महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-203, verse-24

दीपादन्ये यथा दीपाः प्रवर्तन्ते सहस्रशः ।
प्रकृतिः सृजते तद्वदानन्त्यान्नापचीयते ॥२४॥

24. dīpādanye yathā dīpāḥ pravartante sahasraśaḥ ,
prakṛtiḥ sṛjate tadvadānantyānnāpacīyate.

24. dīpāt anye yathā dīpāḥ pravartante sahasraśaḥ
prakṛtiḥ sṛjate tadvat ānantyāt na apacīyate

24. yathā dīpāt anye dīpāḥ sahasraśaḥ pravartante
tadvat prakṛtiḥ sṛjate ānantyāt na apacīyate

24. Just as thousands of other lamps are lit from a single lamp, so too does primal nature (prakṛti) create, and because of its infinite capacity, it is not diminished.

Words meanings summery:

• दीपात् (dīpāt) - from a lamp

• अन्ये (anye) - other, different

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• दीपाः (dīpāḥ) - lamps

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they arise, they proceed, they spread

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - The fundamental material principle of the universe in Sāṃkhya philosophy. (primal nature, basic material cause, essential constitution (prakṛti))

• सृजते (sṛjate) - creates, emits

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• आनन्त्यात् (ānantyāt) - from endlessness, due to infinity

• न (na) - not, no

• अपचीयते (apacīyate) - diminishes, is lessened, wastes away

Words meanings and morphology

दीपात् (dīpāt) - from a lamp

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light

अन्ये (anye) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Agrees with dīpāḥ.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

दीपाः (dīpāḥ) - lamps

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light

Note: Subject of pravartante.

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they arise, they proceed, they spread

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pravart

present

from pra- + √vṛt (1st class, Ātmanepada)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

derived from sahasra (thousand) with suffix -śaḥ

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - The fundamental material principle of the universe in Sāṃkhya philosophy. (primal nature, basic material cause, essential constitution (prakṛti))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - primal nature, basic material cause, essential constitution (prakṛti)

from pra- + √kṛ (to make)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of sṛjate.

सृजते (sṛjate) - creates, emits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sṛj

present

from √sṛj (6th class, Ātmanepada)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

derived from tad (that) with the suffix -vat

आनन्त्यात् (ānantyāt) - from endlessness, due to infinity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ānantya

ānantya - endlessness, infinity, immensity

from ananta (endless) + -ya (nominal suffix)

Note: Explains the reason for not diminishing.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates apacīyate.

अपचीयते (apacīyate) - diminishes, is lessened, wastes away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of apacīy

present

from apa- + √ci (5th class, Ātmanepada)

Prefix: apa

Root: ci (class 5)