महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-164, verse-8

मृतांश्च पुनराहर्तुं यः स पुत्रान्यमक्षयात् ।
कृतान्तं नातिचक्राम वेलामिव महोदधिः ॥८॥

8. mṛtāṁśca punarāhartuṁ yaḥ sa putrānyamakṣayāt ,
kṛtāntaṁ nāticakrāma velāmiva mahodadhiḥ.

8. mṛtān ca punaḥ āhartum yaḥ saḥ putrān yamakṣayāt
kṛtāntam na aticakrāma velām iva mahodadhiḥ

8. He, who wished to bring his dead sons back from Yama's abode, could not transgress the decree of fate (kṛtānta), just as the great ocean does not transgress its shore.

Words meanings summery:

• मृतान् (mṛtān) - dead ones, deceased

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• आहर्तुम् (āhartum) - to bring back, to retrieve

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whoever

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• यमक्षयात् (yamakṣayāt) - from the abode of Yama, from death's realm

• कृतान्तम् (kṛtāntam) - fate, destiny, death, the end of action (kṛtānta)

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिचक्राम (aticakrāma) - transgressed, went beyond

• वेलाम् (velām) - shore, boundary, limit, time

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - great ocean, sea

Words meanings and morphology

मृतान् (mṛtān) - dead ones, deceased

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ-.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

आहर्तुम् (āhartum) - to bring back, to retrieve

(indeclinable)

infinitive (tumun affix)

Derived from root hṛ- with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

यमक्षयात् (yamakṣayāt) - from the abode of Yama, from death's realm

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yamakṣaya

yamakṣaya - abode of Yama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yama+kṣaya)

• yama – Yama, the god of death
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – abode, dwelling, destruction, end
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

कृतान्तम् (kṛtāntam) - fate, destiny, death, the end of action (kṛtānta)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛtānta

kṛtānta - end of action, fate, destiny, death (kṛtānta)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛta+anta)

• kṛta – done, made, acted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ-.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतिचक्राम (aticakrāma) - transgressed, went beyond

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of atikram

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

वेलाम् (velām) - shore, boundary, limit, time

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - shore, boundary, limit, time

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - great ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• udadhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhā (class 3)