महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-178, verse-12

प्राणानां संनिपाताच्च संनिपातः प्रजायते ।
ऊष्मा चाग्निरिति ज्ञेयो योऽन्नं पचति देहिनाम् ॥१२॥

12. prāṇānāṁ saṁnipātācca saṁnipātaḥ prajāyate ,
ūṣmā cāgniriti jñeyo yo'nnaṁ pacati dehinām.

12. prāṇānām saṃnipātāt ca saṃnipātaḥ prajāyate |
ūṣmā ca agniḥ iti jñeyaḥ yaḥ annam pacati dehinām

12. dehinām prāṇānām saṃnipātāt ca saṃnipātaḥ prajāyate yaḥ dehinām annam pacati,
saḥ ūṣmā ca agniḥ iti jñeyaḥ

12. From the combination of the vital airs (prāṇa), a vital conjunction is produced. The heat, which digests food for embodied beings, should be known as the digestive fire (agni).

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of the vital airs, of the breaths, of the life forces

• संनिपातात् (saṁnipātāt) - from the combination, from the conjunction, from the falling together

• च (ca) - and, also

• संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - combination, conjunction, falling together

• प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is produced, arises, is born

• ऊष्मा (ūṣmā) - heat, warmth, vapor

• च (ca) - and, also

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, digestive fire

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of a quote or definition. (thus, in this manner, as such)

• ज्ञेयः (jñeyaḥ) - to be known, knowable, should be known

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, sustenance

• पचति (pacati) - digests, cooks, ripens

• देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings, of living beings

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of the vital airs, of the breaths, of the life forces

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - vital air, breath, life force, spirit

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

संनिपातात् (saṁnipātāt) - from the combination, from the conjunction, from the falling together

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃnipāta

saṁnipāta - conjunction, meeting, combination, falling together, multitude

Derived from root √pat with prefixes sam and ni.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - combination, conjunction, falling together

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnipāta

saṁnipāta - conjunction, meeting, combination, falling together, multitude

Derived from root √pat with prefixes sam and ni.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is produced, arises, is born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present Tense, Middle Voice

Root √jan (div. 4) with prefix pra, Middle voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

ऊष्मा (ūṣmā) - heat, warmth, vapor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūṣman

ūṣman - heat, warmth, vapor, steam

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, digestive fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, deity of fire, digestive fire

Root: ag

इति (iti) - Marks the end of a quote or definition. (thus, in this manner, as such)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञेयः (jñeyaḥ) - to be known, knowable, should be known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, knowable, comprehensible

Gerundive

Derived from root √jñā with the suffix -ya.

Root: jñā (class 9)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

अन्नम् (annam) - food, sustenance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, cooked rice, sustenance

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √ad (to eat) with the suffix -kta.

Root: ad (class 2)

पचति (pacati) - digests, cooks, ripens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pac

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root √pac (div. 1), Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: pac (class 1)

देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings, of living beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - embodied, possessing a body, living being

Derived from deha (body) with the possessive suffix -in.