महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-160, verse-17

यमाहुः सर्वभूतानां प्रकृतेः प्रकृतिं ध्रुवम् ।
अनादिनिधनं देवं प्रभुं नारायणं परम् ॥१७॥

17. yamāhuḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ prakṛteḥ prakṛtiṁ dhruvam ,
anādinidhanaṁ devaṁ prabhuṁ nārāyaṇaṁ param.

17. yam āhuḥ sarvabhūtānām prakṛteḥ prakṛtim dhruvam
anādinidhanam devam prabhum nārāyaṇam param

17. They call Him the eternal origin (prakṛti) of all beings and of primordial nature (prakṛti) itself; the God, the Lord Nārāyaṇa, who is supreme and without beginning or end.

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whom, which

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

• प्रकृतेः (prakṛteḥ) - of nature, of origin, of primordial substance

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - nature, origin, source, primordial matter

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - constant, firm, eternal, fixed

• अनादिनिधनम् (anādinidhanam) - without beginning or end, eternal

• देवम् (devam) - god, divine

• प्रभुम् (prabhum) - lord, master, mighty

• नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Narayana (a name of Vishnu)

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Used with present meaning in this context

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures, everything that exists

Tatpuruṣa compound: sarva (all) + bhūta (being)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element, existing
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रकृतेः (prakṛteḥ) - of nature, of origin, of primordial substance

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, origin, source, primordial matter, constitution

प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - nature, origin, source, primordial matter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, origin, source, primordial matter, constitution

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - constant, firm, eternal, fixed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, constant, eternal, permanent

अनादिनिधनम् (anādinidhanam) - without beginning or end, eternal

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anādinidhana

anādinidhana - without beginning or end, eternal, imperishable

Bahuvrihi compound: a- (not) + ādi (beginning) + nidhana (end)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+ādi+nidhana)

• a – not, without, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)
• nidhana – end, destruction, death, dissolution
  noun (neuter)

देवम् (devam) - god, divine

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

प्रभुम् (prabhum) - lord, master, mighty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, mighty, powerful

नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Narayana (a name of Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Narayana (a name of Vishnu, 'resting in the waters')

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant