महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-31, verse-36

संप्रयोज्य वियोज्यायं कामकारकरः प्रभुः ।
क्रीडते भगवान्भूतैर्बालः क्रीडनकैरिव ॥३६॥

36. saṁprayojya viyojyāyaṁ kāmakārakaraḥ prabhuḥ ,
krīḍate bhagavānbhūtairbālaḥ krīḍanakairiva.

36. saṃprayojya viyojya ayam kāmakārakaraḥ prabhuḥ
krīḍate bhagavān bhūtaiḥ bālaḥ krīḍanakaiḥ iva

36. This Lord (prabhu), who acts according to his own will (kāmakārakaraḥ), connecting and separating beings (bhūta), the divine one (bhagavān) plays with them just as a child (bāla) plays with its toys.

Words meanings summery:

• संप्रयोज्य (saṁprayojya) - connecting (having joined, having connected, having caused to meet)

• वियोज्य (viyojya) - separating (having separated, having disconnected, having disjoined)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (Lord) (this, this one, he)

• कामकारकरः (kāmakārakaraḥ) - who acts according to his own will (kāmakārakaraḥ) (one who acts according to one's desire/will, free agent)

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - Lord (prabhu) (master, lord, ruler, powerful)

• क्रीडते (krīḍate) - plays (he plays, sports, amuses himself)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine one (bhagavān) (Lord, divine, glorious, venerable)

• भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - with beings (bhūta) (by beings, with creatures, with elements)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (bāla) (a child, a boy, young, ignorant)

• क्रीडनकैः (krīḍanakaiḥ) - with its toys (with toys, with playthings)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

संप्रयोज्य (saṁprayojya) - connecting (having joined, having connected, having caused to meet)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with the suffix '-ya' after the prefixes 'sam' and 'pra'.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb 'krīḍate'.

वियोज्य (viyojya) - separating (having separated, having disconnected, having disjoined)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with the suffix '-ya' after the prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb 'krīḍate'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (Lord) (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

Nominative singular masculine of 'idam'.

Note: Refers to the Lord mentioned previously.

कामकारकरः (kāmakārakaraḥ) - who acts according to his own will (kāmakārakaraḥ) (one who acts according to one's desire/will, free agent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmakārakara

kāmakārakara - acting according to one's own will, performing one's own desires, a free agent

Compound of 'kāma' (desire/will), 'kāra' (action), and 'kara' (doer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (kāma+kāra+kara)

• kāma – desire, wish, will, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – action, doing, making, cause
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kara – doer, maker, performing
  noun/adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'prabhuḥ' and 'bhagavān'.

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - Lord (prabhu) (master, lord, ruler, powerful)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - master, lord, ruler, powerful, able, sovereign

From pra- + root bhū ('to be, exist').

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्रीडते (krīḍate) - plays (he plays, sports, amuses himself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of krīḍ

Present Tense

1st class, ātmanepada (middle voice).

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - divine one (bhagavān) (Lord, divine, glorious, venerable)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable, the Lord, blessed

Present active participle

Derived from root 'bhaj' (to partake, enjoy) with 'vat' suffix, often used as a noun for a deity.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: An epithet for a deity.

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - with beings (bhūta) (by beings, with creatures, with elements)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, existing, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become), used as a noun meaning 'a being'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates the objects with which the Lord plays.

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (bāla) (a child, a boy, young, ignorant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, immature, ignorant

Note: Used in comparison.

क्रीडनकैः (krīḍanakaiḥ) - with its toys (with toys, with playthings)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of krīḍanaka

krīḍanaka - toy, plaything, play-object

Derived from root 'krīḍ' (to play).

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

Note: Indicates the objects with which the child plays.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to express a simile or comparison.