महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-105, verse-12

पुरस्तादेव ते बुद्धिरियं कार्या विजानतः ।
अनित्यं सर्वमेवेदमहं च मम चास्ति यत् ॥१२॥

12. purastādeva te buddhiriyaṁ kāryā vijānataḥ ,
anityaṁ sarvamevedamahaṁ ca mama cāsti yat.

12. purastāt eva te buddhiḥ iyam kāryā vijānataḥ
anityam sarvam eva idam aham ca mama ca asti yat

12. vijānataḥ te iyam buddhiḥ purastāt eva kāryā yat
idam sarvam eva anityam aham ca mama ca yat asti

12. This understanding (buddhi) should indeed be cultivated by you right from the start, by one who is discerning: that all this is impermanent (anitya), including myself (aham) and all that is mine (mama).

Words meanings summery:

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - beforehand, from the outset (before, formerly, from the front)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• ते (te) - by you (agent in passive construction) (by you, to you, of you)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• कार्या (kāryā) - should be done, ought to be performed, to be made

• विजानतः (vijānataḥ) - of one who knows, by the discerning

• अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent, transient, non-eternal

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अहम् (aham) - I

• च (ca) - and

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• च (ca) - and

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

Words meanings and morphology

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - beforehand, from the outset (before, formerly, from the front)

(indeclinable)

adverbial formation from pura

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you (agent in passive construction) (by you, to you, of you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

second person personal pronoun

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, perception, mind

from root budh (to know)

Root: budh (class 1)

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

demonstrative pronoun

कार्या (kāryā) - should be done, ought to be performed, to be made

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, duty, task

Gerundive

from root kṛ (to do), with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विजानतः (vijānataḥ) - of one who knows, by the discerning

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vijānat

vijānat - knowing, discerning, wise

Present Active Participle

from vi-jñā (to know, discern)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent, transient, non-eternal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anitya

anitya - impermanent, transient, non-eternal, not constant

negation of nitya (eternal)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

demonstrative pronoun

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person personal pronoun

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person personal pronoun

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active, 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

relative pronoun