महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-202, verse-8

एते पञ्चदश ब्रह्मन्गुणा भूतेषु पञ्चसु ।
वर्तन्ते सर्वभूतेषु येषु लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ।
अन्योन्यं नातिवर्तन्ते संपच्च भवति द्विज ॥८॥

8. ete pañcadaśa brahmanguṇā bhūteṣu pañcasu ,
vartante sarvabhūteṣu yeṣu lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ,
anyonyaṁ nātivartante saṁpacca bhavati dvija.

8. ete pañcadaśa brahman guṇāḥ bhūteṣu
pañcasu | vartante sarvabhūteṣu yeṣu
lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | anyonyam na
ativartante sampat ca bhavati dvija

8. O Brahmin (brahman), these fifteen qualities exist in the five elements. In these (elements), all worlds are established. They do not transgress each other, and thus there is harmony, O twice-born (dvija).

8. חמש עשרה התכונות האלה, הו בְּרַהְמִין, נמצאות בחמשת היסודות. הן קיימות בכל היצורים שהעולמות נשענים עליהם, ואינן חורגות זו מזו, וכך נוצר איזון ושגשוג, הו בְּרַהְמִין.

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these

• पञ्चदश (pañcadaśa) - fifteen

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes

• भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - in the elements, in the beings

• पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - in five

• वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they abide

• सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, in all elements

• येषु (yeṣu) - in which (masculine/neuter plural)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

• प्रतिष्ठिताः (pratiṣṭhitāḥ) - established, situated, founded

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

• न (na) - not

• अतिवर्तन्ते (ativartante) - they transgress, they overstep, they violate

• सम्पत् (sampat) - harmony, agreement, success, prosperity

• च (ca) - and, also

• भवति (bhavati) - it is, it becomes

• द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born, O Brahmin

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

पञ्चदश (pañcadaśa) - fifteen

(adjective)

of pañcadaśa

pañcadaśa - fifteen

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti), rope

भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - in the elements, in the beings

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - element, being, creature, ghost, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - in five

(adjective)

Locative, plural of pañcan

pañcan - five

वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they abide

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings, in all elements

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all elements

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+bhūta)

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

येषु (yeṣu) - in which (masculine/neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to bhūteṣu

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, space

प्रतिष्ठिताः (pratiṣṭhitāḥ) - established, situated, founded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, situated, based, standing

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अतिवर्तन्ते (ativartante) - they transgress, they overstep, they violate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ativṛt

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सम्पत् (sampat) - harmony, agreement, success, prosperity

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sampad

sampad - success, prosperity, agreement, harmony, perfection

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - it is, it becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born, O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

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