महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-229, verse-25

आदिं ते निधनं चैव कर्म चातीत्य सर्वशः ।
चतुर्विधस्य भूतस्य सर्वस्येशाः स्वयंभुवः ॥२५॥

25. ādiṁ te nidhanaṁ caiva karma cātītya sarvaśaḥ ,
caturvidhasya bhūtasya sarvasyeśāḥ svayaṁbhuvaḥ.

25. ādim te nidhanam ca eva karma ca atītya sarvaśaḥ
caturvidhasya bhūtasya sarvasya īśāḥ svayambhuvaḥ

25. te ādim ca nidhanam ca eva karma sarvaśaḥ atītya
caturvidhasya sarvasya bhūtasya svayambhuvaḥ īśāḥ

25. They truly transcend the beginning, the end, and all action (karma) in every respect. They are the self-existent lords of all four types of beings.

Words meanings summery:

• आदिम् (ādim) - beginning, origin (accusative)

• ते (te) - they (nominative plural)

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - end, destruction, death (accusative)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma), deed, ritual

• च (ca) - and

• अतीत्य (atītya) - having surpassed, having transcended

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely, in every way, universally

• चतुर्विधस्य (caturvidhasya) - of four kinds/types

• भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of a being, of an element, of that which has come into existence

• सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all, of the whole

• ईशाः (īśāḥ) - lords, rulers

• स्वयम्भुवः (svayambhuvaḥ) - self-existent ones, self-born ones

Words meanings and morphology

आदिम् (ādim) - beginning, origin (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, origin, first, prime

ते (te) - they (nominative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

निधनम् (nidhanam) - end, destruction, death (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - end, death, destruction, dissolution

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

कर्म (karma) - action (karma), deed, ritual

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अतीत्य (atītya) - having surpassed, having transcended

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely, in every way, universally

(indeclinable)

चतुर्विधस्य (caturvidhasya) - of four kinds/types

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of caturvidha

caturvidha - fourfold, of four kinds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (catur+vidha)

• catur – four
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, type
  noun (masculine)

भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of a being, of an element, of that which has come into existence

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - become, been, existing, creature, element, being

Past Passive Participle

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all, of the whole

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

ईशाः (īśāḥ) - lords, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īśa

īśa - lord, ruler, master

स्वयम्भुवः (svayambhuvaḥ) - self-existent ones, self-born ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-existent, self-born, epithet of Brahmā/Viṣṇu/Śiva

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – self, by oneself
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, existence, earth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)