महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-35, verse-22

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
सत्याद्भूतानि जातानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ।
तपसा तानि जीवन्ति इति तद्वित्त सुव्रताः ॥२२॥

22. brahmovāca ,
satyādbhūtāni jātāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca ,
tapasā tāni jīvanti iti tadvitta suvratāḥ.

22. brahmā uvāca satyāt bhūtāni jātāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi
ca tapasā tāni jīvanti iti tat vitta suvratāḥ

22. brahmā uvāca suvratāḥ satyāt sthāvarāṇi ca carāṇi
ca bhūtāni jātāni tāni tapasā jīvanti iti tat vitta

22. Brahmā said: From truth (satya), all beings, both immobile and mobile, are born. They sustain themselves through spiritual discipline (tapas). Know this, O those of good vows!

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, from reality

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, created things

• जातानि (jātāni) - born, produced, arisen

• स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - immobile, stationary (e.g., plants, mountains)

• चराणि (carāṇi) - mobile, moving (e.g., animals)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तपसा (tapasā) - by asceticism, by spiritual discipline

• तानि (tāni) - those, they (neuter plural)

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they subsist

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, that (introduces direct or indirect speech/thought)

• तत् (tat) - that

• वित्त (vitta) - know, understand

• सुव्रताः (suvratāḥ) - O you of good vows/observances

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmā

brahmā - Brahmā (the creator deity), a priest

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, from root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, from reality

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, existent

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, created things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be, become) + 'kta' suffix.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here as a substantive (noun).

जातानि (jātāni) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jan' (to be born) + 'kta' suffix.

Root: jan (class 4)

स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - immobile, stationary (e.g., plants, mountains)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāvara

sthāvara - immobile, stationary, standing

From root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

चराणि (carāṇi) - mobile, moving (e.g., animals)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cara

cara - moving, mobile, going

From root 'car' (to move).

Root: car (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तपसा (tapasā) - by asceticism, by spiritual discipline

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, asceticism, spiritual discipline, penance

तानि (tāni) - those, they (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they subsist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Present Active

Present tense, 3rd person plural, from root 'jīv'.

Root: jīv (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, that (introduces direct or indirect speech/thought)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वित्त (vitta) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Imperative Active

Imperative mood, 2nd person plural, from root 'vid' (class 2 'to know').

Root: vid (class 2)

सुव्रताः (suvratāḥ) - O you of good vows/observances

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of suvrata

suvrata - of good vows, virtuous, pious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+vrata)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)