महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-6

महाभूतानि पञ्चैव सर्वभूतेषु भूतकृत् ।
अकरोत्तात वैषम्यं यस्मिन्यदनुपश्यति ॥६॥

6. mahābhūtāni pañcaiva sarvabhūteṣu bhūtakṛt ,
akarottāta vaiṣamyaṁ yasminyadanupaśyati.

6. mahābhūtāni pañca eva sarvabhūteṣu bhūtakṛt
akarot tāta vaiṣamyam yasmin yat anupaśyati

6. tāta,
bhūtakṛt pañca eva mahābhūtāni sarvabhūteṣu akarot.
yasmin yat anupaśyati [tat] vaiṣamyam [akarot].

6. O dear one (tāta), the Creator of beings (bhūtakṛt) indeed made just five great elements (mahābhūtas) present in all beings. He introduced an inequality (vaiṣamyam) among them, corresponding to whatever one perceives in each.

Words meanings summery:

• महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - great elements, primary constituents of matter (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

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

• सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, among all creatures

• भूतकृत् (bhūtakṛt) - creator of beings, creator of elements

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he made, he did, he created

• तात (tāta) - dear one, father, son, my child

• वैषम्यम् (vaiṣamyam) - inequality, disparity, unevenness, diversity

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which, wherein, when

• यत् (yat) - what, which, that which

• अनुपश्यति (anupaśyati) - one perceives, one sees, one observes

Words meanings and morphology

महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - great elements, primary constituents of matter (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

(noun)

neuter, plural of mahābhūta

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

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhūta)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, existing
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, become) as a past passive participle, used nominally.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Often treated as indeclinable or having one form for all genders/cases in plural.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, among all creatures

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, every creature

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, become) as a past passive participle, used nominally.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतकृत् (bhūtakṛt) - creator of beings, creator of elements

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtakṛt

bhūtakṛt - creator of beings, creator of elements

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+kṛt)

• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, become) as a past passive participle, used nominally.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• kṛt – making, doing, creating; a doer, creator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun derived from root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अकरोत् (akarot) - he made, he did, he created

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: parasamaipada form

तात (tāta) - dear one, father, son, my child

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (addressing elders or juniors affectionately)

वैषम्यम् (vaiṣamyam) - inequality, disparity, unevenness, diversity

(noun)

neuter, singular of vaiṣamya

vaiṣamya - inequality, unevenness, disparity, diversity

Derived from viṣama (uneven, difficult) with suffix -ya.

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which, wherein, when

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever

Note: Can be masculine or neuter.

यत् (yat) - what, which, that which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever

अनुपश्यति (anupaśyati) - one perceives, one sees, one observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anupaś

From root dṛś (to see) with prefix anu (after, along). Present tense stem is paśya.

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: parasamaipada form