महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-45, verse-86

केचिन्महेश्वरसुतं केचित्पुत्रं विभावसोः ।
उमायाः कृत्तिकानां च गङ्गायाश्च वदन्त्युत ॥८६॥

86. kecinmaheśvarasutaṁ kecitputraṁ vibhāvasoḥ ,
umāyāḥ kṛttikānāṁ ca gaṅgāyāśca vadantyuta.

86. kecit maheśvara-sutam kecit putram vibhāvasoḥ
umāyāḥ kṛttikānām ca gaṅgāyāḥ ca vadanti uta

86. kecit maheśvara-sutam vadanti kecit ca vibhāvasoḥ putram,
umāyāḥ ca,
kṛttikānām ca,
gaṅgāyāḥ ca uta (vadanti)

86. Some declare him to be the son of Maheśvara (Shiva); others, moreover, declare him to be the son of Vibhāvasu (the Sun god), of Umā, of the Kṛttikās, and of Gaṅgā.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some (people), certain ones

• महेश्वर-सुतम् (maheśvara-sutam) - son of Maheśvara (Shiva)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (people), certain ones

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• विभावसोः (vibhāvasoḥ) - of Vibhāvasu, of the Sun god

• उमायाः (umāyāḥ) - of Umā (Pārvatī)

• कृत्तिकानाम् (kṛttikānām) - of the Kṛttikās (Pleiades)

• च (ca) - and, also

• गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of Gaṅgā (the river goddess)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they declare, they speak

• उत (uta) - moreover, indeed, also, and

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some (people), certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which (indefinite pronoun with suffix 'cit')

formed from interrogative pronoun 'kim' + suffix 'cit'

महेश्वर-सुतम् (maheśvara-sutam) - son of Maheśvara (Shiva)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of maheśvara-suta

maheśvara-suta - son of Maheśvara (Shiva)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maheśvara+suta)

• maheśvara – Great Lord, an epithet of Shiva
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son, born, produced
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root 'sū' (to give birth)
  Root: sū (class 2)

केचित् (kecit) - some (people), certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which (indefinite pronoun with suffix 'cit')

formed from interrogative pronoun 'kim' + suffix 'cit'

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

विभावसोः (vibhāvasoḥ) - of Vibhāvasu, of the Sun god

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu

vibhāvasu - brilliant, splendid; fire, sun, a god (specifically the Sun god or Agni)

Note: Also spelled Vibhāvas.

उमायाः (umāyāḥ) - of Umā (Pārvatī)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of umā

umā - Umā, name of Shiva's consort (Pārvatī, Durgā)

कृत्तिकानाम् (kṛttikānām) - of the Kṛttikās (Pleiades)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kṛttikā

kṛttikā - the Pleiades (a constellation of six stars, identified as the mothers of Kārtikeya)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of Gaṅgā (the river goddess)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Gaṅgā, the goddess Gaṅgā

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they declare, they speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vad

present active indicative

3rd person plural present of root 'vad'

Root: vad (class 1)

उत (uta) - moreover, indeed, also, and

(indeclinable)

particle