महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-292, verse-4

कोशकारो यथात्मानं कीटः समनुरुन्धति ।
सूत्रतन्तुगुणैर्नित्यं तथायमगुणो गुणैः ॥४॥

4. kośakāro yathātmānaṁ kīṭaḥ samanurundhati ,
sūtratantuguṇairnityaṁ tathāyamaguṇo guṇaiḥ.

4. kośakāraḥ yathā ātmānam kīṭaḥ samanurundhati
sūtratantuguṇaiḥ nityam tathā ayam aguṇaḥ guṇaiḥ

4. yathā kośakāraḥ kīṭaḥ sūtratantuguṇaiḥ nityam ātmānam
samanurundhati; tathā ayam aguṇaḥ guṇaiḥ (samanurundhati)

4. Just as a cocoon-making insect (kośakāra) constantly binds itself (ātman) with threads and fibers, so too does this one, though devoid of attributes, [bind itself] by means of attributes (guṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• कोशकारः (kośakāraḥ) - a cocoon-making insect, like a silkworm (a cocoon-maker, a silkworm)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - itself (oneself, the self, the soul)

• कीटः (kīṭaḥ) - an insect (an insect, a worm)

• समनुरुन्धति (samanurundhati) - entwines, binds (itself) (binds, encircles, adheres to)

• सूत्रतन्तुगुणैः (sūtratantuguṇaiḥ) - by the threads and fibers (it produces) (by threads, fibers, and qualities/strands)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - continuously (constantly, always, perpetually)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (so, similarly, thus)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (being, i.e., the puruṣa/ātman) (this, this one)

• अगुणः (aguṇaḥ) - (the soul/puruṣa) which is without material attributes (guṇa) (without qualities, devoid of attributes)

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by material attributes (guṇa) (by qualities, by attributes, by constituents (of prakṛti))

Words meanings and morphology

कोशकारः (kośakāraḥ) - a cocoon-making insect, like a silkworm (a cocoon-maker, a silkworm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośakāra

kośakāra - cocoon-maker, silkworm, a creator of a sheath

compound of kośa (sheath/cocoon) and kāra (maker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kośa+kāra)

• kośa – sheath, cocoon, treasury, dictionary
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• kāra – maker, doer, causing, hand (poetic)
  noun (masculine)
  derived from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - itself (oneself, the self, the soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

कीटः (kīṭaḥ) - an insect (an insect, a worm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīṭa

kīṭa - insect, worm

समनुरुन्धति (samanurundhati) - entwines, binds (itself) (binds, encircles, adheres to)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

root √rudh, Class 7 Parasmaipada with upasargas sam-anu

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: rudh (class 7)

सूत्रतन्तुगुणैः (sūtratantuguṇaiḥ) - by the threads and fibers (it produces) (by threads, fibers, and qualities/strands)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sūtratantuguṇa

sūtratantuguṇa - threads, fibers, strands, qualities

Compound of sūtra (thread), tantu (fiber), and guṇa (strand/quality)

Compound type : dvandva (sūtra+tantu+guṇa)

• sūtra – thread, string, aphorism
  noun (neuter)
• tantu – thread, fiber, lineage
  noun (masculine)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, strand, secondary quality
  noun (masculine)

नित्यम् (nityam) - continuously (constantly, always, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (so, similarly, thus)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (being, i.e., the puruṣa/ātman) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

अगुणः (aguṇaḥ) - (the soul/puruṣa) which is without material attributes (guṇa) (without qualities, devoid of attributes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aguṇa

aguṇa - without qualities, devoid of attributes, faultless

Compound of 'a-' (negation) and 'guṇa' (quality/attribute)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+guṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• guṇa – quality, attribute, strand, constituent of prakṛti
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to 'ayam' (this one).

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by material attributes (guṇa) (by qualities, by attributes, by constituents (of prakṛti))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, strand, constituent of prakṛti