महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-18, verse-9

लोहपिण्डं यथा वह्निः प्रविशत्यभितापयन् ।
तथा त्वमपि जानीहि गर्भे जीवोपपादनम् ॥९॥

9. lohapiṇḍaṁ yathā vahniḥ praviśatyabhitāpayan ,
tathā tvamapi jānīhi garbhe jīvopapādanam.

9. lohapiṇḍam yathā vahniḥ praviśati abhitāpayan
tathā tvam api jānīhi garbhe jīvopapādanam

9. Just as fire enters a lump of iron, making it intensely hot, similarly you should understand the manifestation of the individual soul (jīva) in the embryo.

Words meanings summery:

• लोहपिण्डम् (lohapiṇḍam) - a lump of iron (lump of iron, ball of metal)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (fire, god of fire)

• प्रविशति (praviśati) - it enters (he/it enters)

• अभितापयन् (abhitāpayan) - making it intensely hot (heating thoroughly, making intensely hot, tormenting)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• जानीहि (jānīhi) - you should understand (know, understand)

• गर्भे (garbhe) - in the embryo (in the womb, in the embryo)

• जीवोपपादनम् (jīvopapādanam) - the manifestation of the individual soul (jīva) (manifestation of the soul, production of life, bringing about the jīva)

Words meanings and morphology

लोहपिण्डम् (lohapiṇḍam) - a lump of iron (lump of iron, ball of metal)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lohapiṇḍa

lohapiṇḍa - lump of iron, ball of metal

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loha+piṇḍa)

• loha – iron, metal
  noun (neuter)
• piṇḍa – lump, ball, mass, body
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

(indeclinable)

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (fire, god of fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni (god of fire), carrier

Derived from root √vah (to carry).

Root: √vah (class 1)

प्रविशति (praviśati) - it enters (he/it enters)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of praviś

Present active indicative

From root √viś (to enter) with upasarga pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: √viś (class 6)

अभितापयन् (abhitāpayan) - making it intensely hot (heating thoroughly, making intensely hot, tormenting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhitāpayat

abhitāpayat - heating completely, tormenting, causing great pain

Present active participle

From root √tap (to heat) with upasarga abhi, in causative form.

Prefix: abhi

Root: √tap (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

जानीहि (jānīhi) - you should understand (know, understand)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jñā

Imperative active

From root √jñā. Imperative 2nd person singular.

Root: √jñā (class 9)

गर्भे (garbhe) - in the embryo (in the womb, in the embryo)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, interior

Note: Locative case indicating location.

जीवोपपादनम् (jīvopapādanam) - the manifestation of the individual soul (jīva) (manifestation of the soul, production of life, bringing about the jīva)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvopapādana

jīvopapādana - manifestation of the soul, production of life, bringing about the jīva

Compound of jīva and upapādana.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+upapādana)

• jīva – living being, soul, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √jīv (to live).
  Root: √jīv (class 1)
• upapādana – bringing about, causing, production, manifestation
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root √pad (to go, to fall) with upasargas upa and ā, in causative form.
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: √pad (class 4)