महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-291, verse-20

एष वै विक्रियापन्नः सृजत्यात्मानमात्मना ।
अहंकारं महातेजाः प्रजापतिमहंकृतम् ॥२०॥

20. eṣa vai vikriyāpannaḥ sṛjatyātmānamātmanā ,
ahaṁkāraṁ mahātejāḥ prajāpatimahaṁkṛtam.

20. eṣaḥ vai vikriyāpannaḥ sṛjati ātmānam ātmanā
ahaṅkāram mahātejāḥ prajāpatim ahaṃkṛtam

20. eṣaḥ mahātejāḥ vikriyāpannaḥ vai ātmanā ātmānam sṛjati.
(saḥ) ahaṃkṛtam ahaṅkāram prajāpatim (sṛjati).

20. This one, indeed, undergoing transformation, creates his own self (ātman) by his own self (ātman). The greatly effulgent one creates Prajāpati, who is the ego (ahaṅkāra) and is endowed with ego-sense.

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (referring to the Supreme Being/Creator) (this, this one)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, verily)

• विक्रियापन्नः (vikriyāpannaḥ) - undergoing transformation (having undergone change, transformed, modified)

• सृजति (sṛjati) - creates (creates, emits, releases)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by his own self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, through the soul)

• अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - the ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego, egoism, self-consciousness)

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly effulgent (greatly effulgent, very brilliant, mighty)

• प्रजापतिम् (prajāpatim) - Prajāpati (lord of creatures, Prajāpati (a creator deity))

• अहंकृतम् (ahaṁkṛtam) - endowed with ego-sense (made egoistic, imbued with ego, created by ego)

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (referring to the Supreme Being/Creator) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'sṛjati'.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विक्रियापन्नः (vikriyāpannaḥ) - undergoing transformation (having undergone change, transformed, modified)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikriyāpanna

vikriyāpanna - undergone change, modified, transformed

Compound of 'vikriyā' (change, transformation) and 'āpanna' (obtained, undergone).

Compound type : tatpurusha (vikriyā+āpanna)

• vikriyā – change, transformation, modification, deviation
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix 'vi-' + root 'kṛ' (to do) + suffix '-yā'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• āpanna – obtained, reached, met with, undergone
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix 'ā-' + root 'pad' (to go, obtain).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'eṣaḥ'.

सृजति (sṛjati) - creates (creates, emits, releases)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sṛj

Present Active Indicative

Root verb, 6th class.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, living principle

From root √an (to breathe).

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of 'sṛjati'.

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by his own self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, through the soul)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, living principle

From root √an (to breathe).

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Indicates the agent or means for 'sṛjati'.

अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - the ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego, egoism, self-consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, egoism, self-consciousness, the faculty of self-identity

From 'aham' (I) + 'kāra' (maker).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aham+kāra)

• aham – I (first person pronoun)
  pronoun
  First person singular pronoun.
• kāra – maker, doer, act of making
  noun (masculine)
  From root √kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'sṛjati' (implied verb for the second part of the sentence).

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly effulgent (greatly effulgent, very brilliant, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - greatly effulgent, very brilliant, mighty, having great energy

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'tejas' (splendor, energy).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of mahat, used as prefix.
• tejas – brilliance, splendor, energy, spiritual power
  noun (neuter)
  From root √tij (to be sharp).
  Root: tij

Note: Qualifies 'eṣaḥ' (implied subject).

प्रजापतिम् (prajāpatim) - Prajāpati (lord of creatures, Prajāpati (a creator deity))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, progenitor, a creator deity (e.g., Brahma)

Compound of 'prajā' (offspring, creatures) and 'pati' (lord, master).

Compound type : tatpurusha (prajā+pati)

• prajā – progeny, offspring, creatures, people
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix 'pra-' + root 'jan' (to be born).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jan (class 4)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)
  From root √pā (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Object of implied 'sṛjati', in apposition with 'ahaṅkāram'.

अहंकृतम् (ahaṁkṛtam) - endowed with ego-sense (made egoistic, imbued with ego, created by ego)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṃkṛta

ahaṁkṛta - made egoistic, imbued with ego, produced from egoism, created by "I-making"

Past Passive Participle

From 'aham' (I) + √kṛ (to do/make). Implies being "ego-made" or "made by the I-sense".

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+kṛta)

• aham – I (first person pronoun)
  pronoun
• kṛta – done, made, performed, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'ahaṅkāram'.