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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-208, verse-26

वयोतीतो जरामृत्यू जित्वा ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।
अमृतं तदवाप्नोति यत्तदक्षरमव्ययम् ॥२६॥
26. vayotīto jarāmṛtyū jitvā brahma sanātanam ,
amṛtaṁ tadavāpnoti yattadakṣaramavyayam.
26. vayaḥ atītaḥ jarā-mṛtyū jitvā brahma sanātanam
amṛtam tat avāpnoti yat tat akṣaram avyayam
26. vayaḥ atītaḥ jarā-mṛtyū jitvā sanātanam brahma
avyayam akṣaram amṛtam tat yat tat avāpnoti
26. One who has transcended age, having conquered old age and death, attains the eternal Brahman. Indeed, one achieves that immortal (amṛta), imperishable (akṣara), and undecaying (avyaya) state.

Words meanings summery:

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  • वयः (vayaḥ) - age (as in life span) (age, youth, vigor, life)
  • अतीतः (atītaḥ) - transcended, passed beyond (past, gone, transcended, overcome)
  • जरा-मृत्यू (jarā-mṛtyū) - old age and death
  • जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered (having conquered, having won)
  • ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality) (Brahman (the Absolute reality), sacred word, sacred knowledge)
  • सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal (eternal, ancient, everlasting)
  • अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortality, the immortal state (immortality, nectar, eternal life)
  • तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state of Brahman) (that, it)
  • अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, achieves (attains, reaches, obtains)
  • यत् (yat) - which, that (introducing a descriptive clause) (which, what, that)
  • तत् (tat) - that (emphasizing akṣaram and avyayam) (that, it)
  • अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - imperishable (describing immortality) (imperishable, immutable, syllable)
  • अव्ययम् (avyayam) - undecaying (describing immortality) (undecaying, immutable, indeclinable)

Words meanings and morphology

वयः (vayaḥ) - age (as in life span) (age, youth, vigor, life)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vayas
vayas - age, life, youth, vigor
अतीतः (atītaḥ) - transcended, passed beyond (past, gone, transcended, overcome)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of atīta
atīta - passed, gone beyond, elapsed, past
Past Passive Participle
from ati-i (to go beyond)
Prefix: ati
Root: i (class 2)
जरा-मृत्यू (jarā-mṛtyū) - old age and death
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, dual of jarā-mṛtyu
jarā-mṛtyu - old age and death
Compound type : dvandva (jarā+mṛtyu)
  • jarā – old age, decay
    noun (feminine)
    Root: jṝ (class 1)
  • mṛtyu – death, end of life
    noun (masculine)
    Root: mṛ (class 6)
जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered (having conquered, having won)
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
from root ji (to conquer)
Root: ji (class 1)
ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality) (Brahman (the Absolute reality), sacred word, sacred knowledge)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, sacred knowledge, prayer
Root: bṛh (class 1)
सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal (eternal, ancient, everlasting)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sanātana
sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient
अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortality, the immortal state (immortality, nectar, eternal life)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta
amṛta - immortal, deathless, nectar, immortality
Prefix: a
Root: mṛ (class 6)
तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state of Brahman) (that, it)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, achieves (attains, reaches, obtains)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of avāp
Present Active Indicative
3rd person singular
Prefix: ava
Root: āp (class 5)
यत् (yat) - which, that (introducing a descriptive clause) (which, what, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that
तत् (tat) - that (emphasizing akṣaram and avyayam) (that, it)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - imperishable (describing immortality) (imperishable, immutable, syllable)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣara
akṣara - imperishable, immutable, syllable, letter
from a-kṣar (not perishing)
Prefix: a
Root: kṣar (class 1)
अव्ययम् (avyayam) - undecaying (describing immortality) (undecaying, immutable, indeclinable)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of avyaya
avyaya - undecaying, immutable, indeclinable, imperishable
from a-vyaya (not perishing/decaying)
Prefix: a
Root: vī (class 1)