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14,20

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-20, verse-14

यतः प्रवर्तते तन्त्रं यत्र च प्रतितिष्ठति ।
प्राणोऽपानः समानश्च व्यानश्चोदान एव च ॥१४॥
14. yataḥ pravartate tantraṁ yatra ca pratitiṣṭhati ,
prāṇo'pānaḥ samānaśca vyānaścodāna eva ca.
14. yataḥ pravartate tantram yatra ca pratitiṣṭhati
prāṇaḥ apānaḥ samānaḥ ca vyānaḥ ca udānaḥ eva ca
14. yataḥ tantram pravartate ca yatra pratitiṣṭhati
prāṇaḥ apānaḥ samānaḥ ca vyānaḥ ca udānaḥ eva ca
14. From which the system of vital forces originates and in which it rests: the outgoing breath (prāṇa), the downward-moving breath (apāna), the equilibrating breath (samāna), the pervading breath (vyāna), and also the upward-moving breath (udāna).

Words meanings summery:

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  • यतः (yataḥ) - from which, whence, because
  • प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - originates, proceeds, functions, revolves
  • तन्त्रम् (tantram) - the system of vital energies (prāṇas) (system, doctrine, loom, essential part)
  • यत्र (yatra) - where, in which
  • (ca) - and, also
  • प्रतितिष्ठति (pratitiṣṭhati) - rests, abides, stands firm
  • प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - vital air, outgoing breath, life-breath (prāṇa)
  • अपानः (apānaḥ) - downward-moving vital air, vital air (apāna)
  • समानः (samānaḥ) - equilibrating vital air, vital air (samāna)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • व्यानः (vyānaḥ) - pervading vital air, vital air (vyāna)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • उदानः (udānaḥ) - upward-moving vital air, vital air (udāna)
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
  • (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - from which, whence, because
(indeclinable)
Note: Ablative of 'yat' used as an indeclinable adverb.
प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - originates, proceeds, functions, revolves
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pravṛt
Prefix: pra
Root: vṛt (class 1)
तन्त्रम् (tantram) - the system of vital energies (prāṇas) (system, doctrine, loom, essential part)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tantra
tantra - system, doctrine, loom, main point, vital system, framework
यत्र (yatra) - where, in which
(indeclinable)
Note: Locative of 'yat' used as an indeclinable adverb.
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
प्रतितिष्ठति (pratitiṣṭhati) - rests, abides, stands firm
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pratisthā
Prefix: prati
Root: sthā (class 1)
प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - vital air, outgoing breath, life-breath (prāṇa)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - vital air, outgoing breath, life-breath (one of the five principal vital airs)
अपानः (apānaḥ) - downward-moving vital air, vital air (apāna)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of apāna
apāna - downward-moving vital air (one of the five principal vital airs)
समानः (samānaḥ) - equilibrating vital air, vital air (samāna)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of samāna
samāna - equilibrating vital air (one of the five principal vital airs), equal, same
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
व्यानः (vyānaḥ) - pervading vital air, vital air (vyāna)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāna
vyāna - pervading vital air (one of the five principal vital airs)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
उदानः (udānaḥ) - upward-moving vital air, vital air (udāna)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of udāna
udāna - upward-moving vital air (one of the five principal vital airs)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)