महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-91

सहस्राक्षोऽयुताक्षो वा सर्वतोक्षिमयोऽपि वा ।
यच्च विश्वं महत्पाति महादेवस्ततः स्मृतः ॥९१॥

91. sahasrākṣo'yutākṣo vā sarvatokṣimayo'pi vā ,
yacca viśvaṁ mahatpāti mahādevastataḥ smṛtaḥ.

91. sahasrākṣaḥ ayutākṣaḥ vā sarvataḥ akṣimayaḥ api vā
yat ca viśvaṃ mahat pāti mahādevaḥ tataḥ smṛtaḥ

91. mahādevaḥ tataḥ smṛtaḥ yat ca sahasrākṣaḥ vā
ayutākṣaḥ vā api sarvataḥ akṣimayaḥ mahat viśvaṃ pāti

91. He is remembered as Mahadeva (mahādeva) because he protects the vast universe, whether he has a thousand eyes, ten thousand eyes, or indeed, eyes everywhere.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्राक्षः (sahasrākṣaḥ) - one with a thousand eyes

• अयुताक्षः (ayutākṣaḥ) - one with ten thousand eyes, one with innumerable eyes

• वा (vā) - or

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere, completely

• अक्षिमयः (akṣimayaḥ) - consisting of eyes, full of eyes

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• वा (vā) - or

• यत् (yat) - because, that which, who

• च (ca) - and

• विश्वं (viśvaṁ) - the universe, the world, all

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

• पाति (pāti) - protects, guards, preserves

• महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Great God, Shiva

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, thence, from that

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, called, considered

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्राक्षः (sahasrākṣaḥ) - one with a thousand eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasrākṣa

sahasrākṣa - having a thousand eyes; a name for Indra or Vishnu/Shiva

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+akṣa)

• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

अयुताक्षः (ayutākṣaḥ) - one with ten thousand eyes, one with innumerable eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ayutākṣa

ayutākṣa - having ten thousand eyes; having innumerable eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ayuta+akṣa)

• ayuta – ten thousand; innumerable
  adjective (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere, completely

(indeclinable)

From sarva + -tas suffix

अक्षिमयः (akṣimayaḥ) - consisting of eyes, full of eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣimaya

akṣimaya - made of eyes, consisting of eyes

Taddhita formation from akṣi + -maya (suffix meaning 'made of, consisting of')

Compound type : taddhita (akṣi+maya)

• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of (as a suffix); illusion (māyā)
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix forming adjectives meaning 'made of' or 'consisting of'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - because, that which, who

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विश्वं (viśvaṁ) - the universe, the world, all

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - all, whole, entire; the universe, the world

महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

present active participle

Derived from root mah (to be great) + -at suffix

Root: mah (class 1)

पाति (pāti) - protects, guards, preserves

(verb)

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

present indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: pā (class 2)

महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - Great God, Shiva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādeva

mahādeva - Great God, a name of Shiva

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+deva)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

From tad + -tas suffix

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, called, considered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, called, mentioned

past passive participle

Formed from root smṛ (to remember) + -ta suffix

Root: smṛ (class 1)