महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-335, verse-73

यां यामिच्छेत्तनुं देवः कर्तुं कार्यविधौ क्वचित् ।
तां तां कुर्याद्विकुर्वाणः स्वयमात्मानमात्मना ॥७३॥

73. yāṁ yāmicchettanuṁ devaḥ kartuṁ kāryavidhau kvacit ,
tāṁ tāṁ kuryādvikurvāṇaḥ svayamātmānamātmanā.

73. yām yām icchet tanum devaḥ kartum kāryavidhau kvacit
tām tām kuryāt vikurvāṇaḥ svayam ātmānam ātmanā

73. kvacit kāryavidhau devaḥ yām yām tanum kartum icchet,
vikurvāṇaḥ svayam ātmānam ātmanā tām tām kuryāt

73. Whatever form the deity wishes to assume for the purpose of a task, he creates that very form, transforming himself by his own self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• याम् (yām) - whatever form (which, whatever)

• याम् (yām) - whatever form (which, whatever)

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - should wish, may desire

• तनुम् (tanum) - form or body (body, form, shape)

• देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to assume (a form) (to do, to make, to create, to assume)

• कार्यविधौ (kāryavidhau) - for the purpose of a task (in the performance of a task, in a particular undertaking)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some case

• ताम् (tām) - that very form (that, her)

• ताम् (tām) - that very form (that, her)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, should make, should assume

• विकुर्वाणः (vikurvāṇaḥ) - transforming, modifying, changing form

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, spontaneously

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself (as object of transformation) (self, himself)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by his own self or intrinsic nature (by the self, by himself, by his own power)

Words meanings and morphology

याम् (yām) - whatever form (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whatever

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'whatever (one)'.

याम् (yām) - whatever form (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whatever

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'whatever (one)'.

इच्छेत् (icchet) - should wish, may desire

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तनुम् (tanum) - form or body (body, form, shape)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, shape, person

Note: Object of `kartum` and `icchet`.

देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Note: Subject of `icchet` and `kuryāt`.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to assume (a form) (to do, to make, to create, to assume)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive of kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used to express purpose.

कार्यविधौ (kāryavidhau) - for the purpose of a task (in the performance of a task, in a particular undertaking)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāryavidhi

kāryavidhi - performance of a task, mode of action, rule of action

Compound: kārya (task) + vidhi (rule, method, performance)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kārya+vidhi)

• kārya – to be done, duty, task, business
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vidhi – rule, method, ordinance, performance
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-dhā (to arrange, ordain)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some case

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that very form (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Correlative to `yām`.

ताम् (tām) - that very form (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Correlative to `yām`.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, should make, should assume

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विकुर्वाणः (vikurvāṇaḥ) - transforming, modifying, changing form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikurvāṇa

vikurvāṇa - transforming, modifying, changing form

Present Middle Participle

Present Middle Participle of vi-kṛ (to change, transform)

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `devaḥ` (the implied subject of kuryāt).

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the agent.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself (as object of transformation) (self, himself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Note: Object of transformation implied by `vikurvāṇaḥ`.

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by his own self or intrinsic nature (by the self, by himself, by his own power)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Note: Instrument of action.