महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-32

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् ।
ते समेता महात्मानः शरीरमिति संज्ञितम् ॥३२॥

32. pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam ,
te sametā mahātmānaḥ śarīramiti saṁjñitam.

32. pṛthivī vāyuḥ ākāśam āpaḥ jyotiḥ ca pañcamam
te sametāḥ mahātmānaḥ śarīram iti saṃjñitam

32. pṛthivī vāyuḥ ākāśam āpaḥ ca pañcamam jyotiḥ
te sametāḥ mahātmānaḥ śarīram iti saṃjñitam

32. Earth, air, space, water, and light as the fifth—these great elements, when combined, are designated as the body.

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - Earth (earth, ground, world)

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (wind, air, god of wind)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (space, ether, sky)

• आपः (āpaḥ) - water (water (plural))

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light (light, radiance, fire)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - as the fifth (fifth, fifth one)

• ते (te) - these (they, those)

• समेताः (sametāḥ) - when combined (assembled, united, combined)

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great elements (great-souled ones, great beings, great elements)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - the body (body)

• इति (iti) - as (a designation) (thus, in this manner, as)

• संज्ञितम् (saṁjñitam) - designated (named, designated, called)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - Earth (earth, ground, world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

Root: pṛth (class 6)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (wind, air, god of wind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (space, ether, sky)

(noun)

neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Acts as nominative here.

आपः (āpaḥ) - water (water (plural))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

Always plural

Note: This word is always plural.

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light (light, radiance, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, radiance, fire, star

Root: jyut (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - as the fifth (fifth, fifth one)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth

Note: Refers to 'jyotiḥ' (light) as the fifth element.

ते (te) - these (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the elements.

समेताः (sametāḥ) - when combined (assembled, united, combined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sameta

sameta - assembled, united, combined, met

past passive participle

from sam-i (to come together)

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'mahātmānaḥ'.

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great elements (great-souled ones, great beings, great elements)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, magnanimous person, supreme spirit, great element

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Here, it refers to the great or primary elements.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - the body (body)

(noun)

neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, form

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Acts as nominative here.

इति (iti) - as (a designation) (thus, in this manner, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a quotation or indicates a designation.

संज्ञितम् (saṁjñitam) - designated (named, designated, called)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃjñita

saṁjñita - named, designated, known, understood

past passive participle

from sam-jñā (to know, perceive)

Prefix: sam

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Predicative adjective for śarīram.