महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-18, verse-26

सतां च वेदा अन्नं च लोकेऽस्मिन्प्रकृतिर्ध्रुवा ।
न चेद्दाता भवेद्दाता कुतः स्युर्मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणः ॥२६॥

26. satāṁ ca vedā annaṁ ca loke'sminprakṛtirdhruvā ,
na ceddātā bhaveddātā kutaḥ syurmokṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ.

26. satām ca vedāḥ annam ca loke asmin prakṛtiḥ dhruvā
| na cet dātā bhavet dātā kutaḥ syuḥ mokṣa-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ

26. asmin loke satām ca vedāḥ ca annam dhruvā prakṛtiḥ cet dātā dātā na bhavet,
kutaḥ mokṣa-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ syuḥ?

26. In this world, for good people, the Vedas and food are a constant, fundamental principle (prakṛti). If there were no giver, how could there be those who aspire to liberation (mokṣa)?

Words meanings summery:

• सताम् (satām) - of the good people (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existing)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (sacred texts)

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, corn, sustenance

• च (ca) - and, also

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - a constant, fundamental principle (nature, origin, cause, essential principle)

• ध्रुवा (dhruvā) - constant, fixed, firm, permanent

• न (na) - not, no

• चेत् (cet) - if

• दाता (dātā) - a giver, a donor, a provider

• भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, would be

• दाता (dātā) - a giver, a donor, a provider

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (from where, whence, why)

• स्युः (syuḥ) - might be, should be, would be (plural)

• मोक्ष-काङ्क्षिणः (mokṣa-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - those desiring liberation

Words meanings and morphology

सताम् (satām) - of the good people (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existing)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √as (to be) with the active voice ending -at. Also functions as a noun 'good person'.

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (sacred texts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - sacred knowledge, Veda, knowledge, wisdom

Root: vid (class 2)

अन्नम् (annam) - food, corn, sustenance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, corn, rice, sustenance

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √ad (to eat).

Root: ad (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - a constant, fundamental principle (nature, origin, cause, essential principle)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, origin, cause, original substance, primeval matter, essential principle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ध्रुवा (dhruvā) - constant, fixed, firm, permanent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, constant, permanent, certain

Root: dhruv (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

दाता (dātā) - a giver, a donor, a provider

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor, bestower, provider

Agent noun

Derived from the root √dā (to give) with the agent suffix -tṛ.

Root: dā (class 3)

भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

दाता (dātā) - a giver, a donor, a provider

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor, bestower, provider

Agent noun

Derived from the root √dā (to give) with the agent suffix -tṛ.

Root: dā (class 3)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (from where, whence, why)

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - might be, should be, would be (plural)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मोक्ष-काङ्क्षिणः (mokṣa-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - those desiring liberation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mokṣakāṅkṣin

mokṣakāṅkṣin - desiring liberation, one who longs for final emancipation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+kāṅkṣin)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, freedom from transmigration
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• kāṅkṣin – desiring, wishing for, longing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective
  Derived from the root √kāṅkṣ (to desire).
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)