महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-302, verse-12

अचेतनश्चैष मतः प्रकृतिस्थश्च पार्थिव ।
एतेनाधिष्ठितश्चैव सृजते संहरत्यपि ॥१२॥

12. acetanaścaiṣa mataḥ prakṛtisthaśca pārthiva ,
etenādhiṣṭhitaścaiva sṛjate saṁharatyapi.

12. acetanaḥ ca eṣaḥ mataḥ prakṛtiṣṭhaḥ ca pārthiva
etena adhiṣṭhitaḥ ca eva sṛjate saṃharati api

12. pārthiva eṣaḥ ca acetanaḥ ca prakṛtiṣṭhaḥ mataḥ
ca eva etena adhiṣṭhitaḥ sṛjate api saṃharati

12. O ruler of men, this (material world or nature itself) is considered insentient and is situated within nature (prakṛti). Yet, when presided over by that (conscious) entity, it (nature) creates and also dissolves (the universe).

Words meanings summery:

• अचेतनः (acetanaḥ) - insentient, unconscious, non-conscious

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, this

• मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, opined

• प्रकृतिष्ठः (prakṛtiṣṭhaḥ) - situated in nature, constituted by nature, natural

• च (ca) - and, also

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O son of Prithu, earthly ruler

• एतेन (etena) - by this, by that

• अधिष्ठितः (adhiṣṭhitaḥ) - presided over, governed, controlled, supported

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• सृजते (sṛjate) - creates, emits

• संहरति (saṁharati) - destroys, withdraws, dissolves

• अपि (api) - also, even

Words meanings and morphology

अचेतनः (acetanaḥ) - insentient, unconscious, non-conscious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acetana

acetana - insentient, unconscious, without consciousness

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'cetana' (conscious).

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• cetana – conscious, sentient, having consciousness
  adjective (masculine)
  From root cit (to perceive, to be conscious).
  Root: cit

Note: Qualifies 'eṣaḥ' (referring to Prakṛti/material world).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Masculine nominative singular of 'etad'.

Note: Refers to 'prakṛti' or the material world.

मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, opined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mata

mata - thought, considered, approved, desired

Past Passive Participle

From root 'man' (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

प्रकृतिष्ठः (prakṛtiṣṭhaḥ) - situated in nature, constituted by nature, natural

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakṛtiṣṭha

prakṛtiṣṭha - standing in prakṛti, existing in prakṛti

Compound formed from prakṛti and stha.

Compound type : Saptamī-Tatpuruṣa (prakṛti+stha)

• prakṛti – nature, primal matter, original form
  noun (feminine)
  From root kṛ (to do, make) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• stha – standing, being, situated in, residing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'eṣaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O son of Prithu, earthly ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - king, earthly ruler, son of Pṛthā, relating to the earth

Derived from 'pṛthivī' (earth) or 'pṛthā'.

एतेन (etena) - by this, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Instrumental singular masculine/neuter of 'etad'.

Note: Refers to the conscious entity (Puruṣa) mentioned in 97432.

अधिष्ठितः (adhiṣṭhitaḥ) - presided over, governed, controlled, supported

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhiṣṭhita

adhiṣṭhita - presided over, controlled, supported, established, situated

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'adhi'.

Prefix: adhi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implicit subject (Prakṛti).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

सृजते (sṛjate) - creates, emits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sṛj

Present tense, Middle voice (ātmanepada), Third person singular.

From root 'sṛj'.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: The subject is implicit (Prakṛti/material world).

संहरति (saṁharati) - destroys, withdraws, dissolves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃhṛ

Present tense, Active voice (parasmaipada), Third person singular.

From root 'hṛ' with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: The subject is implicit (Prakṛti/material world).

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle, or conjunction.