महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-224, verse-38

ज्योतिषोऽपि विकुर्वाणाद्भवन्त्यापो रसात्मिकाः ।
अद्भ्यो गन्धगुणा भूमिः पूर्वैषा सृष्टिरुच्यते ॥३८॥

38. jyotiṣo'pi vikurvāṇādbhavantyāpo rasātmikāḥ ,
adbhyo gandhaguṇā bhūmiḥ pūrvaiṣā sṛṣṭirucyate.

38. jyotiṣaḥ api vikurvāṇāt bhavanti āpaḥ rasa-ātmikāḥ
adbhyaḥ gandha-guṇā bhūmiḥ pūrvā eṣā sṛṣṭiḥ ucyate

38. eṣā pūrvā sṛṣṭiḥ ucyate jyotiṣaḥ api vikurvāṇāt āpaḥ
rasa-ātmikāḥ bhavanti adbhyaḥ gandha-guṇā bhūmiḥ

38. From light, transforming itself, water becomes endowed with taste. From water, earth, possessing the quality of smell, arises. This is declared to be the primary creation.

Words meanings summery:

• ज्योतिषः (jyotiṣaḥ) - from light, from the luminous principle

• अपि (api) - even, also

• विकुर्वाणात् (vikurvāṇāt) - from transforming, from undergoing change, from manifesting

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they arise

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• रस-आत्मिकाः (rasa-ātmikāḥ) - having taste as their essence, endowed with taste

• अद्भ्यः (adbhyaḥ) - from waters

• गन्ध-गुणा (gandha-guṇā) - having smell as its quality, endowed with the quality of smell

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth

• पूर्वा (pūrvā) - primary, first

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation, emanation

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

Words meanings and morphology

ज्योतिषः (jyotiṣaḥ) - from light, from the luminous principle

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, luminosity, a luminous body, fire

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

विकुर्वाणात् (vikurvāṇāt) - from transforming, from undergoing change, from manifesting

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vikurvāṇa

vikurvāṇa - transforming, changing, manifesting

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root kṛ with upasarga vi and śānac suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they arise

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

रस-आत्मिकाः (rasa-ātmikāḥ) - having taste as their essence, endowed with taste

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rasa-ātmika

rasa-ātmika - having taste as one's nature/essence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rasa+ātmika)

• rasa – taste, essence, fluid, juice
  noun (masculine)
• ātmika – relating to the self/essence, consisting of, characteristic of
  adjective

अद्भ्यः (adbhyaḥ) - from waters

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

गन्ध-गुणा (gandha-guṇā) - having smell as its quality, endowed with the quality of smell

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gandha-guṇa

gandha-guṇa - having smell as a quality

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gandha+guṇa)

• gandha – smell, odor, fragrance
  noun (masculine)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, property
  noun (masculine)

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil

पूर्वा (pūrvā) - primary, first

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, first, eastern

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, production, emanation

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)