महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-237

इतिहासोत्तमादस्माज्जायन्ते कविबुद्धयः ।
पञ्चभ्य इव भूतेभ्यो लोकसंविधयस्त्रयः ॥२३७॥

237. itihāsottamādasmājjāyante kavibuddhayaḥ ,
pañcabhya iva bhūtebhyo lokasaṁvidhayastrayaḥ.

237. itihāsa uttamāt asmāt jāyante kavibuddhayaḥ |
pañcabhyaḥ iva bhūtebhyaḥ lokasaṃvidhayaḥ trayaḥ

237. From this excellent history, poetic intellects arise, just as the three arrangements of the worlds (or three types of creation) arise from the five great elements.

Words meanings summery:

• इतिहास (itihāsa) - history (history, epic, tradition)

• उत्तमात् (uttamāt) - from this excellent (from the best, from the excellent)

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - arise (are born, arise, are produced)

• कविबुद्धयः (kavibuddhayaḥ) - poetic intellects (poetic intellects, intellects of poets)

• पञ्चभ्यः (pañcabhyaḥ) - from the five (from five)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• भूतेभ्यः (bhūtebhyaḥ) - from the (great) elements (from the elements, from beings)

• लोकसंविधयः (lokasaṁvidhayaḥ) - arrangements of the worlds (arrangements of the worlds, creations of the worlds)

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

Words meanings and morphology

इतिहास (itihāsa) - history (history, epic, tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, legend, tradition, epic (like Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa)

Compound of iti-ha-āsa (thus it was)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (iti+ha+āsa)

• iti – thus, so
  indeclinable
• ha – indeed, verily (particle of affirmation)
  indeclinable
• āsa – was
  verb
  Perfect 3rd singular of as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

उत्तमात् (uttamāt) - from this excellent (from the best, from the excellent)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, principal

Superlative of ud (up)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

जायन्ते (jāyante) - arise (are born, arise, are produced)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of jāyante

Root: jan (class 4)

कविबुद्धयः (kavibuddhayaḥ) - poetic intellects (poetic intellects, intellects of poets)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kavibuddhi

kavibuddhi - poetic intellect, intellect of a poet

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kavi+buddhi)

• kavi – poet, sage, wise man
  noun (masculine)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, mind
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root budh (to know, perceive)
  Root: budh (class 1)

पञ्चभ्यः (pañcabhyaḥ) - from the five (from five)

(numeral)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

भूतेभ्यः (bhūtebhyaḥ) - from the (great) elements (from the elements, from beings)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element (as in pañca-bhūtāni), ghost

past passive participle (used as noun)

Derived from root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोकसंविधयः (lokasaṁvidhayaḥ) - arrangements of the worlds (arrangements of the worlds, creations of the worlds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lokasaṃvidhi

lokasaṁvidhi - arrangement of the world, creation of the world, cosmic disposition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+saṃvidhi)

• loka – world, universe, people
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvidhi – arrangement, creation, ordinance, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root dhā with prefixes sam and vi
  Prefixes: sam+vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(numeral)