महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-177, verse-25

उदानादुच्छ्वसिति च प्रतिभेदाच्च भाषते ।
इत्येते वायवः पञ्च चेष्टयन्तीह देहिनम् ॥२५॥

25. udānāducchvasiti ca pratibhedācca bhāṣate ,
ityete vāyavaḥ pañca ceṣṭayantīha dehinam.

25. udānāt ucchvasiti ca pratibhedāt ca bhāṣate
iti ete vāyavaḥ pañca ceṣṭayanti iha dehinam

25. iha ete pañca vāyavaḥ dehinam ceṣṭayanti udānāt
ca ucchvasiti pratibhedāt ca bhāṣate iti

25. Through udāna, one breathes upwards, and through differentiated perception, one speaks. Thus, these five vital airs (vāyavaḥ) animate the living being (dehinam) in this body.

Words meanings summery:

• उदानात् (udānāt) - from udāna, from the upward breath

• उच्छ्वसिति (ucchvasiti) - breathes out, breathes upwards, exhales

• च (ca) - and

• प्रतिभेदात् (pratibhedāt) - from differentiation, from distinct articulation, from distinction

• च (ca) - and

• भाषते (bhāṣate) - speaks, articulates

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• एते (ete) - these

• वायवः (vāyavaḥ) - vital airs, winds

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• चेष्टयन्ति (ceṣṭayanti) - they cause to move, they animate, they make effort

• इह (iha) - here, in this world/body

• देहिनम् (dehinam) - the embodied being, the living being

Words meanings and morphology

उदानात् (udānāt) - from udāna, from the upward breath

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of udāna

udāna - upward vital air (udāna); one of the five vital breaths, responsible for speech and ascension

उच्छ्वसिति (ucchvasiti) - breathes out, breathes upwards, exhales

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ut-śvas

Prefix: ut

Root: śvas (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभेदात् (pratibhedāt) - from differentiation, from distinct articulation, from distinction

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pratibheda

pratibheda - distinction, differentiation, discernment, discrimination

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भाषते (bhāṣate) - speaks, articulates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, that

वायवः (vāyavaḥ) - vital airs, winds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital air (vāyu); one of the five gross elements (pañca-mahābhūta)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(indeclinable)

चेष्टयन्ति (ceṣṭayanti) - they cause to move, they animate, they make effort

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ceṣṭay

Causative verb

Causative stem from root ceṣṭ.

Root: ceṣṭ (class 10)

इह (iha) - here, in this world/body

(indeclinable)

देहिनम् (dehinam) - the embodied being, the living being

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied being, living being, individual, one possessing a body