महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-7, verse-5

तस्मादध्वानमेवैतमाहुः शास्त्रविदो जनाः ।
यत्तु संसारगहनं वनमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥५॥

5. tasmādadhvānamevaitamāhuḥ śāstravido janāḥ ,
yattu saṁsāragahanaṁ vanamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ.

5. tasmāt adhvānam eva etam āhuḥ śāstravidaḥ janāḥ
yat tu saṃsāragahanam vanam āhuḥ manīṣiṇaḥ

5. tasmāt śāstravidaḥ janāḥ etam adhvānam eva āhuḥ.
yat tu manīṣiṇaḥ (etam) saṃsāragahanam vanam āhuḥ.

5. Therefore, people familiar with the scriptures (śāstra) refer to this (cycle of existence) as a path. However, the wise (manīṣiṇah) call this profound worldly existence (saṃsāra) a dense forest.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अध्वानम् (adhvānam) - the cycle of transmigration as a path (path, road, journey)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• एतम् (etam) - this (cycle of transmigration) (this, this one)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

• शास्त्रविदः (śāstravidaḥ) - those who know the scriptures, experts in sacred texts

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

• यत् (yat) - however, but (which, that)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• संसारगहनम् (saṁsāragahanam) - dense (saṃsāra), profound (saṃsāra)

• वनम् (vanam) - the cycle of transmigration as a forest (forest, wood, thicket)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise, the thoughtful, the discerning

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Used as an indeclinable 'therefore' in context.

अध्वानम् (adhvānam) - the cycle of transmigration as a path (path, road, journey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adhvan

adhvan - path, road, way, journey

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

एतम् (etam) - this (cycle of transmigration) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (liṭ) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Perfect tense form used with a present meaning.

शास्त्रविदः (śāstravidaḥ) - those who know the scriptures, experts in sacred texts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāstravid

śāstravid - knowing the scriptures, learned in sacred texts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+vid)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text, treatise, science
  noun (neuter)
• vid – knowing, wise, learned
  adjective
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, creature

यत् (yat) - however, but (which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Note: Here used as a conjunction 'but, however'.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

संसारगहनम् (saṁsāragahanam) - dense (saṃsāra), profound (saṃsāra)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃsāragahana

saṁsāragahana - dense existence, profound worldly existence, inaccessible saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+gahana)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-sṛ (to flow together, to roam)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• gahana – deep, dense, profound, impenetrable, thicket, forest
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'vanam' or implied 'saṃsāram'.

वनम् (vanam) - the cycle of transmigration as a forest (forest, wood, thicket)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (liṭ) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Perfect tense form used with a present meaning.

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise, the thoughtful, the discerning

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, thoughtful, intelligent, discerning