महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-42, verse-4

यद्यस्माज्जायते भूतं तत्र तत्प्रविलीयते ।
लीयन्ते प्रतिलोमानि जायन्ते चोत्तरोत्तरम् ॥४॥

4. yadyasmājjāyate bhūtaṁ tatra tatpravilīyate ,
līyante pratilomāni jāyante cottarottaram.

4. yat yasmāt jāyate bhūtam tatra tat pravilīyate
līyante pratilomāni jāyante ca uttarottaram

4. yat bhūtam yasmāt jāyate tatra tat pravilīyate
pratilomāni līyante ca uttarottaram jāyante

4. Whatever being (bhūta) is born from a particular source, into that very (source) it dissolves. The elements dissolve in a reverse order (pratiloma), and progressively new ones are born (uttarottara).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which, that (referring to a thing or being)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from which, from whatever, because of which

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, originates

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - being, creature, element

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that, into that

• तत् (tat) - that, it, that very thing

• प्रविलीयते (pravilīyate) - dissolves, merges, vanishes

• लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve, they merge

• प्रतिलोमानि (pratilomāni) - Refers to the elements or principles of creation dissolving in the reverse order of their manifestation. (inverse, contrary, reverse (elements))

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - they are born, they arise

• च (ca) - and, also

• उत्तरोत्तरम् (uttarottaram) - In a forward or successive order (as opposed to pratiloma). (progressively, successively, increasingly)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever, which, that (referring to a thing or being)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever, that

This is the neuter nominative/accusative singular form of the pronoun yad, here acting as a correlative pronoun.

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from which, from whatever, because of which

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever, that

Ablative singular of yad

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, originates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present Middle

From √jan (to be born), 4th class, middle voice.

Root: jan (class 4)

भूतम् (bhūtam) - being, creature, element

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, what has been, past

Past Passive Participle (from √bhū) often substantivized.

From √bhū (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that, into that

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb formed from the pronoun tad

तत् (tat) - that, it, that very thing

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Neuter nominative/accusative singular of tad, used correlatively.

प्रविलीयते (pravilīyate) - dissolves, merges, vanishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pravilī

Present Middle

From pra-vi- + √lī (to dissolve, melt), 4th class, middle voice.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: lī (class 4)

लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve, they merge

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of lī

Present Middle

From √lī (to dissolve, melt), 4th class, middle voice.

Root: lī (class 4)

प्रतिलोमानि (pratilomāni) - Refers to the elements or principles of creation dissolving in the reverse order of their manifestation. (inverse, contrary, reverse (elements))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pratiloma

pratiloma - inverse, contrary, reverse, against the hair/grain

From prati- (against) + loman (hair, direction)

जायन्ते (jāyante) - they are born, they arise

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present Middle

From √jan (to be born), 4th class, middle voice.

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उत्तरोत्तरम् (uttarottaram) - In a forward or successive order (as opposed to pratiloma). (progressively, successively, increasingly)

(indeclinable)

Compound formed by repetition of uttara (later, higher, succeeding)