महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-3, verse-16

सर्वे हि युक्तिं विज्ञाय प्रज्ञां चापि स्वकां नराः ।
चेष्टन्ते विविधाश्चेष्टा हितमित्येव जानते ॥१६॥

16. sarve hi yuktiṁ vijñāya prajñāṁ cāpi svakāṁ narāḥ ,
ceṣṭante vividhāśceṣṭā hitamityeva jānate.

16. sarve hi yuktiṃ vijñāya prajñām ca api svakām
narāḥ ceṣṭante vividhāḥ ceṣṭāḥ hitam iti eva jānate

16. hi sarve narāḥ yuktiṃ ca svakām prajñām api vijñāya
hitam iti eva jānate vividhāḥ ceṣṭāḥ ceṣṭante

16. Indeed, all people, having understood proper method and also their own wisdom, undertake various efforts, knowing only that 'this is beneficial'.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• युक्तिं (yuktiṁ) - reason, proper method, strategy, logic

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

• प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - wisdom, insight, understanding

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• स्वकाम् (svakām) - one's own, their own

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

• चेष्टन्ते (ceṣṭante) - they strive, they act, they exert themselves

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold, diverse

• चेष्टाः (ceṣṭāḥ) - efforts, actions, activities

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, advantageous, good

• इति (iti) - thus, marking quotation

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• जानते (jānate) - they know, they understand

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

युक्तिं (yuktiṁ) - reason, proper method, strategy, logic

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - reason, proper method, strategy, logic, connection

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

(indeclinable)

absolutive (indeclinable participle)

Absolutive form of the root jñā with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - wisdom, insight, understanding

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, insight, intelligence, understanding

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

स्वकाम् (svakām) - one's own, their own

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own, peculiar to oneself

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person

चेष्टन्ते (ceṣṭante) - they strive, they act, they exert themselves

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ceṣṭ

3rd person plural, present tense, middle voice

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold, diverse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse, of different kinds

चेष्टाः (ceṣṭāḥ) - efforts, actions, activities

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ceṣṭā

ceṣṭā - effort, action, activity, movement

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, advantageous, good

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, advantageous, good, salutary

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place, to hold)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used predicatively, 'it is beneficial'.

इति (iti) - thus, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

जानते (jānate) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

3rd person plural, present tense, middle voice

Root: jñā (class 9)