महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-241, verse-3

प्रध्वस्ता न निवर्तन्ते प्रवृत्तिर्नोपलभ्यते ।
एवमेके व्यवस्यन्ति निवृत्तिरिति चापरे ॥३॥

3. pradhvastā na nivartante pravṛttirnopalabhyate ,
evameke vyavasyanti nivṛttiriti cāpare.

3. pradhvastāḥ na nivartante pravṛttiḥ na upalabhyate
| evam eke vyavasyanti nivṛttiḥ iti ca apare

3. pradhvastāḥ na nivartante,
pravṛttiḥ na upalabhyate evam eke vyavasyanti,
ca apare nivṛttiḥ iti [vyavasyanti]

3. Some declare: "Once destroyed, they (the qualities/manifestations) do not return, and their activity (pravṛtti) is no longer perceived." Others, however, assert that this state is (true) cessation (nivṛtti).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रध्वस्ताः (pradhvastāḥ) - (when) destroyed (referring to qualities or manifestations) (destroyed, vanished, ruined)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they do not return (they return, they cease, they turn back)

• प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ) - activity, manifestation (pravṛtti) (activity, emanation, manifestation, progress)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived (is perceived, is found, is obtained)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this way, so)

• एके (eke) - some (people/philosophers) (some, certain ones)

• व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they (some people) determine/assert (they determine, they decide, they resolve)

• निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ) - cessation (nivṛtti) (cessation, withdrawal, inactivity, liberation)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a statement or thought) (thus, in this manner, so)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - others (people/philosophers) (others, other ones)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रध्वस्ताः (pradhvastāḥ) - (when) destroyed (referring to qualities or manifestations) (destroyed, vanished, ruined)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pradhvasta

pradhvasta - destroyed, vanished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √dhvaṃs (to fall, to perish) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they do not return (they return, they cease, they turn back)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ni-vṛt

Present Middle

3rd person plural present middle of √vṛt with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ) - activity, manifestation (pravṛtti) (activity, emanation, manifestation, progress)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pravṛtti

pravṛtti - activity, emanation, manifestation, progress, tendency

From pra-vṛt (to proceed, to appear).

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived (is perceived, is found, is obtained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of upa-labh

Present Passive

3rd person singular present passive of √labh with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative adverb.

एके (eke) - some (people/philosophers) (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, some, certain

Masculine nominative plural.

व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they (some people) determine/assert (they determine, they decide, they resolve)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vya-ava-sī

Present Active

3rd person plural present active of √sī (to bind, to fix) with prefixes vi and ava.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sī (class 4)

निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ) - cessation (nivṛtti) (cessation, withdrawal, inactivity, liberation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nivṛtti

nivṛtti - cessation, withdrawal, inactivity, liberation

From ni-vṛt (to turn back, to cease).

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a statement or thought) (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अपरे (apare) - others (people/philosophers) (others, other ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

Masculine nominative plural.