महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-335, verse-12

धरण्यामथ लीनायामप्सु चैकार्णवे पुरा ।
ज्योतिर्भूते जले चापि लीने ज्योतिषि चानिले ॥१२॥

12. dharaṇyāmatha līnāyāmapsu caikārṇave purā ,
jyotirbhūte jale cāpi līne jyotiṣi cānile.

12. dharaṇyām atha līnāyām apsu ca eka-arṇave purā
jyotiḥ bhūte jale ca api līne jyotiṣi ca anile

12. purā (sṛṣṭau) dharaṇyām līnāyām,
atha ca eka-arṇave apsu līnāyām,
ca jale jyotiḥ bhūte (ca),
api ca jyotiṣi anile līne (sati) .
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12. Anciently, when the earth dissolved, and then became one with the waters of a single ocean, and when the element of light dissolved into water, and also when light dissolved into wind...

Words meanings summery:

• धरण्याम् (dharaṇyām) - when the earth (was dissolved) (on the earth, in the earth)

• अथ (atha) - then, next (indicating sequence) (then, now, moreover)

• लीनायाम् (līnāyām) - having dissolved, having merged (dissolved, absorbed, merged)

• अप्सु (apsu) - into the waters (of the single ocean) (in the waters)

• च (ca) - and

• एक-अर्णवे (eka-arṇave) - in the primordial single ocean (in the single ocean)

• पुरा (purā) - in ancient times (referring to cosmic dissolution) (formerly, anciently, in the past)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the element of light/fire (light, luster, fire)

• भूते (bhūte) - having become (dissolved) (having become, having existed)

• जले (jale) - into water (where light dissolves) (in water)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• लीने (līne) - having dissolved, having merged (dissolved, absorbed, merged)

• ज्योतिषि (jyotiṣi) - when the light (was dissolved) (in light, in fire)

• च (ca) - and

• अनिले (anile) - into wind (where light dissolves) (in wind, in air)

Words meanings and morphology

धरण्याम् (dharaṇyām) - when the earth (was dissolved) (on the earth, in the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dharaṇī

dharaṇī - earth, ground

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'līnāyām'.

अथ (atha) - then, next (indicating sequence) (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence.

लीनायाम् (līnāyām) - having dissolved, having merged (dissolved, absorbed, merged)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of līna

līna - dissolved, absorbed, merged, clung to

Past Passive Participle

from root 'lī' (to cling, dissolve)

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'dharaṇyām'.

अप्सु (apsu) - into the waters (of the single ocean) (in the waters)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

Note: Location of dissolution.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एक-अर्णवे (eka-arṇave) - in the primordial single ocean (in the single ocean)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of eka-arṇava

eka-arṇava - single ocean, primordial ocean

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+arṇava)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'apsu' or indicates the state of the waters.

पुरा (purā) - in ancient times (referring to cosmic dissolution) (formerly, anciently, in the past)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the element of light/fire (light, luster, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, fire, radiance

Root: jyut (class 1)

Note: Subject of a locative absolute.

भूते (bhūte) - having become (dissolved) (having become, having existed)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - become, existed, element, being

Past Passive Participle

from root 'bhū' (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute with 'jyotiḥ' and 'jale'.

जले (jale) - into water (where light dissolves) (in water)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Locative absolute with 'jyotiḥ bhūte'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic/additive particle.

लीने (līne) - having dissolved, having merged (dissolved, absorbed, merged)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of līna

līna - dissolved, absorbed, merged, clung to

Past Passive Participle

from root 'lī' (to cling, dissolve)

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'jyotiṣi'.

ज्योतिषि (jyotiṣi) - when the light (was dissolved) (in light, in fire)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, fire, radiance

Root: jyut (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'līne'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अनिले (anile) - into wind (where light dissolves) (in wind, in air)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Locative absolute with 'jyotiṣi līne'.