महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-49, verse-15

यावद्द्रव्यगुणस्तावत्प्रदीपः संप्रकाशते ।
क्षीणद्रव्यगुणं ज्योतिरन्तर्धानाय गच्छति ॥१५॥

15. yāvaddravyaguṇastāvatpradīpaḥ saṁprakāśate ,
kṣīṇadravyaguṇaṁ jyotirantardhānāya gacchati.

15. yāvat dravyaguṇaḥ tāvat pradīpaḥ samprakāśate
kṣīṇadravyaguṇam jyotiḥ antardhānāya gacchati

15. pradīpaḥ yāvat dravyaguṇaḥ tāvat samprakāśate
kṣīṇadravyaguṇam jyotiḥ antardhānāya gacchati

15. As long as the qualities of its substance (like oil and wick) are present, a lamp shines brightly. When the qualities of its substance are exhausted, the light proceeds towards extinction.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as)

• द्रव्यगुणः (dravyaguṇaḥ) - qualities of its substance (like oil and wick) (quality of substance, property of material)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long (so long, so much, to that extent)

• प्रदीपः (pradīpaḥ) - a lamp (lamp, light)

• सम्प्रकाशते (samprakāśate) - shines brightly (shines fully, appears brilliantly)

• क्षीणद्रव्यगुणम् (kṣīṇadravyaguṇam) - whose substance's qualities are exhausted (having exhausted the qualities of its substance, whose substance's qualities are diminished)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the light (light, radiance)

• अन्तर्धानाय (antardhānāya) - for extinction (for disappearance, for vanishing, for extinction)

• गच्छति (gacchati) - proceeds (goes, proceeds, moves)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as)

(indeclinable)

द्रव्यगुणः (dravyaguṇaḥ) - qualities of its substance (like oil and wick) (quality of substance, property of material)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dravyaguṇa

dravyaguṇa - quality of substance, property of material

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dravya+guṇa)

• dravya – substance, material, thing
  noun (neuter)
• guṇa – quality, property, attribute
  noun (masculine)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long (so long, so much, to that extent)

(indeclinable)

प्रदीपः (pradīpaḥ) - a lamp (lamp, light)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradīpa

pradīpa - lamp, light, anything that illuminates

Prefix: pra

Root: dīp (class 4)

सम्प्रकाशते (samprakāśate) - shines brightly (shines fully, appears brilliantly)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

Derived from root √kāś with prefixes sam- and pra-

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

क्षीणद्रव्यगुणम् (kṣīṇadravyaguṇam) - whose substance's qualities are exhausted (having exhausted the qualities of its substance, whose substance's qualities are diminished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇadravyaguṇa

kṣīṇadravyaguṇa - having exhausted the qualities of its substance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+dravya+guṇa)

• kṣīṇa – exhausted, diminished, wasted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṣi (to waste away)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• dravya – substance, material
  noun (neuter)
• guṇa – quality, property
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'jyotiḥ' (neuter nominative singular).

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - the light (light, radiance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, radiance, brilliance, star, fire

अन्तर्धानाय (antardhānāya) - for extinction (for disappearance, for vanishing, for extinction)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of antardhāna

antardhāna - disappearance, vanishing, concealment, extinction

From root √dhā with prefix antar-

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

गच्छति (gacchati) - proceeds (goes, proceeds, moves)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Active

From root √gam

Root: gam (class 1)