महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-212, verse-3

सर्वमुच्छेदनिष्ठं स्यात्पश्य चैतद्द्विजोत्तम ।
अप्रमत्तः प्रमत्तो वा किं विशेषं करिष्यति ॥३॥

3. sarvamucchedaniṣṭhaṁ syātpaśya caitaddvijottama ,
apramattaḥ pramatto vā kiṁ viśeṣaṁ kariṣyati.

3. sarvam ucchedaniṣṭham syāt paśya ca etat dvijottama
apramattaḥ pramattaḥ vā kim viśeṣam kariṣyati

3. dvijottama paśya ca etat sarvam ucchedaniṣṭham
syāt apramattaḥ vā pramattaḥ kim viśeṣam kariṣyati

3. Everything would culminate in annihilation; observe this, O best among the twice-born (dvijottama)! What difference will it make whether one is heedful (a-pramatta) or heedless (pramatta)?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• उच्छेदनिष्ठम् (ucchedaniṣṭham) - ending in annihilation, having destruction as its end

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be, should be

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, observe

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - this

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born (dvijottama)

• अप्रमत्तः (apramattaḥ) - heedful, vigilant, careful

• प्रमत्तः (pramattaḥ) - heedless, careless, negligent

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• किम् (kim) - what?

• विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - difference, distinction

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do, will make

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

उच्छेदनिष्ठम् (ucchedaniṣṭham) - ending in annihilation, having destruction as its end

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ucchedaniṣṭha

ucchedaniṣṭha - ending in annihilation, having destruction as its object or end

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (uccheda+niṣṭha)

• uccheda – cutting off, destruction, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: chid (class 7)
• niṣṭha – standing in, situated in, resting on, devoted to, ending in
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sthā (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative/potential (Vidhi Liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, observe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born (dvijottama)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best among the twice-born

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

अप्रमत्तः (apramattaḥ) - heedful, vigilant, careful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apramatta

apramatta - heedful, vigilant, careful, not careless

Past Passive Participle (Nañ-compound)

Negation of pramatta

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+pramatta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• pramatta – heedless, careless, negligent, intoxicated
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mad (class 4)

प्रमत्तः (pramattaḥ) - heedless, careless, negligent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramatta

pramatta - heedless, careless, negligent, intoxicated

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, why?

विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - difference, distinction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - difference, distinction, peculiarity, specific mark

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do, will make

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (Lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)