महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-187, verse-38

मशकोदुम्बरौ चापि संप्रयुक्तौ यथा सदा ।
अन्योन्यमन्यौ च यथा संप्रयोगस्तथा तयोः ॥३८॥

38. maśakodumbarau cāpi saṁprayuktau yathā sadā ,
anyonyamanyau ca yathā saṁprayogastathā tayoḥ.

38. maśaka-udambarau ca api saṃprayuktau yathā sadā
anyonyam anyau ca yathā saṃprayogaḥ tathā tayoḥ

38. yathā maśaka-udambarau ca api sadā saṃprayuktau [bhavataḥ],
tathā anyau ca anyonyam [samprayuktau bhavataḥ],
[yathā] saṃprayogaḥ tathā tayoḥ [saṃprayogaḥ asti]

38. Just as a mosquito and a fig fruit are always joined, so too is the mutual connection of those other two (the material principle and the knower of the field); for them, the union is precisely in that manner.

Words meanings summery:

• मशक-उदम्बरौ (maśaka-udambarau) - a mosquito and a fig fruit (or tree) (a mosquito and a fig)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• संप्रयुक्तौ (saṁprayuktau) - joined, connected (joined, connected, united)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

• सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, perpetually)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, with each other (mutually, reciprocally)

• अन्यौ (anyau) - the other two (referring to sattva and kṣetrajña from the previous verse) (the other two)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that (as, just as, in what manner)

• संप्रयोगः (saṁprayogaḥ) - union, connection (conjunction, union, connection, application)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - for them (the two principles) (of them, for them)

Words meanings and morphology

मशक-उदम्बरौ (maśaka-udambarau) - a mosquito and a fig fruit (or tree) (a mosquito and a fig)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of maśaka-udambara

maśaka-udambara - mosquito and fig (fruit/tree)

Dvaṃdva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (maśaka+udambara)

• maśaka – mosquito
  noun (masculine)
• udambara – fig tree, Ficus glomerata; its fruit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects to 'api'.

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: ca api means 'even also' or just 'also'.

संप्रयुक्तौ (saṁprayuktau) - joined, connected (joined, connected, united)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃprayukta

saṁprayukta - joined, connected, associated, equipped with

Past Passive Participle

From sam + pra + root yuj (to join) + kta suffix.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'maśaka-udambarau'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.

Note: Introduces the simile.

सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

Note: Modifies 'saṃprayuktau'.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, with each other (mutually, reciprocally)

(indeclinable)

Formed from anya (other) repeated.

Note: Modifies the connection (saṃprayogaḥ).

अन्यौ (anyau) - the other two (referring to sattva and kṣetrajña from the previous verse) (the other two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of anya

anya - other, different, another

Pronominal adjective.

Note: Subject of the second clause.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: Modifies 'saṃprayogaḥ'.

संप्रयोगः (saṁprayogaḥ) - union, connection (conjunction, union, connection, application)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃprayoga

saṁprayoga - conjunction, union, connection, application, use

From sam + pra + root yuj (to join) + ghaÑ suffix.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Subject of the final implied verb 'asti'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.

Note: Concludes the comparison.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - for them (the two principles) (of them, for them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Genitive of possession or relation for the union.