महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-172, verse-14

जलजानामपि ह्यन्तं पर्यायेणोपलक्षये ।
महतामपि कायानां सूक्ष्माणां च महोदधौ ॥१४॥

14. jalajānāmapi hyantaṁ paryāyeṇopalakṣaye ,
mahatāmapi kāyānāṁ sūkṣmāṇāṁ ca mahodadhau.

14. jalajānām api hi antam paryāyeṇa upalakṣaye
| mahatām api kāyānām sūkṣmāṇām ca mahodadhau

14. hi paryāyeṇa mahodadhau jalajānām api mahatām
api sūkṣmāṇām ca kāyānām antam upalakṣaye

14. Indeed, I observe, in due course, the end even of aquatic creatures, and of both great and subtle bodies within the great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• जलजानाम् (jalajānām) - of aquatic creatures (of aquatic creatures, of water-born things)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• अन्तम् (antam) - the end (end, destruction, limit)

• पर्यायेण (paryāyeṇa) - in due course (in due course, in turn, successively, by rotation)

• उपलक्षये (upalakṣaye) - I observe (I observe, I perceive, I notice)

• महताम् (mahatām) - of great (of the great, of the large)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• कायानाम् (kāyānām) - of bodies (of bodies, of collections)

• सूक्ष्माणाम् (sūkṣmāṇām) - of subtle ones (of the subtle, of the minute)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महोदधौ (mahodadhau) - in the great ocean

Words meanings and morphology

जलजानाम् (jalajānām) - of aquatic creatures (of aquatic creatures, of water-born things)

(noun)

Genitive, plural of jalaja

jalaja - born in water, aquatic, a lotus, a conch, a fish

Formed from jala (water) + ja (born, produced from, originating from)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+ja)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced, generated, causing
  adjective
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

अन्तम् (antam) - the end (end, destruction, limit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine/neuter, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, conclusion, destruction, death

पर्यायेण (paryāyeṇa) - in due course (in due course, in turn, successively, by rotation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paryāya

paryāya - turn, course, rotation, succession, alternative, opportunity

From pari (around) + aya (going), from root i (to go)

Prefix: pari

Root: i (class 2)

उपलक्षये (upalakṣaye) - I observe (I observe, I perceive, I notice)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upalakṣ

Present tense

From root lakṣ (to mark, perceive) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Ātmanepada ending

महताम् (mahatām) - of great (of the great, of the large)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, big, important, mighty

Note: Agrees with kāyānām and sūkṣmāṇām

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

कायानाम् (kāyānām) - of bodies (of bodies, of collections)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kāya

kāya - body, mass, collection, whole

सूक्ष्माणाम् (sūkṣmāṇām) - of subtle ones (of the subtle, of the minute)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, delicate, small, invisible

Note: Agrees with kāyānām

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महोदधौ (mahodadhau) - in the great ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound of mahā (great) and udadhi (ocean)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large, extensive, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine stem of mahat used in compounds
• udadhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  From ud (up) + dhā (to hold)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhā (class 3)