महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-177, verse-39

आप्यायन्ते च ते नित्यं धातवस्तैस्तु धातुभिः ।
आपोऽग्निर्मारुतश्चैव नित्यं जाग्रति देहिषु ॥३९॥

39. āpyāyante ca te nityaṁ dhātavastaistu dhātubhiḥ ,
āpo'gnirmārutaścaiva nityaṁ jāgrati dehiṣu.

39. āpyāyante ca te nityaṃ dhātavaḥ taiḥ tu dhātubhiḥ
| āpaḥ agniḥ mārutaḥ ca eva nityaṃ jāgrati dehiṣu

39. te dhātavaḥ ca nityaṃ taiḥ dhātubhiḥ tu āpyāyante
āpaḥ agniḥ mārutaḥ ca eva dehiṣu nityaṃ jāgrati

39. And those bodily constituents are always nourished by these very constituents. Water, fire, and air are constantly active within embodied beings.

Words meanings summery:

• आप्यायन्ते (āpyāyante) - are nourished (referring to bodily constituents) (are replenished, are nourished, grow)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ते (te) - those (referring to dhātavaḥ) (those, they)

• नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - bodily constituents (e.g., humors, tissues) (constituents, elements, metals, ingredients)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those (other bodily constituents) (by them, by those)

• तु (tu) - indeed, for emphasis (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• धातुभिः (dhātubhiḥ) - by (other) bodily constituents (by constituents, by elements)

• आपः (āpaḥ) - water (as a fundamental element/humor) (water)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (referring to the digestive fire or metabolic processes) (fire, Agni (god of fire), digestive fire)

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air (referring to vāta-doṣa or biological air principle) (wind, air, god of wind (Marut))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• जाग्रति (jāgrati) - they are active (referring to water, fire, and air) (they are awake, they are active, they watch)

• देहिषु (dehiṣu) - in embodied beings (in embodied beings, in living creatures, in bodies)

Words meanings and morphology

आप्यायन्ते (āpyāyante) - are nourished (referring to bodily constituents) (are replenished, are nourished, grow)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

Root √pyāy (to swell) with prefix ā; Present tense, Middle voice, 3rd person, plural.

Prefix: ā

Root: pyāy (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (referring to dhātavaḥ) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Demonstrative pronoun.

नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Note: functions as an adverb

धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - bodily constituents (e.g., humors, tissues) (constituents, elements, metals, ingredients)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhātu

dhātu - constituent, element, primary substance, root (of a word), metal, humor

From root √dhā (to place, support, establish)

Root: dhā (class 3)

तैः (taiḥ) - by those (other bodily constituents) (by them, by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Demonstrative pronoun.

तु (tu) - indeed, for emphasis (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing contrast or emphasis.

धातुभिः (dhātubhiḥ) - by (other) bodily constituents (by constituents, by elements)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dhātu

dhātu - constituent, element, primary substance, root (of a word), metal, humor

From root √dhā (to place, support, establish)

Root: dhā (class 3)

आपः (āpaḥ) - water (as a fundamental element/humor) (water)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

Always plural.

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (referring to the digestive fire or metabolic processes) (fire, Agni (god of fire), digestive fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, digestive fire, heat, Agni (deity)

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind, air (referring to vāta-doṣa or biological air principle) (wind, air, god of wind (Marut))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, god of wind, son of Marut

Derived from Marut.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

नित्यं (nityaṁ) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Note: functions as an adverb

जाग्रति (jāgrati) - they are active (referring to water, fire, and air) (they are awake, they are active, they watch)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root √jāgṛ (Gana 2). Present tense, Active voice, 3rd person, plural.

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

देहिषु (dehiṣu) - in embodied beings (in embodied beings, in living creatures, in bodies)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - embodied, existing in a body, a living being, a creature

From deha (body) + in (possessive suffix).