महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-50, verse-12

एते विश्वकृतो विप्रा जायन्ते ह पुनः पुनः ।
तेभ्यः प्रसूतास्तेष्वेव महाभूतेषु पञ्चसु ।
प्रलीयन्ते यथाकालमूर्मयः सागरे यथा ॥१२॥

12. ete viśvakṛto viprā jāyante ha punaḥ punaḥ ,
tebhyaḥ prasūtāsteṣveva mahābhūteṣu pañcasu ,
pralīyante yathākālamūrmayaḥ sāgare yathā.

12. ete viśvakṛtaḥ viprāḥ jāyante ha
punaḥ punaḥ tebhyaḥ prasūtāḥ teṣu
eva mahābhūteṣu pañcasu pralīyante
yathākālam ūrmayaḥ sāgare yathā

12. ete viśvakṛtaḥ viprāḥ ha punaḥ
punaḥ jāyante tebhyaḥ prasūtāḥ teṣu
eva pañcasu mahābhūteṣu yathākālam
pralīyante yathā ūrmayaḥ sāgare

12. These wise (vipra) creators of the universe are indeed born again and again. What is born from them dissolves into those very five great elements (mahābhūta) in due course, just as waves merge into the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these

• विश्वकृतः (viśvakṛtaḥ) - creators of the universe, universal creators

• विप्राः (viprāḥ) - wise ones, brahmins, seers

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, come into being

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely (particle)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from the 'creators of the universe' (from them)

• प्रसूताः (prasūtāḥ) - beings born from them (born, produced, originated)

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those five great elements (in those)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• महाभूतेषु (mahābhūteṣu) - in the five great elements (in the great elements)

• पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - in the five great elements (in the five)

• प्रलीयन्ते (pralīyante) - they dissolve, they merge

• यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - in due time, according to time

• ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves

• सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

विश्वकृतः (viśvakṛtaḥ) - creators of the universe, universal creators

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśvakṛt

viśvakṛt - creator of the universe, universal creator

Compound type : tatpurusha (viśva+kṛt)

• viśva – all, whole, universe
  noun (neuter)
• kṛt – doer, creator, maker
  noun
  from root kṛ 'to do, to make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विप्राः (viprāḥ) - wise ones, brahmins, seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - wise, inspired, brahmin, seer

जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, come into being

(verb)

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

Root: jan (class 4)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely (particle)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from the 'creators of the universe' (from them)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: In this context, it refers to the 'creators of the universe', thus masculine.

प्रसूताः (prasūtāḥ) - beings born from them (born, produced, originated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prasūta

prasūta - born, produced, generated

Past Passive Participle

from pra- + root sū 'to generate, give birth'

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Functions here as a noun, referring to 'those born'.

तेषु (teṣu) - in those five great elements (in those)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the 'mahābhūteṣu'.

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

महाभूतेषु (mahābhūteṣu) - in the five great elements (in the great elements)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of mahābhūta

mahābhūta - great element (ether, air, fire, water, earth)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhūta)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bhūta – being, element, what has been
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - in the five great elements (in the five)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with mahābhūteṣu.

प्रलीयन्ते (pralīyante) - they dissolve, they merge

(verb)

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

from pra- + root lī 'to cling, melt, dissolve'

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - in due time, according to time

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+kāla)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)

ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, billow

सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)