महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-177, verse-4

चेष्टा वायुः खमाकाशमूष्माग्निः सलिलं द्रवः ।
पृथिवी चात्र संघातः शरीरं पाञ्चभौतिकम् ॥४॥

4. ceṣṭā vāyuḥ khamākāśamūṣmāgniḥ salilaṁ dravaḥ ,
pṛthivī cātra saṁghātaḥ śarīraṁ pāñcabhautikam.

4. ceṣṭā vāyuḥ kham ākāśam ūṣmā agniḥ salilam dravaḥ
pṛthivī ca atra saṃghātaḥ śarīram pāñcabhautikam

4. ceṣṭā vāyuḥ kham ākāśam ūṣmā agniḥ dravaḥ salilam
ca atra saṃghātaḥ pṛthivī śarīram pāñcabhautikam

4. Movement is air (vāyu), space is ether (ākāśa), heat is fire (agni), fluidity is water (salila), and solidity here is earth (pṛthivī). The body (śarīra) is thus composed of the five elements (pāñcabhautikam).

Words meanings summery:

• चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - activity, movement, effort

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - the element of air (air, wind, the deity Vayu)

• खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, empty space

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the element of ether (ether, space, sky)

• ऊष्मा (ūṣmā) - heat, warmth

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - the element of fire (fire, the deity Agni)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - the element of water (water, liquid)

• द्रवः (dravaḥ) - fluid, liquid, flowing

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, the element of earth

• च (ca) - and, also

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this, on this point

• संघातः (saṁghātaḥ) - aggregation, collection, mass, solidity

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• पाञ्चभौतिकम् (pāñcabhautikam) - consisting of the five great elements (bhūta) (composed of the five elements)

Words meanings and morphology

चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - activity, movement, effort

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ceṣṭā

ceṣṭā - movement, action, effort, activity

from root 'ceṣṭ' (to move)

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Identified with 'vāyuḥ'.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - the element of air (air, wind, the deity Vayu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, the element of air, vital breath

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: One of the five elements (bhūta).

खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky, empty space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - hole, empty space, ether, sky, zero

Note: Identified with 'ākāśam'.

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the element of ether (ether, space, sky)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - ether, space, sky, the element of ether

from 'ā-kāś' (to appear, shine forth)

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: One of the five elements (bhūta).

ऊष्मा (ūṣmā) - heat, warmth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ūṣman

ūṣman - heat, warmth, vapour, summer

Note: Identified with 'agniḥ'.

अग्निः (agniḥ) - the element of fire (fire, the deity Agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the element of fire, digestive fire

Note: One of the five elements (bhūta).

सलिलम् (salilam) - the element of water (water, liquid)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, liquid, fluidity

Note: Identified with 'dravaḥ'.

द्रवः (dravaḥ) - fluid, liquid, flowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drava

drava - flowing, fluid, liquid, a liquid

from root 'dru' (to run, flow)

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Can also be used as a noun meaning 'liquid'. Here it describes the property of water.

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, the element of earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the Earth (planet), the element of earth

Note: One of the five elements (bhūta).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this, on this point

(indeclinable)

संघातः (saṁghātaḥ) - aggregation, collection, mass, solidity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃghāta

saṁghāta - collection, aggregation, mass, solidity, heap

from 'sam-han' (to strike together, join)

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Identified with 'pṛthivī'.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'is'.

पाञ्चभौतिकम् (pāñcabhautikam) - consisting of the five great elements (bhūta) (composed of the five elements)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāñcabhautika

pāñcabhautika - consisting of or derived from the five elements (bhūta)

derived from 'pañcabhūta' (five elements)

Note: Agrees with 'śarīram'.