महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-228, verse-22

प्रजापतिरिवाक्षोभ्यः शरीरात्सृजति प्रजाः ।
अङ्गुल्यङ्गुष्ठमात्रेण हस्तपादेन वा तथा ॥२२॥

22. prajāpatirivākṣobhyaḥ śarīrātsṛjati prajāḥ ,
aṅgulyaṅguṣṭhamātreṇa hastapādena vā tathā.

22. prajāpatiḥ iva akṣobhyaḥ śarīrāt sṛjati prajāḥ
aṅgulyaṅguṣṭhamātreṇa hastapādena vā tathā

22. akṣobhyaḥ prajāpatiḥ iva śarīrāt prajāḥ sṛjati.
tathā aṅgulyaṅguṣṭhamātreṇa vā hastapādena.

22. Like Prajāpati, he (Vayu) is unagitated (akṣobhya) and creates beings (prajāḥ) from his body. Similarly, he acts merely with a finger or a thumb, or with a hand or a foot.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - the divine creator Prajāpati (lord of creatures, creator)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

• अक्षोभ्यः (akṣobhyaḥ) - unagitated (akṣobhya), imperturbable (unshakable, unagitated, imperturbable)

• शरीरात् (śarīrāt) - from his (own) body (from the body)

• सृजति (sṛjati) - creates (creates, emits)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings (prajāḥ), creatures (creatures, offspring, subjects)

• अङ्गुल्यङ्गुष्ठमात्रेण (aṅgulyaṅguṣṭhamātreṇa) - with merely a finger and a thumb (indicating subtle agency) (with merely a finger and a thumb)

• हस्तपादेन (hastapādena) - with a hand or a foot (as means of action) (with a hand and a foot)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - the divine creator Prajāpati (lord of creatures, creator)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, progenitor, Prajāpati (a specific divine being or a class of such beings)

Compound type : tatpurusha (prajā+pati)

• prajā – offspring, progeny, creatures, subjects
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

अक्षोभ्यः (akṣobhyaḥ) - unagitated (akṣobhya), imperturbable (unshakable, unagitated, imperturbable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣobhya

akṣobhya - not to be shaken, imperturbable, unagitated, firm

gerundive/potential participle (from kṣubh + ya) + 'a' negative prefix

derived from root kṣubh (to agitate) with suffix -ya (forming gerundive/potential participle) and then prefixed with 'a' (negative).

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+kṣobhya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kṣobhya – to be agitated, agitable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  root kṣubh (to agitate) + -ya suffix
  Root: kṣubh (class 1)

शरीरात् (śarīrāt) - from his (own) body (from the body)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

सृजति (sṛjati) - creates (creates, emits)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sṛj

Present Active Indicative

root sṛj (to create), class 6, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular present

Root: sṛj (class 6)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings (prajāḥ), creatures (creatures, offspring, subjects)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, creatures, subjects, people

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

अङ्गुल्यङ्गुष्ठमात्रेण (aṅgulyaṅguṣṭhamātreṇa) - with merely a finger and a thumb (indicating subtle agency) (with merely a finger and a thumb)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of aṅgulyaṅguṣṭhamātra

aṅgulyaṅguṣṭhamātra - consisting merely of a finger and a thumb

Compound type : dvandva (aṅguli+aṅguṣṭha+mātra)

• aṅguli – finger, toe
  noun (feminine)
• aṅguṣṭha – thumb, great toe
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – measure, quantity, only, mere, consisting of
  indeclinable/adjective (neuter)
  suffix added to nouns to mean 'only', 'mere', 'consisting of'

Note: The instrumental case is used to denote the means by which an action is performed.

हस्तपादेन (hastapādena) - with a hand or a foot (as means of action) (with a hand and a foot)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of hastapāda

hastapāda - hand and foot

Compound type : dvandva (hasta+pāda)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)

Note: The singular instrumental often for dvandva compounds meaning 'with the pair of hand and foot'.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)