महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-206, verse-13

तद्बीजं देहिनामाहुस्तद्बीजं जीवसंज्ञितम् ।
कर्मणा कालयुक्तेन संसारपरिवर्तकम् ॥१३॥

13. tadbījaṁ dehināmāhustadbījaṁ jīvasaṁjñitam ,
karmaṇā kālayuktena saṁsāraparivartakam.

13. tat bījam dehinām āhuḥ tat bījam jīvasaṃjñitam
karmaṇā kālayuktena saṃsāraparivartakam

13. dehinām tat bījam āhuḥ tat bījam jīvasaṃjñitam
kālayuktena karmaṇā saṃsāraparivartakam

13. That is called the seed of embodied beings; that seed is referred to as the individual soul (jīva). It is the cause of the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra), propelled by action (karma) combined with time.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to ignorance/the seed) (that, this, it)

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin (seed, origin, cause)

• देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings (of embodied beings, of those possessing a body)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call, they refer to (they say, they call, they declare)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the seed again) (that, this, it)

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed (seed, origin, cause)

• जीवसंज्ञितम् (jīvasaṁjñitam) - named 'jīva', referred to as the individual soul (named 'jīva', called 'jīva', characterized as 'jīva')

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action (karma) (by action, by work, by ritual)

• कालयुक्तेन (kālayuktena) - combined with time (combined with time, joined with time)

• संसारपरिवर्तकम् (saṁsāraparivartakam) - causing the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (causing the cycle of transmigration, leading to worldly existence)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to ignorance/the seed) (that, this, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Acts as the subject.

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin (seed, origin, cause)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause, germ

Note: Acts as the complement of the verb.

देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings (of embodied beings, of those possessing a body)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - embodied being, soul, one who has a body

from deha (body) + -in (possessive suffix)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call, they refer to (they say, they call, they declare)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person plural Perfect Active of √ah

Root: ah (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the seed again) (that, this, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Acts as the subject.

बीजम् (bījam) - seed (seed, origin, cause)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause, germ

Note: Acts as the complement of the implied verb 'is'.

जीवसंज्ञितम् (jīvasaṁjñitam) - named 'jīva', referred to as the individual soul (named 'jīva', called 'jīva', characterized as 'jīva')

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvasaṃjñita

jīvasaṁjñita - named 'jīva', called 'jīva'

Past Passive Participle

from jīva + sam- + √jñā (know)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīva+saṃjñita)

• jīva – life, soul, individual soul, living being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• saṃjñita – named, called, denominated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam- + √jñā (know)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'bījam' (neuter nominative singular).

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action (karma) (by action, by work, by ritual)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, work, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of action

from √kṛ (do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कालयुक्तेन (kālayuktena) - combined with time (combined with time, joined with time)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kālayukta

kālayukta - combined with time, joined with time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+yukta)

• kāla – time, period, proper time
  noun (masculine)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, fit, proper
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √yuj (join)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā' (neuter instrumental singular).

संसारपरिवर्तकम् (saṁsāraparivartakam) - causing the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (causing the cycle of transmigration, leading to worldly existence)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsāraparivartaka

saṁsāraparivartaka - causing the cycle of transmigration, leading to worldly existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+parivartaka)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  from sam- + √sṛ (flow, move)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• parivartaka – causing to revolve, changing, transforming, instigator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  from pari- + √vṛt (turn) + -aka
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tat bījam' (neuter nominative singular).