महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-203, verse-40

नदीष्वापो यथा युक्ता यथा सूर्ये मरीचयः ।
संतन्वाना यथा यान्ति तथा देहाः शरीरिणाम् ॥४०॥

40. nadīṣvāpo yathā yuktā yathā sūrye marīcayaḥ ,
saṁtanvānā yathā yānti tathā dehāḥ śarīriṇām.

40. nadīṣu āpaḥ yathā yuktāḥ yathā sūrye marīcayaḥ
santanvānāḥ yathā yānti tathā dehāḥ śarīriṇām

40. yathā āpaḥ nadīṣu yuktāḥ yathā marīcayaḥ sūrye
yathā santanvānāḥ yānti tathā śarīriṇām dehāḥ

40. Just as waters are inherently connected within rivers, and as rays are inherently connected within the sun, so too do the bodies of embodied beings (śarīriṇām) persist and move on.

Words meanings summery:

• नदीषु (nadīṣu) - in rivers

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - connected, joined, endowed

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• सूर्ये (sūrye) - in the sun

• मरीचयः (marīcayaḥ) - rays

• सन्तन्वानाः (santanvānāḥ) - spreading, extending

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move

• तथा (tathā) - so too, thus

• देहाः (dehāḥ) - bodies

• शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings

Words meanings and morphology

नदीषु (nadīṣu) - in rivers

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - connected, joined, endowed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, endowed, intent, proper

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join, to connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

सूर्ये (sūrye) - in the sun

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, the sun god

मरीचयः (marīcayaḥ) - rays

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of marīci

marīci - ray of light, particle of light, mirage

सन्तन्वानाः (santanvānāḥ) - spreading, extending

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of santanvāna

santanvāna - spreading, extending, stretching out

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root tan (to stretch, spread) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: tan (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so too, thus

(indeclinable)

देहाः (dehāḥ) - bodies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form, person

शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, an embodied being

Derived from śarīra (body) + -in (possessive suffix)