महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-322, verse-28

सप्त प्रकृतयो ह्येतास्तथा स्वायंभुवोऽष्टमः ।
एताभिर्धार्यते लोकस्ताभ्यः शास्त्रं विनिःसृतम् ॥२८॥

28. sapta prakṛtayo hyetāstathā svāyaṁbhuvo'ṣṭamaḥ ,
etābhirdhāryate lokastābhyaḥ śāstraṁ viniḥsṛtam.

28. sapta prakṛtayaḥ hi etāḥ tathā Svāyambhuvaḥ aṣṭamaḥ
etābhiḥ dhāryate lokaḥ tābhyaḥ śāstram viniḥsṛtam

28. sapta prakṛtayaḥ etāḥ hi tathā Svāyambhuvaḥ aṣṭamaḥ
lokaḥ etābhiḥ dhāryate tābhyaḥ śāstram viniḥsṛtam

28. These are indeed the seven primary creative forces (prakṛti), and similarly, the self-existent one (Svāyambhuva) is the eighth. The world (loka) is sustained by them, and from them, the scriptures (śāstra) have originated.

Words meanings summery:

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - primary creative forces (referring to the sages/progenitors) (natures, origins, primary constituents, primary creative forces)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• एताः (etāḥ) - These (primary creative forces) (these)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, and

• स्वायम्भुवः (svāyambhuvaḥ) - The self-existent one (referring to Manu Svāyambhuva or Brahmā) (the self-existent one, descendant of Svayambhū)

• अष्टमः (aṣṭamaḥ) - eighth

• एताभिः (etābhiḥ) - by these (seven primary creative forces and the eighth Svāyambhuva) (by these, by them)

• धार्यते (dhāryate) - is supported, is upheld, is sustained

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - The world or universe (world, universe, realm, people)

• ताभ्यः (tābhyaḥ) - from them (the primary creative forces including Svāyambhuva) (from them)

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, science, teaching, treatise

• विनिःसृतम् (viniḥsṛtam) - emerged, issued forth, originated

Words meanings and morphology

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(adjective)

Nominative, plural of sapta

sapta - seven

प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - primary creative forces (referring to the sages/progenitors) (natures, origins, primary constituents, primary creative forces)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prakṛti

prakṛti - original or primary matter; nature; origin; cause; primary principle; source

Root: kṛ

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

एताः (etāḥ) - These (primary creative forces) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etat

etat - this, these

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, and

(indeclinable)

स्वायम्भुवः (svāyambhuvaḥ) - The self-existent one (referring to Manu Svāyambhuva or Brahmā) (the self-existent one, descendant of Svayambhū)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Svāyambhuva

Svāyambhuva - self-existent, born of oneself; a patronymic of Brahmā or the first Manu

अष्टमः (aṣṭamaḥ) - eighth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭama

aṣṭama - eighth

एताभिः (etābhiḥ) - by these (seven primary creative forces and the eighth Svāyambhuva) (by these, by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of etat

etat - this, these

धार्यते (dhāryate) - is supported, is upheld, is sustained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (Laṭ) of dhṛ

Present Passive

Root dhṛ, 1st class, Present Passive, 3rd person singular

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - The world or universe (world, universe, realm, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, realm, region, people

ताभ्यः (tābhyaḥ) - from them (the primary creative forces including Svāyambhuva) (from them)

(pronoun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can also be dative, but ablative ('from them') fits the context better.

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, science, teaching, treatise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - sacred text, scripture; treatise; science; doctrine; teaching

Root: śās

विनिःसृतम् (viniḥsṛtam) - emerged, issued forth, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viniḥsṛta

viniḥsṛta - issued forth, come out, originated, emerged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛ with prefixes vi and nis

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: sṛ (class 1)