महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-4

कलाः पञ्चदशा योनिस्तद्धाम इति पठ्यते ।
नित्यमेतद्विजानीहि सोमः षोडशमी कला ॥४॥

4. kalāḥ pañcadaśā yonistaddhāma iti paṭhyate ,
nityametadvijānīhi somaḥ ṣoḍaśamī kalā.

4. kalāḥ pañcadaśā yoniḥ tat dhāma iti paṭhyate
nityam etat vijānīhi somaḥ ṣoḍaśamī kalā

4. pañcadaśāḥ kalāḥ yoniḥ tat dhāma iti paṭhyate
etat nityam vijānīhi somaḥ ṣoḍaśamī kalā

4. The fifteen parts (kalās) are declared to be the source (yoni) and the abode (dhāma). Understand this eternally: Soma, the moon, is the sixteenth part (kalā).

Words meanings summery:

• कलाः (kalāḥ) - the parts or phases of the moon (parts, digits (of the moon), arts, skills)

• पञ्चदशा (pañcadaśā) - fifteen

• योनिः (yoniḥ) - source (yoni) (source, womb, origin, place of birth)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• धाम (dhāma) - abode (dhāma) (abode, dwelling, place, light, power, realm)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or thought)

• पठ्यते (paṭhyate) - is read, is recited, is taught, is declared

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know, understand, discern

• सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, referring to the moon (Soma, the moon, the divine drink)

• षोडशमी (ṣoḍaśamī) - sixteenth

• कला (kalā) - the part or phase of the moon (part, digit (of the moon), art, skill)

Words meanings and morphology

कलाः (kalāḥ) - the parts or phases of the moon (parts, digits (of the moon), arts, skills)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalā

kalā - a small part, a digit of the moon, an art

पञ्चदशा (pañcadaśā) - fifteen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pañcadaśa

pañcadaśa - fifteen

योनिः (yoniḥ) - source (yoni) (source, womb, origin, place of birth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

धाम (dhāma) - abode (dhāma) (abode, dwelling, place, light, power, realm)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhāman

dhāman - abode, light, power, region

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

पठ्यते (paṭhyate) - is read, is recited, is taught, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of paṭh

Root: paṭh (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know, understand, discern

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vijñā

verb with prefix

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, referring to the moon (Soma, the moon, the divine drink)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma (plant, juice, deity), the moon

षोडशमी (ṣoḍaśamī) - sixteenth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ṣoḍaśama

ṣoḍaśama - sixteenth

कला (kalā) - the part or phase of the moon (part, digit (of the moon), art, skill)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalā

kalā - a small part, a digit of the moon, an art