महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-202, verse-3

व्याध उवाच ।
भूमिरापस्तथा ज्योतिर्वायुराकाशमेव च ।
गुणोत्तराणि सर्वाणि तेषां वक्ष्यामि ते गुणान् ॥३॥

3. vyādha uvāca ,
bhūmirāpastathā jyotirvāyurākāśameva ca ,
guṇottarāṇi sarvāṇi teṣāṁ vakṣyāmi te guṇān.

3. vyādhaḥ uvāca bhūmiḥ āpaḥ tathā jyotiḥ vāyuḥ ākāśam
eva ca guṇottarāṇi sarvāṇi teṣām vakṣyāmi te guṇān

3. The hunter said: 'Earth, water, light, air, and space—all of these possess qualities that are increasingly superior. I will now explain their specific qualities to you.'

Words meanings summery:

• व्याधः (vyādhaḥ) - hunter, fowler

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters, water

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, in that way

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light, luster, fire

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air, wind

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• च (ca) - and

• गुणोत्तराणि (guṇottarāṇi) - having increasingly superior qualities, having qualities one after another

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all of them, all

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will speak

• ते (te) - to you

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, attributes

Words meanings and morphology

व्याधः (vyādhaḥ) - hunter, fowler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyādha

vyādha - hunter, fowler

Root: vyadh (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

root vac, perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters, water

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - light, luster, fire

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, fire, radiance

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air, wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky

Root: kāś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गुणोत्तराणि (guṇottarāṇi) - having increasingly superior qualities, having qualities one after another

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of guṇottara

guṇottara - having increasingly superior qualities, having qualities one after another

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+uttara)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent
  noun (masculine)
• uttara – subsequent, superior, higher, succeeding
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Matches 'sarvāṇi'

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all of them, all

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the elements (bhūmi, āpaḥ, etc.)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the elements.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will speak

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

future active

root vac, future tense, 1st person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be genitive or locative, but dative 'to you' fits the context 'I will tell you'.

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, attributes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent, strand

Note: Object of 'vakṣyāmi'