महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-3

भूमिरापस्तथा ज्योतिर्वायुराकाशमेव च ।
महाभूतानि भूतानां सागरस्योर्मयो यथा ॥३॥

3. bhūmirāpastathā jyotirvāyurākāśameva ca ,
mahābhūtāni bhūtānāṁ sāgarasyormayo yathā.

3. bhūmiḥ āpaḥ tathā jyotiḥ vāyuḥ ākāśam eva ca
mahābhūtāni bhūtānām sāgarasya ūrmayaḥ yathā

3. yathā sāgarasya ūrmayaḥ (santi),
tathā bhūmiḥ āpaḥ jyotiḥ vāyuḥ ākāśam eva ca bhūtānām mahābhūtāni (santi)

3. Just as waves are part of the ocean, so too are earth, water, fire (light), air, and space the great elements that constitute all beings.

Words meanings summery:

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth (as a great element) (earth, ground, land)

• आपः (āpaḥ) - water (as a great element) (water, waters)

• तथा (tathā) - and also (so, thus, and also, likewise)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light (representing fire, as a great element) (light, luster, fire)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (as a great element) (air, wind, vital breath)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (as a great element) (space, ether, sky)

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - the great elements (five fundamental elements) (the great elements)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of (all) beings (of beings, of creatures)

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the sea)

• ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves (waves, ripples)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth (as a great element) (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: One of the mahābhūtāni.

आपः (āpaḥ) - water (as a great element) (water, waters)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

Note: One of the mahābhūtāni.

तथा (tathā) - and also (so, thus, and also, likewise)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects list items.

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light (representing fire, as a great element) (light, luster, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, splendor, fire, star

Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: One of the mahābhūtāni.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (as a great element) (air, wind, vital breath)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, the god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: One of the mahābhūtāni.

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (as a great element) (space, ether, sky)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, the subtle element corresponding to sound

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: One of the mahābhūtāni.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - the great elements (five fundamental elements) (the great elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahābhūta

mahābhūta - great element (earth, water, fire, air, space)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhūta)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – element, being, creature
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for the list of elements.

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of (all) beings (of beings, of creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Possessive.

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the sea)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Possessive, used in comparison.

ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves (waves, ripples)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, ripple, surge

Note: Subject of implied 'are'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.