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13,16

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-16, verse-23

भूर्वायुर्ज्योतिरापश्च वाग्बुद्धिस्त्वं मतिर्मनः ।
कर्म सत्यानृते चोभे त्वमेवास्ति च नास्ति च ॥२३॥
23. bhūrvāyurjyotirāpaśca vāgbuddhistvaṁ matirmanaḥ ,
karma satyānṛte cobhe tvamevāsti ca nāsti ca.
23. bhūḥ vāyuḥ jyotiḥ āpaḥ ca vāk buddhiḥ tvam matiḥ manaḥ
karma satyānṛte ca ubhe tvam eva asti ca na asti ca
23. tvam bhūḥ vāyuḥ jyotiḥ āpaḥ ca vāk buddhiḥ matiḥ
manaḥ karma satyānṛte ca ubhe eva asti ca na asti ca
23. You are the earth, air, light, and water. You are speech, intellect, reflection, and mind. You are action (karma), both truth and untruth, and you alone both exist and do not exist.

Words meanings summery:

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  • भूः (bhūḥ) - Earth, ground.
  • वायुः (vāyuḥ) - Air, wind; the god Vāyu.
  • ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - Light, brilliance.
  • आपः (āpaḥ) - Waters.
  • (ca) - and
  • वाक् (vāk) - Speech, voice.
  • बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - Intellect, understanding.
  • त्वम् (tvam) - You (singular).
  • मतिः (matiḥ) - Thought, intention, opinion.
  • मनः (manaḥ) - Mind, consciousness, intellect.
  • कर्म (karma) - Action, deed; ritual action; consequence of actions.
  • सत्यानृते (satyānṛte) - Truth and untruth (falsehood).
  • (ca) - and
  • उभे (ubhe) - Both (feminine/neuter dual).
  • त्वम् (tvam) - You (singular).
  • एव (eva) - Only, alone, indeed.
  • अस्ति (asti) - Is, exists.
  • (ca) - and
  • (na) - Not.
  • अस्ति (asti) - Is, exists.
  • (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

भूः (bhūḥ) - Earth, ground.
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū
bhū - Earth, land, ground.
वायुः (vāyuḥ) - Air, wind; the god Vāyu.
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu
vāyu - Air, wind; the god of wind.
ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - Light, brilliance.
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis
jyotis - Light, radiance, brilliance; fire.
आपः (āpaḥ) - Waters.
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of ap
ap - Water.
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
वाक् (vāk) - Speech, voice.
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc
vāc - Speech, voice, word; the goddess of speech.
बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - Intellect, understanding.
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi
buddhi - Intellect, understanding, perception, reason.
Root: budh (class 1)
त्वम् (tvam) - You (singular).
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of tvam
tvam - You.
मतिः (matiḥ) - Thought, intention, opinion.
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mati
mati - Thought, mind, intention, opinion, understanding.
Root: man (class 4)
मनः (manaḥ) - Mind, consciousness, intellect.
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - Mind, intellect, understanding, conscience.
कर्म (karma) - Action, deed; ritual action; consequence of actions.
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of karmaṇ
karmaṇ - Action, deed, work, ritual action; consequence of actions.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
सत्यानृते (satyānṛte) - Truth and untruth (falsehood).
(compound)
Compound type : dvandva (satya+anṛta)
  • satya – Truth, real, genuine.
    noun (neuter)
  • anṛta – Untruth, falsehood, lie.
    noun (neuter)
    Prefix: an
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
उभे (ubhe) - Both (feminine/neuter dual).
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha
ubha - Both.
त्वम् (tvam) - You (singular).
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of tvam
tvam - You.
एव (eva) - Only, alone, indeed.
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - Is, exists.
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
(na) - Not.
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - Is, exists.
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)