महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-204, verse-3

अभिद्रवत्ययस्कान्तमयो निश्चेतनावुभौ ।
स्वभावहेतुजा भावा यद्वदन्यदपीदृशम् ॥३॥

3. abhidravatyayaskāntamayo niścetanāvubhau ,
svabhāvahetujā bhāvā yadvadanyadapīdṛśam.

3. abhidravati ayaskāntam ayaḥ niścetau ubhau
svabhāvahetujāḥ bhāvāḥ yadvat anyat api īdṛśam

3. ayaḥ ayaskāntam abhidravati ubhau niścetau
bhāvāḥ svabhāvahetujāḥ yadvat anyat api īdṛśam

3. Iron (ayas) rushes towards a magnet (ayaskānta), though both are unconscious. Phenomena (bhāvāḥ) like these arise due to their inherent nature (svabhāva-hetu), just as other similar occurrences do.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिद्रवति (abhidravati) - rushes towards, runs to

• अयस्कान्तम् (ayaskāntam) - towards the magnet

• अयः (ayaḥ) - iron, metal

• निश्चेतौ (niścetau) - both insentient/unconscious

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• स्वभावहेतुजाः (svabhāvahetujāḥ) - arising from their intrinsic nature/cause

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - phenomena, states of being, entities

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, as, like

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other (thing)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - similar, such

Words meanings and morphology

अभिद्रवति (abhidravati) - rushes towards, runs to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of abhi-√dru

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

अयस्कान्तम् (ayaskāntam) - towards the magnet

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ayaskānta

ayaskānta - magnet, loadstone

Compound type : tatpurusha (ayas+kānta)

• ayas – iron, metal
  noun (neuter)
• kānta – beloved, desired, charming; magnet (when compounded with ayas)
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kam (to desire) with kta suffix.
  Root: kam (class 1)

अयः (ayaḥ) - iron, metal

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ayas

ayas - iron, metal, ore

निश्चेतौ (niścetau) - both insentient/unconscious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of niścetā

niścetā - unconscious, insentient, devoid of consciousness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+cetas)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• cetas – consciousness, mind, intellect, spirit
  noun (neuter)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

स्वभावहेतुजाः (svabhāvahetujāḥ) - arising from their intrinsic nature/cause

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svabhāvahetuja

svabhāvahetuja - born from natural causes, due to inherent nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (svabhāva+hetu+ja)

• svabhāva – own nature, inherent disposition, essence
  noun (masculine)
  From sva (own) + bhāva (state, existence)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced, arising from
  adjective
  Suffix -ja
  Derived from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - phenomena, states of being, entities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - state, existence, being, sentiment, phenomenon

From √bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other (thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - similar, such

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, similar