महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-327, verse-60

निर्माणमेतद्युष्माकं प्रवृत्तिगुणकल्पितम् ।
मया कृतं सुरश्रेष्ठा यावत्कल्पक्षयादिति ।
चिन्तयध्वं लोकहितं यथाधीकारमीश्वराः ॥६०॥

60. nirmāṇametadyuṣmākaṁ pravṛttiguṇakalpitam ,
mayā kṛtaṁ suraśreṣṭhā yāvatkalpakṣayāditi ,
cintayadhvaṁ lokahitaṁ yathādhīkāramīśvarāḥ.

60. nirmāṇam etat yuṣmākam pravṛttiguṇakalpitam
mayā kṛtam suraśreṣṭhāḥ
yāvat kalpakṣayāt iti cintayadhvam
lokahitam yathādhikāram īśvarāḥ

60. etat nirmāṇam yuṣmākam pravṛttiguṇakalpitam
mayā kṛtam suraśreṣṭhāḥ
yāvat kalpakṣayāt iti īśvarāḥ
yathādhikāram lokahitam cintayadhvam

60. “This creation (nirmāṇa), designed by the quality of activity, has been made by me for you, O best among the gods, to last until the dissolution of the cosmic cycle (kalpa).” Thus, O lords, ponder the welfare of the world according to your respective authorities.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्माणम् (nirmāṇam) - creation (nirmāṇa) (creation, making, formation, construction)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• युष्माकम् (yuṣmākam) - of you, for you (plural)

• प्रवृत्तिगुणकल्पितम् (pravṛttiguṇakalpitam) - fashioned by the quality of activity, created by the guṇa of pravṛtti

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

• सुरश्रेष्ठाः (suraśreṣṭhāḥ) - O best among gods

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, up to

• कल्पक्षयात् (kalpakṣayāt) - until the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa) (from the dissolution of a cosmic cycle, until the end of a kalpa)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech

• चिन्तयध्वम् (cintayadhvam) - you (plural) ponder, consider, think

• लोकहितम् (lokahitam) - welfare of the world, benefit of the people

• यथाधिकारम् (yathādhikāram) - according to authority, as is proper to one's office

• ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - O lords, O controllers

Words meanings and morphology

निर्माणम् (nirmāṇam) - creation (nirmāṇa) (creation, making, formation, construction)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirmāṇa

nirmāṇa - creation, making, formation, construction

Agent noun / Action noun

From √mā (to measure, build) with prefix nir- and suffix -ana

Prefix: nir

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, that

Note: Agrees with `nirmāṇam`.

युष्माकम् (yuṣmākam) - of you, for you (plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Implies 'for you'.

प्रवृत्तिगुणकल्पितम् (pravṛttiguṇakalpitam) - fashioned by the quality of activity, created by the guṇa of pravṛtti

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravṛttiguṇakalpita

pravṛttiguṇakalpita - fashioned by the quality of activity (pravṛtti-guṇa)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pravṛtti+guṇa+kalpita)

• pravṛtti – activity, action, worldly activity, tendency
  noun (feminine)
  From pra-√vṛt (to turn towards)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti)
  noun (masculine)
• kalpita – fashioned, formed, created, imagined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kḷp (to be arranged, imagine)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Agrees with `nirmāṇam`. `pravṛttiguṇa` is likely referring to rajas, the guṇa of activity.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in passive construction.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

From √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `nirmāṇam`.

सुरश्रेष्ठाः (suraśreṣṭhāḥ) - O best among gods

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of suraśreṣṭha

suraśreṣṭha - best among gods

Compound type : tatpurusha (sura+śreṣṭha)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent)

Note: Refers to the addressed deities.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, up to

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial, modifying the duration.

कल्पक्षयात् (kalpakṣayāt) - until the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa) (from the dissolution of a cosmic cycle, until the end of a kalpa)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kalpakṣaya

kalpakṣaya - dissolution of a cosmic cycle (kalpa)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+kṣaya)

• kalpa – cosmic cycle, eon, aeon, fixed rule, sacred precept
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• kṣaya – end, destruction, dissolution, decay
  noun (masculine)
  From √kṣi (to destroy, perish)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Expresses the temporal limit.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a statement.

चिन्तयध्वम् (cintayadhvam) - you (plural) ponder, consider, think

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of cint

Imperative Middle

Root cint (class 10), Imperative tense, 2nd person plural, middle voice

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Command to the deities.

लोकहितम् (lokahitam) - welfare of the world, benefit of the people

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lokahita

lokahita - welfare of the world, benefit of the people

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka+hita)

• loka – world, people, universe
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• hita – welfare, benefit, good
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from √dhā 'to place, set')
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of `cintayadhvam`.

यथाधिकारम् (yathādhikāram) - according to authority, as is proper to one's office

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yathā+adhikāra)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• adhikāra – authority, jurisdiction, office, right
  noun (masculine)
  From adhi-√kṛ (to place over)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adverbial.

ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - O lords, O controllers

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, controller, God

From √īś (to rule, command)

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Addressed deities.