महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-20, verse-18

तेषामन्योन्यभक्षाणां सर्वेषां देहचारिणाम् ।
अग्निर्वैश्वानरो मध्ये सप्तधा विहितोऽन्तरा ॥१८॥

18. teṣāmanyonyabhakṣāṇāṁ sarveṣāṁ dehacāriṇām ,
agnirvaiśvānaro madhye saptadhā vihito'ntarā.

18. teṣām anyonyabhakṣāṇām sarveṣām dehacāriṇām |
agniḥ vaiśvānaraḥ madhye saptadhā vihitaḥ antarā

18. anyonyabhakṣāṇām sarveṣām dehacāriṇām teṣām
madhye vaiśvānaraḥ agniḥ antarā saptadhā vihitaḥ

18. Among all these embodied beings (dehacārin) who feed on one another, the Vaiśvānara fire is arranged internally in seven ways.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

• अन्योन्यभक्षाणाम् (anyonyabhakṣāṇām) - of those who feed on each other, mutually devouring

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• देहचारिणाम् (dehacāriṇām) - of embodied beings, of those dwelling in bodies

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

• वैश्वानरः (vaiśvānaraḥ) - universal, relating to all men; the universal fire (digestive fire)

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

• सप्तधा (saptadhā) - in seven ways, sevenfold

• विहितः (vihitaḥ) - arranged, placed, constituted

• अन्तरा (antarā) - within, internally, between

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्योन्यभक्षाणाम् (anyonyabhakṣāṇām) - of those who feed on each other, mutually devouring

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anyonyabhakṣa

anyonyabhakṣa - mutually devouring, feeding on each other

Compound type : tatpurusha (anyonya+bhakṣa)

• anyonya – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhakṣa – eating, food, devourer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat).
  Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

देहचारिणाम् (dehacāriṇām) - of embodied beings, of those dwelling in bodies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dehacārin

dehacārin - an embodied being, one moving in a body

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+cārin)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
• cārin – moving, going, acting, dwelling
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root car (to move, walk).
  Root: car (class 1)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the god of fire

वैश्वानरः (vaiśvānaraḥ) - universal, relating to all men; the universal fire (digestive fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśvānara

vaiśvānara - belonging to all men, universal, the universal fire (especially the digestive fire in the body)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst, among

(indeclinable)

Locative case used adverbially.

सप्तधा (saptadhā) - in seven ways, sevenfold

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'saptan' (seven) with suffix -dhā (in X ways).

विहितः (vihitaḥ) - arranged, placed, constituted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vi-dhā

dhā - to place, put, arrange, constitute

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used predicatively as 'is arranged'.

अन्तरा (antarā) - within, internally, between

(indeclinable)