महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-195, verse-11

यथार्चिषोऽग्नेः पवनस्य वेगा मरीचयोऽर्कस्य नदीषु चापः ।
गच्छन्ति चायान्ति च तन्यमानास्तद्वच्छरीराणि शरीरिणां तु ॥११॥

11. yathārciṣo'gneḥ pavanasya vegā; marīcayo'rkasya nadīṣu cāpaḥ ,
gacchanti cāyānti ca tanyamānā;stadvaccharīrāṇi śarīriṇāṁ tu.

11. yathā arciṣaḥ agneḥ pavanasya vegāḥ
marīcayaḥ arkasya nadīṣu ca āpaḥ
gacchanti ca āyānti ca tanyamānāḥ
tat-vat śarīrāṇi śarīriṇām tu

11. yathā agneḥ arciṣaḥ,
pavanasya vegāḥ,
arkasya marīcayaḥ,
ca nadīṣu āpaḥ (ca),
tanyamānāḥ (santaḥ) gacchanti ca āyānti ca,
tat-vat śarīriṇām śarīrāṇi tu (gacchanti ca āyānti ca).

11. Just as the flames of fire, the currents of wind, the rays of the sun, and the waters in rivers continuously come and go, so too do the bodies of embodied beings (śarīrin).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• अर्चिषः (arciṣaḥ) - flames (flames, rays, light)

• अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of fire

• पवनस्य (pavanasya) - of wind, of air

• वेगाः (vegāḥ) - currents (currents, flows, speeds, impulses)

• मरीचयः (marīcayaḥ) - rays (rays of light, particles)

• अर्कस्य (arkasya) - of the sun

• नदीषु (nadīṣu) - in rivers

• च (ca) - and

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go

• च (ca) - and

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come

• च (ca) - and

• तन्यमानाः (tanyamānāḥ) - being extended, being stretched, being diffused

• तत्-वत् (tat-vat) - similarly, like that

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings, of those having bodies

• तु (tu) - similarly, indeed (emphasizing the comparison) (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

अर्चिषः (arciṣaḥ) - flames (flames, rays, light)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of arciṣ

arciṣ - flame, ray, light

अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of fire

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire

पवनस्य (pavanasya) - of wind, of air

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air

Root: pū (class 1)

वेगाः (vegāḥ) - currents (currents, flows, speeds, impulses)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vega

vega - speed, velocity, current, flow, impulse

Root: vij (class 6)

मरीचयः (marīcayaḥ) - rays (rays of light, particles)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of marīci

marīci - ray of light, particle, atom

अर्कस्य (arkasya) - of the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arka

arka - sun, ray of light, flash

नदीषु (nadīṣu) - in rivers

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

root gam (1st class, P)

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yam

root yam (1st class, P)

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तन्यमानाः (tanyamānāḥ) - being extended, being stretched, being diffused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanyamāna

tanyamāna - being extended, being stretched, being diffused

Present Passive Participle

from root tan

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with arciṣaḥ, vegāḥ, marīcayaḥ, āpaḥ.

तत्-वत् (tat-vat) - similarly, like that

(indeclinable)

compound of tad (pronoun) + vat (suffix)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (tad+vat)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• vat – like, similar to
  suffix/indeclinable
  suffix forming adverbs or adjectives indicating similarity

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal form

शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings, of those having bodies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied being, soul, one having a body

agent noun from śarīra

तु (tu) - similarly, indeed (emphasizing the comparison) (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)