महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-301, verse-16

यथा दीपसहस्राणि दीपान्मर्त्याः प्रकुर्वते ।
प्रकृतिस्तथा विकुरुते पुरुषस्य गुणान्बहून् ॥१६॥

16. yathā dīpasahasrāṇi dīpānmartyāḥ prakurvate ,
prakṛtistathā vikurute puruṣasya guṇānbahūn.

16. yathā dīpasahasrāṇi dīpāt martyāḥ prakurvate
prakṛtiḥ tathā vikurute puruṣasya guṇān bahūn

16. yathā martyāḥ dīpāt dīpasahasrāṇi prakurvate
tathā prakṛtiḥ puruṣasya bahūn guṇān vikurute

16. Just as mortals create thousands of lamps from a single lamp, similarly, nature (prakṛti) transforms the many constituents (guṇas) of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa).

Words meanings summery:

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

• दीपसहस्राणि (dīpasahasrāṇi) - thousands of lamps

• दीपात् (dīpāt) - from a lamp

• मर्त्याः (martyāḥ) - mortals, humans

• प्रकुर्वते (prakurvate) - they make, they produce, they perform

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, primal matter

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

• विकुरुते (vikurute) - transforms, creates, develops

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the person, of Purusha, of the spirit

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, constituents, strands

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

दीपसहस्राणि (dīpasahasrāṇi) - thousands of lamps

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dīpasahasra

dīpasahasra - a thousand lamps

Compound of 'dīpa' (lamp) and 'sahasra' (thousand)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dīpa+sahasra)

• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

दीपात् (dīpāt) - from a lamp

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light

मर्त्याः (martyāḥ) - mortals, humans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of martya

martya - mortal, human being

From root √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

प्रकुर्वते (prakurvate) - they make, they produce, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of prakur

Root √kṛ with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, primal matter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, primal matter, origin, cause

Derived from prefix 'pra' and root 'kṛ' (to make, do)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

विकुरुते (vikurute) - transforms, creates, develops

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vikur

Root √kṛ with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the person, of Purusha, of the spirit

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, human being, spirit, soul, cosmic person

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, constituents, strands

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti), virtue, strand

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous