महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-232, verse-33

अजं पुराणमजरं सनातनं यदिन्द्रियैरुपलभते नरोऽचलः ।
अणोरणीयो महतो महत्तरं तदात्मना पश्यति युक्त आत्मवान् ॥३३॥

33. ajaṁ purāṇamajaraṁ sanātanaṁ; yadindriyairupalabhate naro'calaḥ ,
aṇoraṇīyo mahato mahattaraṁ; tadātmanā paśyati yukta ātmavān.

33. ajam purāṇam ajaram sanātanam yat
indriyaiḥ upalabhate naraḥ acalaḥ
aṇoḥ aṇīyaḥ mahataḥ mahattaram
tat ātmanā paśyati yuktaḥ ātma-vān

33. acalaḥ naraḥ yat ajam purāṇam ajaram sanātanam indriyaiḥ upalabhate.
aṇoḥ aṇīyaḥ mahataḥ mahattaram tat yuktaḥ ātma-vān ātmanā paśyati.

33. That which is unborn, ancient, ageless, and eternal, and which a steadfast person perceives through the senses. That same reality, subtler than the subtle and greater than the great, is truly seen within their own essential self (ātman) by a disciplined (yukta) and spiritual (ātmavān) individual.

Words meanings summery:

• अजम् (ajam) - unborn, not born

• पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient, old, primeval

• अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, undecaying, immortal

• सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the senses, through the faculties

• उपलभते (upalabhate) - perceives, obtains, comprehends, experiences

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

• अचलः (acalaḥ) - unmoving, steadfast, firm, constant

• अणोः (aṇoḥ) - than the atom, than the subtle

• अणीयः (aṇīyaḥ) - subtler, finer, more minute

• महतः (mahataḥ) - than the great, than the mighty

• महत्तरम् (mahattaram) - greater, mightier (comparative of mahat)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self (ātman), by oneself, by the soul

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - disciplined in spiritual practice, focused in yoga (joined, united, disciplined, concentrated, engaged (in yoga))

• आत्म-वान् (ātma-vān) - possessing the self, spiritual, self-possessed, wise

Words meanings and morphology

अजम् (ajam) - unborn, not born

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born, goat, lord, creator

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'ja' (born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Here describing the ultimate reality (Brahman or Ātman).

पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient, old, primeval

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old, primeval; a type of sacred text

अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, undecaying, immortal

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajara

ajara - ageless, undecaying, immortal

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'jara' (decaying)

Root: jṝ (class 9)

सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, everlasting, perpetual, ancient

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, whoever, whatever

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the senses, through the faculties

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power, sense

Root: ind

उपलभते (upalabhate) - perceives, obtains, comprehends, experiences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of upalabh

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

अचलः (acalaḥ) - unmoving, steadfast, firm, constant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - unmoving, firm, steady, mountain

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'cala' (moving)

Root: cal (class 1)

अणोः (aṇoḥ) - than the atom, than the subtle

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, subtle particle, minute, subtle

अणीयः (aṇīyaḥ) - subtler, finer, more minute

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṇīyas

aṇīyas - subtler, finer, smaller (comparative of aṇu)

Comparative form of aṇu

महतः (mahataḥ) - than the great, than the mighty

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive, important

महत्तरम् (mahattaram) - greater, mightier (comparative of mahat)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahattara

mahattara - greater, mightier, more important (comparative of mahat)

Comparative form of mahat

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers back to 'yat' (the unborn, ancient, etc. reality).

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self (ātman), by oneself, by the soul

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, breath

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of paśyati

Root dṛś forms paśyati in present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - disciplined in spiritual practice, focused in yoga (joined, united, disciplined, concentrated, engaged (in yoga))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, connected, endowed with, proper, appropriate, disciplined, concentrated (in yoga)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join, to yoke, to concentrate)

Root: yuj (class 7)

आत्म-वान् (ātma-vān) - possessing the self, spiritual, self-possessed, wise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman-vat

ātman-vat - possessing a self, spiritual, animated, wise, intelligent

Possessive suffix -vat added to ātman