महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-238, verse-9

हित्वा तु सर्वसंकल्पान्सत्त्वे चित्तं निवेशयेत् ।
सत्त्वे चित्तं समावेश्य ततः कालंजरो भवेत् ॥९॥

9. hitvā tu sarvasaṁkalpānsattve cittaṁ niveśayet ,
sattve cittaṁ samāveśya tataḥ kālaṁjaro bhavet.

9. hitvā tu sarva-saṅkalpān sattve cittam niveśayet
sattve cittam samāveśya tataḥ kālañjaraḥ bhavet

9. tu sarva-saṅkalpān hitvā cittam sattve niveśayet
cittam sattve samāveśya tataḥ kālañjaraḥ bhavet

9. Indeed, having given up all resolutions and desires (saṃkalpa), one should focus the mind (citta) on the quality of purity (sattva). By thoroughly fixing the mind (citta) in purity (sattva), one then transcends time.

Words meanings summery:

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having given up (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

• सर्व-सङ्कल्पान् (sarva-saṅkalpān) - all resolutions and desires (saṃkalpa) (all intentions, all volitions, all desires)

• सत्त्वे (sattve) - in the quality of purity (sattva) (in sattva, in being, in existence, in reality)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness, intellect)

• निवेशयेत् (niveśayet) - one should focus (one should place, one should fix, one should direct)

• समावेश्य (samāveśya) - by thoroughly fixing (having caused to enter, having fixed, having concentrated)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, therefore, from that)

• कालञ्जरः (kālañjaraḥ) - transcends time, conqueror of time (conqueror of time, destroyer of time, immortal)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - one would become (one should be, one would become, one might be)

Words meanings and morphology

हित्वा (hitvā) - having given up (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root hā (3P) with suffix -tvā.

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Functions as an indeclinable past participle.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

सर्व-सङ्कल्पान् (sarva-saṅkalpān) - all resolutions and desires (saṃkalpa) (all intentions, all volitions, all desires)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarvasaṅkalpa

sarvasaṅkalpa - all intentions, all volitions, all desires, all mental formations

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarva+saṅkalpa)

• sarva – all, every, whole, complete
  pronoun (masculine/neuter)
• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, desire, mental formation, volition
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun
  Derived from root kḷp (to be able, to form) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Object of hitvā.

सत्त्वे (sattve) - in the quality of purity (sattva) (in sattva, in being, in existence, in reality)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - being, existence, reality, essence, spirit, mind, the quality of goodness/purity (one of the three guṇas)

From sat (being, existing).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Indicates the place or object of fixation for the mind.

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness, intellect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness, heart

From root cit (to perceive, to understand, to think).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of niveśayet and samāveśya.

निवेशयेत् (niveśayet) - one should focus (one should place, one should fix, one should direct)

(verb)

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

Optative, Causative

From ni + root viś (6P) with causative suffix -aya.

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: The implied subject is 'one' (understood from context).

समावेश्य (samāveśya) - by thoroughly fixing (having caused to enter, having fixed, having concentrated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From sam-ā-viś (causative) with suffix -ya. sam + ā + root viś (6P).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Functions as an indeclinable past participle, indicating an action completed before the main verb.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Avyaya from tad.

कालञ्जरः (kālañjaraḥ) - transcends time, conqueror of time (conqueror of time, destroyer of time, immortal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālañjara

kālañjara - conqueror of time, destroyer of time, immortal

Lit. 'time-decaying' but more often interpreted as 'time-conquering' in philosophical contexts. Often used as a proper noun for a mountain, but here clearly refers to a state.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kāla+jara)

• kāla – time, period, season, death
  noun (masculine)
• jara – decaying, old, destroying, overcoming
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Agent noun / adjective
  From root jṛ (to decay, grow old) or potentially related to roots implying overcoming.
  Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied subject of bhavet.

भवेत् (bhavet) - one would become (one should be, one would become, one might be)

(verb)

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

Optative

From root bhū (1P).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'one'.