महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-294, verse-29

एताः प्रकृतयस्त्वष्टौ विकाराश्चापि षोडश ।
पञ्च चैव विशेषा वै तथा पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि च ॥२९॥

29. etāḥ prakṛtayastvaṣṭau vikārāścāpi ṣoḍaśa ,
pañca caiva viśeṣā vai tathā pañcendriyāṇi ca.

29. etāḥ prakṛtayaḥ tu aṣṭau vikārāḥ ca api ṣoḍaśa
pañca ca eva viśeṣāḥ vai tathā pañca indriyāṇi ca

29. etāḥ aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ ca api ṣoḍaśa vikārāḥ ca
eva pañca viśeṣāḥ vai tathā pañca indriyāṇi ca

29. These eight are the primary constituents (prakṛti), and there are also sixteen modifications. Among these are indeed five specific elements, and likewise, five sense organs.

Words meanings summery:

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - primary constituents (prakṛti) in Saṃkhya philosophy (natures, original forms, primary constituents, fundamental principles)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• विकाराः (vikārāḥ) - modifications (vikāra), referring to the evolutes in Saṃkhya philosophy (modifications, changes, evolutes, products)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word 'pañca' (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• विशेषाः (viśeṣāḥ) - five specific elements, likely the mahābhūtas (gross elements) in Saṃkhya philosophy (specific elements, distinctions, particulars)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - five sense organs (sense organs, faculties)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - primary constituents (prakṛti) in Saṃkhya philosophy (natures, original forms, primary constituents, fundamental principles)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, origin, primordial matter, fundamental principle, constitution

from pra- √kṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

विकाराः (vikārāḥ) - modifications (vikāra), referring to the evolutes in Saṃkhya philosophy (modifications, changes, evolutes, products)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikāra

vikāra - change, alteration, modification, product, evolute

from vi- √kṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen

(numeral)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word 'pañca' (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

विशेषाः (viśeṣāḥ) - five specific elements, likely the mahābhūtas (gross elements) in Saṃkhya philosophy (specific elements, distinctions, particulars)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, specific, particular, special quality, specific element

from vi- √śiṣ

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - five sense organs (sense organs, faculties)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power, semen

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)