - mother

• पिता (pitā) - father

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, for all

• प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

• हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari, Viṣṇu

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, beyond

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• पुण्डरीकाक्षात् (puṇḍarīkākṣāt) - from/than the lotus-eyed one

• न (na) - not, no

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - has been, existed, a being, the past

• न (na) - not, no

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will exist

Words meanings and morphology

एष (eṣa) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, for all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, creature, animate

हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari, Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hari

hari - Hari (a name of Viṣṇu), lion, horse, sun, yellow/golden

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, beyond

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe an implied 'something' (bhūtam).

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

पुण्डरीकाक्षात् (puṇḍarīkākṣāt) - from/than the lotus-eyed one

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of puṇḍarīkākṣa

puṇḍarīkākṣa - lotus-eyed (an epithet of Viṣṇu)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṇḍarīka+akṣa)

• puṇḍarīka – white lotus
  noun (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Implies comparison ("than")

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भूतम् (bhūtam) - has been, existed, a being, the past

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - been, become, existing, past, creature, element

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally to refer to "what has been"

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Tense

Derived from root 'bhū'

Root: bhū (class 1)