महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-187, verse-5

ततः सृष्टानि तत्रैव तानि यान्ति पुनः पुनः ।
महाभूतानि भूतेषु सागरस्योर्मयो यथा ॥५॥

5. tataḥ sṛṣṭāni tatraiva tāni yānti punaḥ punaḥ ,
mahābhūtāni bhūteṣu sāgarasyormayo yathā.

5. tataḥ sṛṣṭāni tatra eva tāni yānti punaḥ punaḥ
mahābhūtāni bhūteṣu sāgarasya ūrmayaḥ yathā

5. tataḥ sṛṣṭāni tāni mahābhūtāni punaḥ punaḥ
tatra eva bhūteṣu yānti yathā sāgarasya ūrmayaḥ

5. Then, these great elements (mahābhūtāni), once created, repeatedly return to that very state within beings, just as the waves (ūrmayaḥ) of the ocean (sāgarasya) do.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, from that, thereafter)

• सृष्टानि (sṛṣṭāni) - the created (elements) (created, manifested)

• तत्र (tatra) - to that (state/source) (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - precisely, that very (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• तानि (tāni) - those (elements) (those)

• यान्ति (yānti) - they return (they go, they move, they return)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, moreover)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, moreover)

• महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - the great elements (mahābhūtāni) (great elements, fundamental elements)

• भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - within beings/entities (among beings, in elements)

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

• ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves

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

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, from that, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

Root: tad

सृष्टानि (sṛṣṭāni) - the created (elements) (created, manifested)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, formed, manifested, liberated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `sṛj`

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तत्र (tatra) - to that (state/source) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Root: tad

एव (eva) - precisely, that very (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those (elements) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to `mahābhūtāni`.

यान्ति (yānti) - they return (they go, they move, they return)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

3rd person plural, Parasmaipada

Root: yā (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated to emphasize 'again and again'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, moreover)

(indeclinable)

महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - the great elements (mahābhūtāni) (great elements, fundamental elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahābhūta

mahābhūta - great element, fundamental element (one of the five: earth, water, fire, air, ether)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhūta)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `bhū`
  Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - within beings/entities (among beings, in elements)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `bhū`

Root: bhū (class 1)

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea, large body of water

Root: gṛ (class 6)

ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, surge, ripple

Root: ṛ

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

(indeclinable)