महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-240, verse-22

इषीका वा यथा मुञ्जे पृथक्च सह चैव च ।
तथैव सहितावेतावन्योन्यस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठितौ ॥२२॥

22. iṣīkā vā yathā muñje pṛthakca saha caiva ca ,
tathaiva sahitāvetāvanyonyasminpratiṣṭhitau.

22. īṣīkā vā yathā muñje pṛthak ca saha ca eva ca |
tathā eva sahitau etau anyonyasmin pratiṣṭhitau

22. vā yathā īṣīkā muñje pṛthak ca saha ca eva ca,
tathā eva etau sahitau anyonyasmin pratiṣṭhitau

22. Or just as a reed stalk (īṣīkā) is both separate from the muñja grass and yet connected with it, so too these two (sattva and kṣetrajña), though united, are established in each other.

Words meanings summery:

• ईषीका (īṣīkā) - reed stalk, blade of grass

• वा (vā) - or, either

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• मुञ्जे (muñje) - in the muñja grass

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

• च (ca) - and, also

• सह (saha) - together, with

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• सहितौ (sahitau) - together, united, accompanied

• एतौ (etau) - these two (sattva and kṣetrajña) (these two)

• अन्योन्यस्मिन् (anyonyasmin) - in each other, mutually

• प्रतिष्ठितौ (pratiṣṭhitau) - established, founded, fixed, residing

Words meanings and morphology

ईषीका (īṣīkā) - reed stalk, blade of grass

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īṣīkā

īṣīkā - a stalk of reed, an arrow, a brush

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

मुञ्जे (muñje) - in the muñja grass

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of muñja

muñja - muñja grass (Saccharum sara), a kind of reed

Note: Refers to the sheath from which the īṣīkā is drawn.

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सह (saha) - together, with

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

सहितौ (sahitau) - together, united, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, associated with, united, together

Past Passive Participle

From saha (with) + ita (gone, PPP of i).

Root: i (class 2)

एतौ (etau) - these two (sattva and kṣetrajña) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, this one (near speaker)

Note: Refers to the two principles (sattva and kṣetrajña).

अन्योन्यस्मिन् (anyonyasmin) - in each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual, reciprocal

Compound of anya + anya.

Compound type : dvandva (anya+anya)

• anya – other, different, another
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• anya – other, different, another
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)

Note: Refers to the mutual relationship.

प्रतिष्ठितौ (pratiṣṭhitau) - established, founded, fixed, residing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, fixed, standing, resting upon, dependent on

Past Passive Participle

Formed from prati-sthā (to stand, establish).

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)