महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-267, verse-9

पञ्चैव तानि कालश्च भावाभावौ च केवलौ ।
अष्टौ भूतानि भूतानां शाश्वतानि भवाप्ययौ ॥९॥

9. pañcaiva tāni kālaśca bhāvābhāvau ca kevalau ,
aṣṭau bhūtāni bhūtānāṁ śāśvatāni bhavāpyayau.

9. pañca eva tāni kālaḥ ca bhāvābhāvau ca kevalau
| aṣṭau bhūtāni bhūtānām śāśvatāni bhavāpyayau

9. tāni pañca eva kālaḥ ca kevalau bhāvābhāvau ca
bhūtānām aṣṭau bhūtāni śāśvatāni bhavāpyayau

9. There are indeed five (fundamental principles), and also time, and pure existence and non-existence. The eight elements (bhūtāni) pertaining to all beings are eternal, as are their creation and dissolution (bhavāpyaya).

Words meanings summery:

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• तानि (tāni) - those fundamental principles or categories (those)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• च (ca) - and, also

• भावाभावौ (bhāvābhāvau) - pure existence and non-existence (existence and non-existence)

• च (ca) - and, also

• केवलौ (kevalau) - pure (existence and non-existence) (pure, mere, absolute)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the eight fundamental elements (e.g., earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, ego or some similar enumeration) (elements, beings, created things)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - pertaining to all beings (of beings, of elements, of creatures)

• शाश्वतानि (śāśvatāni) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

• भवाप्ययौ (bhavāpyayau) - origin and dissolution, creation and destruction, birth and death

Words meanings and morphology

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a numeral adjective.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those fundamental principles or categories (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, black

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भावाभावौ (bhāvābhāvau) - pure existence and non-existence (existence and non-existence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

Dvanda compound of 'bhāva' and 'abhāva'.

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – being, existence, state, emotion
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  Negation of 'bhāva' using 'a-' prefix.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

केवलौ (kevalau) - pure (existence and non-existence) (pure, mere, absolute)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kevala

kevala - mere, pure, absolute, alone, unmixed

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a numeral adjective.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the eight fundamental elements (e.g., earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, ego or some similar enumeration) (elements, beings, created things)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, the past, what has been

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'bhū' (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - pertaining to all beings (of beings, of elements, of creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, the past, what has been

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'bhū' (to be, exist).

Root: bhū (class 1)

शाश्वतानि (śāśvatāni) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, permanent, constant

Derived from 'śaśvat' (always).

भवाप्ययौ (bhavāpyayau) - origin and dissolution, creation and destruction, birth and death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhavāpyaya

bhavāpyaya - origin and dissolution, birth and death, production and destruction

Dvanda compound of 'bhava' and 'apyaya'.

Compound type : dvandva (bhava+apyaya)

• bhava – being, birth, origin, existence
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• apyaya – dissolution, destruction, end, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From 'api' + root 'i' (to go)
  Prefix: api
  Root: i (class 2)