महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-204, verse-1

गुरुरुवाच ।
चतुर्विधानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ।
अव्यक्तप्रभवान्याहुरव्यक्तनिधनानि च ।
अव्यक्तनिधनं विद्यादव्यक्तात्मात्मकं मनः ॥१॥

1. gururuvāca ,
caturvidhāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca ,
avyaktaprabhavānyāhuravyaktanidhanāni ca ,
avyaktanidhanaṁ vidyādavyaktātmātmakaṁ manaḥ.

1. guruḥ uvāca caturvidhāni bhūtāni
sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca avyaktaprabhavāṇi
āhuḥ avyaktanidhanāni ca avyaktanidhanam
vidyāt avyaktātmātmakam manaḥ

1. guruḥ uvāca bhūtāni caturvidhāni
sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca avyaktaprabhavāṇi
avyaktanidhanāni ca āhuḥ manaḥ
avyaktātmātmakam avyaktanidhanam vidyāt

1. The Guru said: Living beings are of four types: stationary and moving. They are said to originate from the unmanifest (avyakta) and dissolve into the unmanifest. One should know the mind (manas) to be of the nature of the unmanifest self (avyaktātman) and ultimately dissolving into the unmanifest.

Words meanings summery:

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, spiritual preceptor

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चतुर्विधानि (caturvidhāni) - of four kinds/types

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary (beings), immovables

• चराणि (carāṇi) - moving (beings), movables

• च (ca) - and

• अव्यक्तप्रभवाणि (avyaktaprabhavāṇi) - having their origin in the unmanifest

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• अव्यक्तनिधनानि (avyaktanidhanāni) - having their dissolution/end in the unmanifest

• च (ca) - and

• अव्यक्तनिधनम् (avyaktanidhanam) - that which dissolves into the unmanifest, having the unmanifest as its end

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, one should understand

• अव्यक्तात्मात्मकम् (avyaktātmātmakam) - having the unmanifest self as its nature/essence

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

Words meanings and morphology

गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, spiritual preceptor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, heavy, important

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

चतुर्विधानि (caturvidhāni) - of four kinds/types

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of caturvidha

caturvidha - of four kinds, fourfold

Compound type : tatpurusha (catur+vidha)

• catur – four
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, type, manner
  noun (masculine)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element; past; happened

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (to be, to become) with kta suffix.

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary (beings), immovables

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāvara

sthāvara - stationary, immovable, fixed; plant, tree

From √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

चराणि (carāṇi) - moving (beings), movables

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cara

cara - moving, walking, movable; animal

From √car (to move)

Root: car (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अव्यक्तप्रभवाणि (avyaktaprabhavāṇi) - having their origin in the unmanifest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of avyaktaprabhava

avyaktaprabhava - originating from the unmanifest, having the unmanifest as source

Compound type : tatpurusha (avyakta+prabhava)

• avyakta – unmanifest, unperceived, indiscernible
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √añj (to anoint, to manifest) with 'a' (negative) prefix and 'vi' (intensifying) prefix, then kta suffix.
  Prefixes: a+vi
  Root: añj (class 7)
• prabhava – origin, source, birth, power
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-√bhū (to arise, to be powerful)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of √ah

Root: ah (class 2)

अव्यक्तनिधनानि (avyaktanidhanāni) - having their dissolution/end in the unmanifest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of avyaktanidhana

avyaktanidhana - dissolving into the unmanifest, having the unmanifest as their end

Compound type : tatpurusha (avyakta+nidhana)

• avyakta – unmanifest, unperceived, indiscernible
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √añj (to anoint, to manifest) with 'a' (negative) prefix and 'vi' (intensifying) prefix, then kta suffix.
  Prefixes: a+vi
  Root: añj (class 7)
• nidhana – end, destruction, dissolution, death
  noun (neuter)
  From ni-√dhā (to place down, to destroy)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अव्यक्तनिधनम् (avyaktanidhanam) - that which dissolves into the unmanifest, having the unmanifest as its end

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avyaktanidhana

avyaktanidhana - dissolving into the unmanifest, having the unmanifest as their end

Compound type : tatpurusha (avyakta+nidhana)

• avyakta – unmanifest, unperceived, indiscernible
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √añj (to anoint, to manifest) with 'a' (negative) prefix and 'vi' (intensifying) prefix, then kta suffix.
  Prefixes: a+vi
  Root: añj (class 7)
• nidhana – end, destruction, dissolution, death
  noun (neuter)
  From ni-√dhā (to place down, to destroy)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: dhā (class 3)

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, one should understand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √vid

Root: vid (class 2)

अव्यक्तात्मात्मकम् (avyaktātmātmakam) - having the unmanifest self as its nature/essence

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avyaktātmātmaka

avyaktātmātmaka - whose nature is the unmanifest self (avyaktātman), consisting of the unmanifest self

Compound type : bahuvrihi (avyakta+ātman+ātmaka)

• avyakta – unmanifest, unperceived, indiscernible
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √añj (to anoint, to manifest) with 'a' (negative) prefix and 'vi' (intensifying) prefix, then kta suffix.
  Prefixes: a+vi
  Root: añj (class 7)
• ātman – self (ātman), soul, essence, breath
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaka – whose nature is, consisting of, having the character of
  adjective
  Suffix -ātmaka (forming adjectives from nouns)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness