महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-299, verse-9

परमेष्ठी त्वहंकारोऽसृजद्भूतानि पञ्चधा ।
पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् ॥९॥

9. parameṣṭhī tvahaṁkāro'sṛjadbhūtāni pañcadhā ,
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam.

9. parameṣṭhī tu ahaṅkāraḥ asṛjat bhūtāni pañcadhā
pṛthivī vāyuḥ ākāśam āpaḥ jyotiḥ ca pañcamam

9. parameṣṭhī tu ahaṅkāraḥ pañcadhā bhūtāni asṛjat
pṛthivī vāyuḥ ākāśam āpaḥ ca pañcamam jyotiḥ

9. The supreme self-identification (ahaṅkāra) created the five elements in five ways: earth, air, space, water, and fire as the fifth.

Words meanings summery:

• परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - the supreme one, the highest being, creator

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, and

• अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - the cosmic principle of self-identification, the 'I-maker' (ego, self-identification, principle of individuation)

• असृजत् (asṛjat) - created, emitted

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the fundamental cosmic elements (elements, beings, creatures)

• पञ्चधा (pañcadhā) - in five ways, fivefold

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air, wind

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light, fire

• च (ca) - and

• पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - the fifth

Words meanings and morphology

परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - the supreme one, the highest being, creator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parameṣṭhin

parameṣṭhin - the highest being, supreme creator, Brahmā

तु (tu) - but, indeed, and

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - the cosmic principle of self-identification, the 'I-maker' (ego, self-identification, principle of individuation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, self-identification, principle of individuation

असृजत् (asṛjat) - created, emitted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of sṛj

Root: sṛj (class 6)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the fundamental cosmic elements (elements, beings, creatures)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - element, being, creature, past

Past Passive Participle

from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

पञ्चधा (pañcadhā) - in five ways, fivefold

(indeclinable)

suffix -dhā denoting 'in X parts/ways'

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air, wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light, fire

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, fire, brilliance

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - the fifth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth