महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-50, verse-13

विश्वसृग्भ्यस्तु भूतेभ्यो महाभूतानि गच्छति ।
भूतेभ्यश्चापि पञ्चभ्यो मुक्तो गच्छेत्प्रजापतिम् ॥१३॥

13. viśvasṛgbhyastu bhūtebhyo mahābhūtāni gacchati ,
bhūtebhyaścāpi pañcabhyo mukto gacchetprajāpatim.

13. viśvasṛgbhyaḥ tu bhūtebhyaḥ mahābhūtāni gacchati
bhūtebhyaḥ ca api pañcabhyaḥ muktaḥ gacchet prajāpatim

13. tu viśvasṛgbhyaḥ bhūtebhyaḥ mahābhūtāni gacchati ca
api pañcabhyaḥ bhūtebhyaḥ muktaḥ prajāpatim gacchet

13. Indeed, from the universal creators (viśvasṛj) and from beings (bhūta), one proceeds towards the great elements (mahābhūta). And from these five elements, a liberated one (mukta) attains Prajāpati.

Words meanings summery:

• विश्वसृग्भ्यः (viśvasṛgbhyaḥ) - from the universal creators

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• भूतेभ्यः (bhūtebhyaḥ) - from other (smaller) beings/elements (from beings, from elements)

• महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - great elements

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

• भूतेभ्यः (bhūtebhyaḥ) - from the five (great) elements (from elements)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• पञ्चभ्यः (pañcabhyaḥ) - from the five elements (from the five)

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - a liberated being/soul (liberated, free, released)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go, may go, would go

• प्रजापतिम् (prajāpatim) - Prajāpati (the lord of creatures)

Words meanings and morphology

विश्वसृग्भ्यः (viśvasṛgbhyaḥ) - from the universal creators

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of viśvasṛj

viśvasṛj - universal creator

Compound type : tatpurusha (viśva+sṛj)

• viśva – all, whole, universe
  noun (neuter)
• sṛj – creator, generator
  noun
  from root sṛj 'to create'
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

भूतेभ्यः (bhūtebhyaḥ) - from other (smaller) beings/elements (from beings, from elements)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

from root bhū 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Here refers to general living beings or constituent elements, distinct from mahābhūta.

महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - great elements

(noun)

Accusative, 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)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is 'one' or 'the being'.

भूतेभ्यः (bhūtebhyaḥ) - from the five (great) elements (from elements)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

from root bhū 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Here refers specifically to the 'five' elements, specified by pañcabhyaḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

पञ्चभ्यः (pañcabhyaḥ) - from the five elements (from the five)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with bhūtebhyaḥ.

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - a liberated being/soul (liberated, free, released)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - liberated, released, free

Past Passive Participle

from root muc 'to free, release'

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Functions here as a noun, referring to 'the liberated one'.

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go, may go, would go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

प्रजापतिम् (prajāpatim) - Prajāpati (the lord of creatures)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, creator god, Prajāpati

Compound type : tatpurusha (prajā+pati)

• prajā – progeny, creatures, subjects
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the cosmic deity Prajāpati.