महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-179, verse-15

बीजमात्रं पुरा सृष्टं यदेतत्परिवर्तते ।
मृता मृताः प्रणश्यन्ति बीजाद्बीजं प्रवर्तते ॥१५॥

15. bījamātraṁ purā sṛṣṭaṁ yadetatparivartate ,
mṛtā mṛtāḥ praṇaśyanti bījādbījaṁ pravartate.

15. bījamātram purā sṛṣṭam yat etat parivartate
mṛtāḥ mṛtāḥ praṇaśyanti bījāt bījam pravartate

15. etat yat purā bījamātram sṛṣṭam parivartate
mṛtāḥ mṛtāḥ praṇaśyanti bījāt bījam pravartate

15. This (creation), which was initially created as merely a seed, continuously transforms. The dead certainly perish, but from one seed, another seed always proceeds (i.e., new life arises from the old).

Words meanings summery:

• बीजमात्रम् (bījamātram) - merely a seed, only a seed

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, long ago

• सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam) - created, brought forth

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• एतत् (etat) - this

• परिवर्तते (parivartate) - transforms, changes, revolves

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead (ones), those who have died

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead (ones), those who have died (repetition for emphasis)

• प्रणश्यन्ति (praṇaśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed

• बीजात् (bījāt) - from a seed

• बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, originates, continues

Words meanings and morphology

बीजमात्रम् (bījamātram) - merely a seed, only a seed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bījamātra

bījamātra - merely a seed, only a seed, a seed alone

Compound type : tatpurusha (bīja+mātra)

• bīja – seed, germ, origin
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – only, mere, just, measure, quantity
  adjective (neuter)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, long ago

(indeclinable)

सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam) - created, brought forth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, produced, made, emitted

Past Passive Participle

Root: sṛj (class 6)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

परिवर्तते (parivartate) - transforms, changes, revolves

(verb)

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

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead (ones), those who have died

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Root: mṛ (class 6)

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead (ones), those who have died (repetition for emphasis)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Root: mṛ (class 6)

प्रणश्यन्ति (praṇaśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

बीजात् (bījāt) - from a seed

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, germ, element

बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, germ, element

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, originates, continues

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)