महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-175, verse-30

अग्निमारुततोयानां वर्णाः क्षितितलस्य च ।
आकाशसदृशा ह्येते भिद्यन्ते तत्त्वदर्शनात् ॥३०॥

30. agnimārutatoyānāṁ varṇāḥ kṣititalasya ca ,
ākāśasadṛśā hyete bhidyante tattvadarśanāt.

30. agnimārutatoyānām varṇāḥ kṣititalasya ca
ākāśasadṛśāḥ hi ete bhidyante tattvadarśanāt

30. agnimārutatoyānām ca kṣititalasya varṇāḥ hi
ete ākāśasadṛśāḥ tattvadarśanāt bhidyante

30. The attributes (varṇāḥ) of fire, wind, water, and the surface of the earth—these, indeed, are (fundamentally) similar to space (ākāśa), and are only distinguished through the insight gained from the perception of their true nature (tattva).

Words meanings summery:

• अग्निमारुततोयानाम् (agnimārutatoyānām) - of fire, wind, and water

• वर्णाः (varṇāḥ) - attributes, descriptions (varṇāḥ) (colors, classes, qualities, attributes, descriptions)

• क्षितितलस्य (kṣititalasya) - of the surface of the earth

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आकाशसदृशाः (ākāśasadṛśāḥ) - similar to space (ākāśa) (similar to space/sky)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• एते (ete) - these (attributes) (these (masculine plural))

• भिद्यन्ते (bhidyante) - are distinguished (are broken, are split, are differentiated, are distinguished)

• तत्त्वदर्शनात् (tattvadarśanāt) - through the insight gained from the perception of their true nature (tattva) (from the perception of truth/reality, by seeing the true nature)

Words meanings and morphology

अग्निमारुततोयानाम् (agnimārutatoyānām) - of fire, wind, and water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of agnimārutatoya

agnimārutatoya - fire, wind, and water

Compound type : dvandva (agni+māruta+toya)

• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)
• māruta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from marut
• toya – water
  noun (neuter)

वर्णाः (varṇāḥ) - attributes, descriptions (varṇāḥ) (colors, classes, qualities, attributes, descriptions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - color, tint, hue; form, figure, shape; quality, attribute; class, caste

From √vṛ (to cover, enclose)

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Subject of 'bhidyante'.

क्षितितलस्य (kṣititalasya) - of the surface of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kṣititala

kṣititala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣiti+tala)

• kṣiti – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  From √kṣi (to dwell)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• tala – surface, plain, palm (of hand), sole (of foot)
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'agnimārutatoyānām' and 'kṣititalasya' as modifiers of 'varṇāḥ'.

आकाशसदृशाः (ākāśasadṛśāḥ) - similar to space (ākāśa) (similar to space/sky)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ākāśasadṛśa

ākāśasadṛśa - similar to space, like the sky

Compound type : tatpurusha (ākāśa+sadṛśa)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – similar, like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  from sa- (with) + √dṛś (to see)
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'varṇāḥ'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

एते (ete) - these (attributes) (these (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, these

Note: Refers to 'varṇāḥ'.

भिद्यन्ते (bhidyante) - are distinguished (are broken, are split, are differentiated, are distinguished)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of bhid

Present Passive

Root: bhid (class 7)

तत्त्वदर्शनात् (tattvadarśanāt) - through the insight gained from the perception of their true nature (tattva) (from the perception of truth/reality, by seeing the true nature)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tattvadarśana

tattvadarśana - perception of truth, knowledge of reality, insight into true nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (tattva+darśana)

• tattva – truth, reality, true nature, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)
• darśana – seeing, perceiving, view, doctrine, philosophy
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from √dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means or cause of differentiation.