महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-210, verse-2

व्यक्तं मृत्युमुखं विद्यादव्यक्तममृतं पदम् ।
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्ममृषिर्नारायणोऽब्रवीत् ॥२॥

2. vyaktaṁ mṛtyumukhaṁ vidyādavyaktamamṛtaṁ padam ,
pravṛttilakṣaṇaṁ dharmamṛṣirnārāyaṇo'bravīt.

2. vyaktam mṛtyumukham vidyāt avyaktam amṛtam padam
| pravṛttilakṣaṇam dharmam ṛṣiḥ nārāyaṇaḥ abravīt

2. vyaktam mṛtyumukham vidyāt,
avyaktam amṛtam padam [vidyāt] ṛṣiḥ nārāyaṇaḥ pravṛttilakṣaṇam dharmam abravīt

2. One should know the manifest (vyakta) as the gateway to death, and the unmanifest (avyakta) as the immortal state. The sage Narayana proclaimed the natural law (dharma) that is characterized by activity and engagement (pravṛtti).

Words meanings summery:

• व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - the manifest (realm/phenomenon) (manifest, perceptible, distinct)

• मृत्युमुखम् (mṛtyumukham) - the gateway to death (mouth of death, gateway to death)

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know or understand (one should know/understand, may know)

• अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest (realm/principle) (unmanifest, imperceptible, indistinct)

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortal (immortal, nectar, deathless)

• पदम् (padam) - the state (of immortality) (state, abode, position, footstep)

• प्रवृत्तिलक्षणम् (pravṛttilakṣaṇam) - characterized by activity and engagement (pravṛtti) (characterized by activity/engagement, having activity as a distinguishing mark)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - the natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue)

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - the sage (sage, seer, inspired poet)

• नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Narayana (Narayana (a name of Vishnu))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - proclaimed or declared (said, spoke, declared)

Words meanings and morphology

व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - the manifest (realm/phenomenon) (manifest, perceptible, distinct)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyakta

vyakta - manifest, perceptible, distinct, apparent; the manifest world

Past Passive Participle

from vi-√añj (to anoint, make clear)

Prefix: vi

Root: añj (class 7)

मृत्युमुखम् (mṛtyumukham) - the gateway to death (mouth of death, gateway to death)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛtyumukha

mṛtyumukha - mouth of death, jaws of death, danger of death

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛtyu+mukha)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening, entrance
  noun (neuter)

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know or understand (one should know/understand, may know)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vid

Optative

Optative 3rd person singular of √vid

Root: vid (class 2)

अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest (realm/principle) (unmanifest, imperceptible, indistinct)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avyakta

avyakta - unmanifest, unrevealed, imperceptible, indistinct; the undifferentiated primordial substance (prakṛti)

Negative particle 'a-' + vyakta (manifest, past passive participle of vi-√añj)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+vyakta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vyakta – manifest, perceptible, distinct, apparent
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from vi-√añj (to anoint, make clear)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortal (immortal, nectar, deathless)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, deathless; nectar; immortality

Negative particle 'a-' + mṛta (dead)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+mṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `padam`.

पदम् (padam) - the state (of immortality) (state, abode, position, footstep)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, pace; state, condition, position, abode; word

प्रवृत्तिलक्षणम् (pravṛttilakṣaṇam) - characterized by activity and engagement (pravṛtti) (characterized by activity/engagement, having activity as a distinguishing mark)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pravṛttilakṣaṇa

pravṛttilakṣaṇa - characterized by activity, having activity as a distinguishing mark

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pravṛtti+lakṣaṇa)

• pravṛtti – activity, action, engagement, evolution, manifestation
  noun (feminine)
  from pra-√vṛt (to turn forward, proceed)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, definition
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `dharmam`.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion, quality

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - the sage (sage, seer, inspired poet)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, author of Vedic hymns

नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Narayana (Narayana (a name of Vishnu))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Narayana (a name of Vishnu/Krishna, the supreme being, 'resting on the waters')

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - proclaimed or declared (said, spoke, declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of brū

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular of √brū

Root: brū (class 2)