महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-255, verse-39

सर्वा नद्यः सरस्वत्यः सर्वे पुण्याः शिलोच्चयाः ।
जाजले तीर्थमात्मैव मा स्म देशातिथिर्भव ॥३९॥

39. sarvā nadyaḥ sarasvatyaḥ sarve puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ ,
jājale tīrthamātmaiva mā sma deśātithirbhava.

39. sarvāḥ nadyaḥ sarasvatyaḥ sarve puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ
jā-jale tīrtham ātma eva mā sma deśa-atithiḥ bhava

39. jā-jale,
sarvāḥ nadyaḥ sarasvatyaḥ [santi],
sarve śiloccayāḥ puṇyāḥ [santi].
tīrtham ātma eva [asti].
deśa-atithiḥ mā bhava.

39. All rivers are like the Sarasvatī, all mountains are sacred. O Jājali, the true sacred place (tīrtha) is the Self (ātman) itself; do not be a guest of [mere physical] places.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• सरस्वत्यः (sarasvatyaḥ) - as sacred as the river Sarasvati (like Sarasvati (the sacred river/goddess))

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• पुण्याः (puṇyāḥ) - sacred, meritorious, holy

• शिलोच्चयाः (śiloccayāḥ) - mountains, heaps of rocks

• जा-जले (jā-jale) - O Jajali, the ascetic being addressed (O Jajali)

• तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - the true sacred place for pilgrimage (sacred place, ford, pilgrimage site)

• आत्म (ātma) - one's own inner self (self, soul)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

• स्म (sma) - (emphatic particle, used with mā)

• देश-अतिथिः (deśa-atithiḥ) - one who is merely a visitor to external holy sites (guest of places, traveler to places)

• भव (bhava) - be, become

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with nadyaḥ and sarasvatyaḥ.

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

Note: Subject of implied verb 'are'.

सरस्वत्यः (sarasvatyaḥ) - as sacred as the river Sarasvati (like Sarasvati (the sacred river/goddess))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvati (name of a sacred river, goddess of learning)

Note: Predicate for nadyaḥ, implies sacredness.

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with śiloccayāḥ.

पुण्याः (puṇyāḥ) - sacred, meritorious, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, sacred, holy, pure

Note: Predicate adjective for śiloccayāḥ.

शिलोच्चयाः (śiloccayāḥ) - mountains, heaps of rocks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śiloccaya

śiloccaya - mountain, heap of rocks, hill

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śila+uccaya)

• śila – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• uccaya – heap, collection, accumulation
  noun (masculine)
  From √ci 'to gather' with ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Subject of implied verb 'are'.

जा-जले (jā-jale) - O Jajali, the ascetic being addressed (O Jajali)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of jājali

jājali - Jajali (proper name of an ascetic)

Note: The person being addressed.

तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - the true sacred place for pilgrimage (sacred place, ford, pilgrimage site)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, holy place, pilgrimage site

From √tṝ 'to cross'

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Subject.

आत्म (ātma) - one's own inner self (self, soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, supreme spirit

Note: Predicate noun for tīrtham.

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle.

स्म (sma) - (emphatic particle, used with mā)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle with mā.

देश-अतिथिः (deśa-atithiḥ) - one who is merely a visitor to external holy sites (guest of places, traveler to places)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa-atithi

deśa-atithi - guest of a country/place, one who travels to different places, wanderer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśa+atithi)

• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
• atithi – guest, stranger, visitor
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative for the implied 'you' (Jajali).

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Imperative mood.