महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-17

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् ।
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि तत्र का परिदेवना ॥१७॥

17. pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam ,
etadyonīni bhūtāni tatra kā paridevanā.

17. pṛthivī vāyuḥ ākāśam āpaḥ jyotiḥ ca pañcamam
etat-yonīni bhūtāni tatra kā paridevanā

17. bhūtāni etat-yonīni pṛthivī vāyuḥ ākāśam
āpaḥ ca pañcamam jyotiḥ tatra kā paridevanā

17. Earth, air, ether, water, and light as the fifth—all beings have these as their source. Therefore, what cause for lamentation is there?

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, ground, soil

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, atmosphere

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, ether, space

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light, radiance

• च (ca) - and, also

• पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - fifth

• एतत्-योनीनि (etat-yonīni) - having these five elements (earth, air, ether, water, light) as source (having these as source/origin)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings (beings, created things, elements)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, wailing

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, ground, soil

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, soil

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, atmosphere

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, atmosphere

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, ether, space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space

Note: Here used as nominative.

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

Note: Only plural forms exist for ap in this meaning.

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light, radiance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, radiance

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - fifth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth

derived from pañcan (five) + -ma (suffix for ordinals)

Note: Agrees with jyotis (neuter singular nominative).

एतत्-योनीनि (etat-yonīni) - having these five elements (earth, air, ether, water, light) as source (having these as source/origin)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etat-yoni

etat-yoni - having this as source, derived from these

compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (etas+yoni)

• etas – this, these
  pronoun (neuter)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Agrees with bhūtāni.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings (beings, created things, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

derived from root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Feminine singular nominative form of kim.

परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, wailing

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paridevanā

paridevanā - lamentation, wailing

from pari + root div (to play, here used in the sense of expressing sorrow)

Prefix: pari

Root: div (class 4)