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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-161, verse-45

एतत्प्रधानं न तु कामकारो यथा नियुक्तोऽस्मि तथा चरामि ।
भूतानि सर्वाणि विधिर्नियुङ्क्ते विधिर्बलीयानिति वित्त सर्वे ॥४५॥
45. etatpradhānaṁ na tu kāmakāro; yathā niyukto'smi tathā carāmi ,
bhūtāni sarvāṇi vidhirniyuṅkte; vidhirbalīyāniti vitta sarve.
45. etat pradhānam na tu kāmakāraḥ
yathā niyuktaḥ asmi tathā carāmi
bhūtāni sarvāṇi vidhiḥ niyuṅkte
vidhiḥ balīyān iti vitta sarve
45. etat pradhānam tu kāmakāraḥ na
yathā asmi niyuktaḥ tathā carāmi
vidhiḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni niyuṅkte
vidhiḥ balīyān iti sarve vitta
45. This (fate or divine will) is paramount, not acting according to one's own desires. "As I am appointed, so I act." Fate (vidhi) appoints all beings. "Fate (vidhi) is more powerful," know this, all of you.

Words meanings summery:

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  • एतत् (etat) - this, this (neuter)
  • प्रधानम् (pradhānam) - main, principal, supreme, paramount
  • (na) - not, no, nor
  • तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however
  • कामकारः (kāmakāraḥ) - acting according to one's own will, free will
  • यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to
  • नियुक्तः (niyuktaḥ) - appointed, enjoined, engaged
  • अस्मि (asmi) - I am
  • तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner
  • चरामि (carāmi) - I act, I move, I behave
  • भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements
  • सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, all (neuter plural)
  • विधिः (vidhiḥ) - fate, destiny, rule, ordinance (vidhi)
  • नियुङ्क्ते (niyuṅkte) - he appoints, he enjoins, he employs
  • विधिः (vidhiḥ) - fate, destiny, rule, ordinance (vidhi)
  • बलीयान् (balīyān) - more powerful, stronger
  • इति (iti) - thus, so, signifies quotation
  • वित्त (vitta) - know (plural imperative)
  • सर्वे (sarve) - O all of you (listeners) (all, everyone (masculine plural))

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this (neuter)
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
प्रधानम् (pradhānam) - main, principal, supreme, paramount
(noun)
neuter, singular of pradhāna
pradhāna - chief, principal, primary; chief thing, importance
(na) - not, no, nor
(indeclinable)
तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however
(indeclinable)
कामकारः (kāmakāraḥ) - acting according to one's own will, free will
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmakāra
kāmakāra - acting according to one's own will or pleasure, free will, self-willed action
Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+kāra)
  • kāma – desire, wish, pleasure
    noun (masculine)
  • kāra – doing, making, action, agent
    noun (masculine)
    Derived from the root √kṛ (to do).
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to
(indeclinable)
नियुक्तः (niyuktaḥ) - appointed, enjoined, engaged
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of niyukta
niyukta - appointed, commanded, employed, entrusted
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root √yuj (to join, connect) with the upasarga ni-.
Prefix: ni
Root: yuj (class 7)
अस्मि (asmi) - I am
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner
(indeclinable)
चरामि (carāmi) - I act, I move, I behave
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of car
Root: car (class 1)
भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements
(noun)
neuter, plural of bhūta
bhūta - being, creature, element, past, produced
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root √bhū (to be, to become).
Root: bhū (class 1)
सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, all (neuter plural)
(adjective)
neuter, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, complete
विधिः (vidhiḥ) - fate, destiny, rule, ordinance (vidhi)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhi
vidhi - rule, ordinance, method, fate, destiny, command
Derived from the root √dhā (to place) with upasarga vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: dhā (class 3)
नियुङ्क्ते (niyuṅkte) - he appoints, he enjoins, he employs
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ni-yuj
Prefix: ni
Root: yuj (class 7)
विधिः (vidhiḥ) - fate, destiny, rule, ordinance (vidhi)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhi
vidhi - rule, ordinance, method, fate, destiny, command
Derived from the root √dhā (to place) with upasarga vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: dhā (class 3)
बलीयान् (balīyān) - more powerful, stronger
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of balīyas
balīyas - stronger, more powerful (comparative of balin 'strong')
Comparative form of 'balin'.
इति (iti) - thus, so, signifies quotation
(indeclinable)
वित्त (vitta) - know (plural imperative)
(verb)
2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
सर्वे (sarve) - O all of you (listeners) (all, everyone (masculine plural))
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, complete
Note: Can also be nominative, but context suggests vocative.