महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-42, verse-5

महाभूतानि नित्यानि भूताधिपतिसंश्रयात् ।
तेषां च नित्यसंवासो न विनाशो वियुज्यताम् ॥५॥

5. mahābhūtāni nityāni bhūtādhipatisaṁśrayāt ,
teṣāṁ ca nityasaṁvāso na vināśo viyujyatām.

5. mahābhūtāni nityāni bhūtādhipatisaṃśrayāt
teṣām ca nityasaṃvāsaḥ na vināśaḥ viyujyatām

5. The great elements (mahābhūtāni) are eternal because they rely on the Lord of beings. And their constant co-existence is not destruction; may there be no separation.

Words meanings summery:

• महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - the five gross elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) (great elements)

• नित्यानि (nityāni) - inherently permanent (eternal, constant, perpetual)

• भूताधिपतिसंश्रयात् (bhūtādhipatisaṁśrayāt) - due to their fundamental connection to the supreme controller of all creation (from the reliance on the Lord of beings)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these great elements (mahābhūtāni) (of them)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नित्यसंवासः (nityasaṁvāsaḥ) - the perpetual state of being together or interconnected (constant co-existence, eternal association)

• न (na) - not, no

• विनाशः (vināśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, disappearance

• वियुज्यताम् (viyujyatām) - let the elements not be separated from their constant association (let it be separated, let there be separation)

Words meanings and morphology

महाभूतानि (mahābhūtāni) - the five gross elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) (great elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahābhūta

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

mahā (great) + bhūta (element)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhūta)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bhūta – element, being, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

नित्यानि (nityāni) - inherently permanent (eternal, constant, perpetual)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nitya

nitya - eternal, constant, perpetual, regular, fixed

ni + √i (to go) + tya

Prefix: ni

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with mahābhūtāni.

भूताधिपतिसंश्रयात् (bhūtādhipatisaṁśrayāt) - due to their fundamental connection to the supreme controller of all creation (from the reliance on the Lord of beings)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhūtādhipatisaṃśraya

bhūtādhipatisaṁśraya - reliance/refuge in the Lord of beings

compound of bhūtādhipati (Lord of beings) and saṃśraya (reliance)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūtādhipati+saṃśraya)

• bhūtādhipati – Lord of beings, master of creatures
  noun (masculine)
  bhūta (being) + adhipati (lord)
• saṃśraya – reliance, refuge, dependence, asylum
  noun (masculine)
  sam + √śri + a
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Denotes the cause or reason.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these great elements (mahābhūtāni) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to mahābhūtāni.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नित्यसंवासः (nityasaṁvāsaḥ) - the perpetual state of being together or interconnected (constant co-existence, eternal association)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nityasaṃvāsa

nityasaṁvāsa - constant co-existence, eternal association, perpetual dwelling together

nitya (constant) + saṃvāsa (co-existence)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nitya+saṃvāsa)

• nitya – eternal, constant
  adjective
• saṃvāsa – co-existence, dwelling together, association
  noun (masculine)
  sam + √vas (to dwell) + ghaÑ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विनाशः (vināśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, disappearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vināśa

vināśa - destruction, ruin, disappearance, loss

vi + √naś + ghaÑ

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Predicate noun for nityasaṃvāsaḥ with an implied 'is'.

वियुज्यताम् (viyujyatām) - let the elements not be separated from their constant association (let it be separated, let there be separation)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of √yuj

passive imperative 3rd singular

From √yuj (to join), with prefix `vi-` meaning "apart, asunder", thus `vi-yuj` means "to disjoin, separate". The form is passive imperative 3rd singular.

Prefix: vi

Root: yuj (class 7)