महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-294, verse-32

अनुलोमेन जायन्ते लीयन्ते प्रतिलोमतः ।
गुणा गुणेषु सततं सागरस्योर्मयो यथा ॥३२॥

32. anulomena jāyante līyante pratilomataḥ ,
guṇā guṇeṣu satataṁ sāgarasyormayo yathā.

32. anulomena jāyante līyante pratilomataḥ
guṇāḥ guṇeṣu satatam sāgarasya ūrmayaḥ yathā

32. anulomena jāyante pratilomataḥ līyante
guṇāḥ guṇeṣu satatam sāgarasya ūrmayaḥ yathā

32. They are born in the direct sequence, and they dissolve in the reverse sequence. The constituents (guṇa) constantly merge into other constituents, just as waves (merge into) the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुलोमेन (anulomena) - in the direct sequence (of creation) (in the direct order, in the natural sequence)

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - they are born/produced (they are born, they arise, they are produced)

• लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve (they dissolve, they merge, they disappear)

• प्रतिलोमतः (pratilomataḥ) - in the reverse sequence (of dissolution) (in the reverse order, contrarily, inversely)

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the constituents (guṇa) of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas) (qualities, attributes, constituents)

• गुणेषु (guṇeṣu) - into other constituents (guṇa) (in qualities, among attributes, into constituents)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean (of the ocean, belonging to the sea)

• ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves (waves, ripples, surges)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुलोमेन (anulomena) - in the direct sequence (of creation) (in the direct order, in the natural sequence)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of anuloma

anuloma - with the hair or grain, in natural order, direct, regular

from anu + loman

Compound type : avyayībhāva or karmadhāraya (anu+loman)

• anu – after, along, in accordance with
  indeclinable
• loman – hair (on body), down
  noun (neuter)

Note: Often refers to the process of creation in Saṃkhya philosophy, which proceeds in the direct order from subtle to gross.

जायन्ते (jāyante) - they are born/produced (they are born, they arise, they are produced)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle (ātmanepada), present (lat) of jā

Present active (passive-like form), 3rd plural

from √jan (4th class, passive-like form jāyate)

Root: jan (class 4)

लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve (they dissolve, they merge, they disappear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle (ātmanepada), present (lat) of lī

Present passive, 3rd plural

from √lī (4th class, passive-like form)

Root: lī (class 4)

प्रतिलोमतः (pratilomataḥ) - in the reverse sequence (of dissolution) (in the reverse order, contrarily, inversely)

(indeclinable)

adverbial formation from pratiloma (reverse) + tas (ablative suffix)

Note: Often refers to the process of dissolution in Saṃkhya philosophy.

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the constituents (guṇa) of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas) (qualities, attributes, constituents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent of nature, strand, virtue, secondary quality

गुणेषु (guṇeṣu) - into other constituents (guṇa) (in qualities, among attributes, into constituents)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent of nature, strand, virtue, secondary quality

सततम् (satatam) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

(indeclinable)

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean (of the ocean, belonging to the sea)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves (waves, ripples, surges)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, ripple, surge, billow

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)