महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-203, verse-15

यथर्तुष्वृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये ।
दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा ब्रह्माहरात्रिषु ॥१५॥

15. yathartuṣvṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye ,
dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā brahmāharātriṣu.

15. yathā ṛtuṣu ṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye
dṛśyante tāni tāni eva tathā brahma aharātriṣu

15. yathā nānārūpāṇi ṛtuliṅgāni ṛtuṣu paryaye tāni
tāni eva dṛśyante tathā brahma aharātriṣu

15. Just as various seasonal characteristics appear successively in the seasons, and those same forms are seen again, so too does the cosmic creative principle (brahma) manifest through alternating cosmic days and nights.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• ऋतुषु (ṛtuṣu) - in the seasons

• ऋतुलिङ्गानि (ṛtuliṅgāni) - seasonal characteristics, signs of seasons

• नानारूपाणि (nānārūpāṇi) - of various forms, diverse appearances

• पर्यये (paryaye) - in succession, in turn, in the course of change

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, they appear, they become visible

• तानि (tāni) - those

• तानि (tāni) - those (emphatic repetition)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, even (emphasizes 'those very same')

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the cosmic creative principle, Brahman

• अहरात्रिषु (aharātriṣu) - during days and nights, in cosmic days and nights

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

ऋतुषु (ṛtuṣu) - in the seasons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of ṛtu

ṛtu - season, fixed time, proper time

ऋतुलिङ्गानि (ṛtuliṅgāni) - seasonal characteristics, signs of seasons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ṛtuliṅga

ṛtuliṅga - sign of a season, seasonal characteristic

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ṛtu+liṅga)

• ṛtu – season, fixed time
  noun (masculine)
• liṅga – sign, mark, characteristic, symbol
  noun (neuter)

नानारूपाणि (nānārūpāṇi) - of various forms, diverse appearances

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nānārūpa

nānārūpa - having various forms, manifold, diverse

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nānā+rūpa)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold (used as an indeclinable or adverb)
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)

पर्यये (paryaye) - in succession, in turn, in the course of change

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paryaya

paryaya - succession, rotation, change, course, turn

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are seen, they appear, they become visible

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used in passive voice, meaning 'are seen'.

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, this, it

तानि (tāni) - those (emphatic repetition)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, this, it

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, even (emphasizes 'those very same')

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the cosmic creative principle, Brahman

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute, the sacred word, the creative principle

अहरात्रिषु (aharātriṣu) - during days and nights, in cosmic days and nights

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of aharātra

aharātra - day and night, a period of 24 hours

Compound type : Dvandva (ahan+rātri)

• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)