महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-210, verse-26

सर्व एते महात्मानो गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम् ।
सूक्ष्मं विशेषणं तेषामवेक्षेच्छास्त्रचक्षुषा ॥२६॥

26. sarva ete mahātmāno gacchanti paramāṁ gatim ,
sūkṣmaṁ viśeṣaṇaṁ teṣāmavekṣecchāstracakṣuṣā.

26. sarve ete mahātmānaḥ gacchanti paramām gatim
sūkṣmam viśeṣaṇam teṣām avekṣet śāstracakṣuṣā

26. ete sarve mahātmānaḥ paramām gatim gacchanti
teṣām sūkṣmam viśeṣaṇam śāstracakṣuṣā avekṣet

26. All these great souls attain the supreme goal. One should discern their subtle distinctions with the eye of scripture.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, everyone)

• एते (ete) - these (people mentioned previously) (these)

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great souls (great souls, noble-minded persons)

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they attain (they go, they attain)

• परमाम् (paramām) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• गतिम् (gatim) - goal, destination (goal, destination, path, movement)

• सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle (subtle, minute, delicate)

• विशेषणम् (viśeṣaṇam) - distinctions (distinction, peculiarity, adjective)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the great souls) (of them, their)

• अवेक्षेत् (avekṣet) - one should discern (one should discern, one should look at, one should consider)

• शास्त्रचक्षुषा (śāstracakṣuṣā) - with the eye of the scriptures (by the eye of scripture)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Declines like a pronoun in some cases.

एते (ete) - these (people mentioned previously) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Points to the subjects of the previous verse.

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great souls (great souls, noble-minded persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person

Karmadhāraya compound: mahā (great) + ātman (self, soul).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective/prefix
  Feminine stem mahā used as first part of compound.
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of gacchanti.

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they attain (they go, they attain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Active

Root gam (class 1, P).

Root: gam (class 1)

परमाम् (paramām) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramā

paramā - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

Feminine form of para.

गतिम् (gatim) - goal, destination (goal, destination, path, movement)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, moving, path, course, destination, state, means

From root gam (to go) + suffix ti.

Root: gam (class 1)

सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle (subtle, minute, delicate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, delicate, intangible

From root suj or sūc.

विशेषणम् (viśeṣaṇam) - distinctions (distinction, peculiarity, adjective)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viśeṣaṇa

viśeṣaṇa - distinction, specification, qualification, attribute

From vi + śiṣ (to distinguish) + suffix ana.

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the great souls) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Possessive pronoun referring to the mahātmānaḥ.

अवेक्षेत् (avekṣet) - one should discern (one should discern, one should look at, one should consider)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of avekṣ

Optative Active

From ava + īkṣ (to see). īkṣ is from root īkṣ (class 1, Ā).

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is a knowledgeable person.

शास्त्रचक्षुषा (śāstracakṣuṣā) - with the eye of the scriptures (by the eye of scripture)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śāstracakṣus

śāstracakṣus - one whose eye is scripture, discerning through scripture

Bahuvrīhi compound: śāstra (scripture, doctrine) + cakṣus (eye, sight). Meaning: (one who has) scripture as his eye. Here used as an instrumental noun: 'by means of the eye of scripture'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śāstra+cakṣus)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text, treatise, science, rule
  noun (neuter)
  From root śās (to teach, instruct).
  Root: śās (class 2)
• cakṣus – eye, sight, vision
  noun (neuter)
  From root cakṣ (to see).
  Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Used as an instrument.