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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-211, verse-21

कपिलं परमर्षिं च यं प्राहुर्यतयः सदा ।
अग्निः स कपिलो नाम सांख्ययोगप्रवर्तकः ॥२१॥
21. kapilaṁ paramarṣiṁ ca yaṁ prāhuryatayaḥ sadā ,
agniḥ sa kapilo nāma sāṁkhyayogapravartakaḥ.
21. kapilam paramarṣim ca yam prāhuḥ yatayaḥ sadā
agniḥ saḥ kapilaḥ nāma sāṅkhya-yoga-pravartakaḥ
21. Whom the ascetics (yatayaḥ) always call Kapila, the supreme sage, that very Agni, named Kapila, is the promulgator of Sāṅkhya and Yoga (yoga).

Words meanings summery:

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  • कपिलम् (kapilam) - Kapila, the sage (Kapila (a proper name); tawny, reddish-brown)
  • परमर्षिम् (paramarṣim) - supreme sage, great sage
  • (ca) - and
  • यम् (yam) - whom, which
  • प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare
  • यतयः (yatayaḥ) - ascetics, renunciants, yogis
  • सदा (sadā) - always, constantly
  • अग्निः (agniḥ) - the deity Agni (fire, Agni (the deity))
  • सः (saḥ) - he, that
  • कपिलः (kapilaḥ) - Kapila, the sage (Kapila (proper name); tawny, reddish-brown)
  • नाम (nāma) - by name, named
  • साङ्ख्य-योग-प्रवर्तकः (sāṅkhya-yoga-pravartakaḥ) - promulgator/initiator of Sāṅkhya and Yoga

Words meanings and morphology

कपिलम् (kapilam) - Kapila, the sage (Kapila (a proper name); tawny, reddish-brown)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kapila
kapila - Kapila (name of a sage), tawny, reddish-brown
परमर्षिम् (paramarṣim) - supreme sage, great sage
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of paramarṣi
paramarṣi - supreme sage, great seer
Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ṛṣi)
  • parama – supreme, highest, best
    adjective (masculine)
  • ṛṣi – sage, seer
    noun (masculine)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
यम् (yam) - whom, which
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)
प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prāha
derived from pra + √ah (root 'to say')
Prefix: pra
Root: ah (class 2)
यतयः (yatayaḥ) - ascetics, renunciants, yogis
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yati
yati - ascetic, hermit, one who has restrained himself
derived from √yat
Root: yat (class 1)
सदा (sadā) - always, constantly
(indeclinable)
अग्निः (agniḥ) - the deity Agni (fire, Agni (the deity))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of agni
agni - fire, the deity Agni
सः (saḥ) - he, that
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)
कपिलः (kapilaḥ) - Kapila, the sage (Kapila (proper name); tawny, reddish-brown)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kapila
kapila - Kapila (name of a sage), tawny, reddish-brown
नाम (nāma) - by name, named
(indeclinable)
adverbial use of nāman
साङ्ख्य-योग-प्रवर्तकः (sāṅkhya-yoga-pravartakaḥ) - promulgator/initiator of Sāṅkhya and Yoga
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sāṅkhya-yoga-pravartaka
sāṅkhya-yoga-pravartaka - promulgator of Sāṅkhya and Yoga
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāṅkhya+yoga+pravartaka)
  • sāṅkhya – Sāṅkhya (a philosophical system), number, enumeration
    noun (neuter)
  • yoga – Yoga (a philosophical system), union, meditation, spiritual discipline
    noun (masculine)
    Root: yuj (class 7)
  • pravartaka – promulgator, initiator, founder, one who sets in motion
    noun (masculine)
    agent noun
    from pra-vṛt + -aka suffix
    Prefix: pra
    Root: vṛt (class 1)