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14,21

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-21, verse-20

प्राणेन या संभवते शरीरे प्राणादपानं प्रतिपद्यते च ।
उदानभूता च विसृज्य देहं व्यानेन सर्वं दिवमावृणोति ॥२०॥
20. prāṇena yā saṁbhavate śarīre; prāṇādapānaṁ pratipadyate ca ,
udānabhūtā ca visṛjya dehaṁ; vyānena sarvaṁ divamāvṛṇoti.
20. prāṇena yā saṁbhavate śarīre prāṇāt apānam pratipadyate ca
udānabhūtā ca visṛjya deham vyānena sarvam divam āvṛṇoti
20. yā prāṇena śarīre saṁbhavate ca prāṇāt apānam pratipadyate
ca udānabhūtā deham visṛjya vyānena sarvam divam āvṛṇoti
20. That (speech) which originates in the body through the life-breath (prāṇa), and from (prāṇa) reaches the downward breath (apāna). And having become the upward breath (udāna), relinquishing the body, it pervades the entire heavens through the circulating breath (vyāna).

Words meanings summery:

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  • प्राणेन (prāṇena) - by means of the inward-moving vital air (prāṇa) (by the prāṇa, by the life-breath)
  • या (yā) - referring to speech (Vāc), implied from previous verses (which, who (feminine))
  • संभवते (saṁbhavate) - is born, originates, comes into being
  • शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body
  • प्राणात् (prāṇāt) - indicating the origin or starting point of movement from the prāṇa vital air (from prāṇa, from the life-breath)
  • अपानम् (apānam) - the specific vital air responsible for downward movements (apāna (downward breath))
  • प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - speech reaching the apāna vital air (attains, reaches, obtains)
  • (ca) - and
  • उदानभूता (udānabhūtā) - speech taking the form of the udāna vital air (having become udāna, transformed into udāna)
  • (ca) - and
  • विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having left or gone beyond the physical body (having released, having abandoned, having given up)
  • देहम् (deham) - body
  • व्यानेन (vyānena) - by means of the diffused vital air (vyāna) (by vyāna, by the circulating breath)
  • सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire extent of the heavens (all, entire, whole)
  • दिवम् (divam) - the celestial realm or cosmic space (heaven, sky, day)
  • आवृणोति (āvṛṇoti) - speech extending and filling the entire heaven (covers, pervades, encompasses)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणेन (prāṇena) - by means of the inward-moving vital air (prāṇa) (by the prāṇa, by the life-breath)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - life-breath, vital air, respiration, spirit
Prefix: pra
Root: an (class 2)
या (yā) - referring to speech (Vāc), implied from previous verses (which, who (feminine))
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - which, what
संभवते (saṁbhavate) - is born, originates, comes into being
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṁbhū
Prefix: sam
Root: bhū (class 1)
शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra
śarīra - body, frame
प्राणात् (prāṇāt) - indicating the origin or starting point of movement from the prāṇa vital air (from prāṇa, from the life-breath)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - life-breath, vital air, respiration, spirit
Prefix: pra
Root: an (class 2)
अपानम् (apānam) - the specific vital air responsible for downward movements (apāna (downward breath))
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of apāna
apāna - downward breath, vital air governing excretion
Prefix: apa
Root: an (class 2)
प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - speech reaching the apāna vital air (attains, reaches, obtains)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratipad
Prefix: prati
Root: pad (class 4)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
उदानभूता (udānabhūtā) - speech taking the form of the udāna vital air (having become udāna, transformed into udāna)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of udānabhūta
udānabhūta - become udāna
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (udāna+bhūta)
  • udāna – upward breath, vital air governing speech and effort
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: ud
    Root: an (class 2)
  • bhūta – become, been, past, being
    verbal derivative
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root bhū (to be, become).
    Root: bhū (class 1)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having left or gone beyond the physical body (having released, having abandoned, having given up)
(verbal derivative)
देहम् (deham) - body
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, corporeal frame
व्यानेन (vyānena) - by means of the diffused vital air (vyāna) (by vyāna, by the circulating breath)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyāna
vyāna - circulating breath, diffused vital air
Prefixes: vi+ā
Root: an (class 2)
सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire extent of the heavens (all, entire, whole)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
दिवम् (divam) - the celestial realm or cosmic space (heaven, sky, day)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of div
div - heaven, sky, day
आवृणोति (āvṛṇoti) - speech extending and filling the entire heaven (covers, pervades, encompasses)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āvṛ
Prefix: ā
Root: vṛ (class 5)