महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-225, verse-16

एवं विस्तारसंक्षेपौ ब्रह्माव्यक्ते पुनः पुनः ।
युगसाहस्रयोरादावह्नो रात्र्यास्तथैव च ॥१६॥

16. evaṁ vistārasaṁkṣepau brahmāvyakte punaḥ punaḥ ,
yugasāhasrayorādāvahno rātryāstathaiva ca.

16. evam vistārasaṃkṣepau brahma avyakte punaḥ punaḥ
| yugasāhasrayoḥ ādau ahnaḥ rātryāḥ tathā eva ca

16. evam brahma avyakte vistārasaṃkṣepau punaḥ punaḥ
yugasāhasrayoḥ ādau ahnaḥ rātryāḥ ca tathā eva

16. Thus, the expansion and contraction of Brahman (brahman) in the unmanifest (avyakta) occur again and again. At the beginning of a thousand ages (yuga), for both day and night, it is likewise.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• विस्तारसंक्षेपौ (vistārasaṁkṣepau) - expansion and contraction

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• अव्यक्ते (avyakte) - in the unmanifest, in the unrevealed

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• युगसाहस्रयोः (yugasāhasrayoḥ) - of two thousand ages, of a pair of thousand-ages

• आदौ (ādau) - at the beginning, first, in the beginning

• अह्नः (ahnaḥ) - of the day

• रात्र्याः (rātryāḥ) - of the night

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, in that manner

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

विस्तारसंक्षेपौ (vistārasaṁkṣepau) - expansion and contraction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vistārasaṃkṣepa

vistārasaṁkṣepa - expansion and contraction (dual)

Compound type : Dvandva (vistāra+saṃkṣepa)

• vistāra – expansion, diffusion, extension
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkṣepa – contraction, abridgement, summary
  noun (masculine)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth

अव्यक्ते (avyakte) - in the unmanifest, in the unrevealed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of avyakta

avyakta - unmanifest, unrevealed, indistinct; the unmanifested (prakṛti)

Compound type : Na-tatpurusha (a+vyakta)

• a – un-, not
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• vyakta – manifested, apparent, distinct
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi + añj (to anoint, make clear)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

युगसाहस्रयोः (yugasāhasrayoḥ) - of two thousand ages, of a pair of thousand-ages

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of yugasāhasra

yugasāhasra - of a thousand ages (yuga), pertaining to a thousand yugas

Compound type : Tatpurusha (yuga+sāhasra)

• yuga – age, epoch, era (e.g., Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• sāhasra – thousandfold, consisting of a thousand, related to a thousand
  adjective
  From sahasra (a thousand) + aṇ (taddhita suffix)

आदौ (ādau) - at the beginning, first, in the beginning

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, first

अह्नः (ahnaḥ) - of the day

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

रात्र्याः (rātryāḥ) - of the night

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)