महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-244, verse-5

ततः पाकः प्रकाशश्च ज्योतिश्चक्षुश्च तन्मयम् ।
तस्य रूपं गुणं विद्यात्तमोऽन्ववसितात्मकम् ॥५॥

5. tataḥ pākaḥ prakāśaśca jyotiścakṣuśca tanmayam ,
tasya rūpaṁ guṇaṁ vidyāttamo'nvavasitātmakam.

5. tataḥ pākaḥ prakāśaḥ ca jyotiḥ cakṣuḥ ca tanmayam
tasya rūpam guṇam vidyāt tamaḥ anvavasitātmakam

5. tataḥ pākaḥ prakāśaḥ ca jyotiḥ cakṣuḥ ca tanmayam
tasya rūpam guṇam tamaḥ anvavasitātmakam vidyāt

5. Then, cooking (pāka) and light (prakāśa) emerge. Light (jyoti) and the eye (cakṣu), the sense organ, are composed of this [fire]. One should recognize form (rūpa) as its quality, which is intrinsically characterized by darkness (tamas).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - next, following from the previous element (wind) (then, from that, therefore)

• पाकः (pākaḥ) - the process of cooking or maturation, a property of fire (tejas) (cooking, ripening, digestion, fire)

• प्रकाशः (prakāśaḥ) - light, a fundamental property of fire (tejas) (light, brightness, manifestation)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the element of light or fire (tejas) (light, radiance, fire, star)

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - the sense organ of sight (eye, sense of sight)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तन्मयम् (tanmayam) - composed of light/fire (jyotiḥ) (consisting of that, composed of that)

• तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to `jyotiḥ`/fire) (of that, its)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form or color, the quality of fire (tejas) (form, shape, color, appearance)

• गुणम् (guṇam) - the quality (of fire/light) (quality, attribute, strand)

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should understand (one should know, he should know)

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, as an aspect or counterpart of form/light (darkness, gloom, ignorance)

• अन्ववसितात्मकम् (anvavasitātmakam) - whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is characterized or pervaded by (darkness) (characterized by being determined/settled, whose essence is determined)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - next, following from the previous element (wind) (then, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Derived from `tad` with `tas` suffix.

Note: Indicates sequence.

पाकः (pākaḥ) - the process of cooking or maturation, a property of fire (tejas) (cooking, ripening, digestion, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāka

pāka - cooking, digestion, ripening, fire, immature, simpleton

From root `pac` (to cook, ripen).

Root: pac (class 1)

प्रकाशः (prakāśaḥ) - light, a fundamental property of fire (tejas) (light, brightness, manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakāśa

prakāśa - light, brightness, splendor, manifestation, appearance

From `pra` + root `kāś` (to shine).

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the element of light or fire (tejas) (light, radiance, fire, star)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, radiance, fire, star, heavenly body

From root `dyut` (to shine).

Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Refers to the element fire/light.

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - the sense organ of sight (eye, sense of sight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision, light

From root `cakṣ` (to see).

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तन्मयम् (tanmayam) - composed of light/fire (jyotiḥ) (consisting of that, composed of that)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tanmaya

tanmaya - consisting of that, composed of that, absorbed in that

Formed from `tad` (that) + `maya` (made of).

Note: Agrees with `jyotiḥ` and `cakṣuḥ`.

तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to `jyotiḥ`/fire) (of that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

रूपम् (rūpam) - form or color, the quality of fire (tejas) (form, shape, color, appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, color, image, beauty

From root `rūp` (to form).

Root: rūp (class 1)

Note: Object of `vidyāt`.

गुणम् (guṇam) - the quality (of fire/light) (quality, attribute, strand)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, string, secondary matter

Note: Object of `vidyāt`, in apposition to `rūpam`.

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should understand (one should know, he should know)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

Optative Mood, Active Voice, Third Person Singular

From root `vid`.

Root: vid (class 2)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, as an aspect or counterpart of form/light (darkness, gloom, ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, inertia

Note: Agrees with `anvavasitātmakam`.

अन्ववसितात्मकम् (anvavasitātmakam) - whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is characterized or pervaded by (darkness) (characterized by being determined/settled, whose essence is determined)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anvavasitātmaka

anvavasitātmaka - whose essence is determined; characterized by determination; pervaded by essence

Compound of `anvavasita` (determined/settled, from `anu-ava-so`) and `ātmaka` (whose nature is).

Compound type : tatpurusha (anvavasita+ātmaka)

• anvavasita – followed, attended, understood, determined, settled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `so` (to finish, to determine) with prefixes `anu` and `ava`.
  Prefixes: anu+ava
  Root: so (class 4)
• ātmaka – whose nature is, consisting of, pertaining to the self
  adjective (neuter)
  Suffix `aka` added to `ātman`.

Note: Agrees with `rūpam`.