महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-46

सर्वं पावयते ज्ञानं यो ज्ञानं ह्यनुवर्तते ।
ज्ञानादपेत्य या वृत्तिः सा विनाशयति प्रजाः ॥४६॥

46. sarvaṁ pāvayate jñānaṁ yo jñānaṁ hyanuvartate ,
jñānādapetya yā vṛttiḥ sā vināśayati prajāḥ.

46. सर्वम् पावयते ज्ञानम् यः ज्ञानम् हि अनुवर्तते
ज्ञानात् अपेत्य या वृत्तिः सा विनाशयति प्रजाः

46. ज्ञानम् सर्वम् पावयते यः हि ज्ञानम् अनुवर्तते
या वृत्तिः ज्ञानात् अपेत्य सा प्रजाः विनाशयति

46. Knowledge (jñāna) purifies everything. Indeed, whoever truly follows knowledge (jñāna) achieves purification. However, any tendency (vṛtti) that deviates from this knowledge destroys people (prajā).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वम् (सर्वम्) - everything (all, every, whole)

• पावयते (पावयते) - purifies, cleanses, causes to become pure

• ज्ञानम् (ज्ञानम्) - knowledge, wisdom

• यः (यः) - whoever (who, whoever, which)

• ज्ञानम् (ज्ञानम्) - knowledge, wisdom

• हि (हि) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• अनुवर्तते (अनुवर्तते) - follows, conforms to, acts in accordance with

• ज्ञानात् (ज्ञानात्) - from true knowledge (from knowledge)

• अपेत्य (अपेत्य) - having deviated from (having deviated, having gone away from, having abandoned)

• या (या) - that which (referring to 'tendency') (which, who (feminine))

• वृत्तिः (वृत्तिः) - tendency (tendency, course of action, behavior, mode of existence)

• सा (सा) - that (tendency) (she, that (feminine))

• विनाशयति (विनाशयति) - destroys, causes to perish

• प्रजाः (प्रजाः) - people (people, subjects, progeny, creatures)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वम् (सर्वम्) - everything (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

पावयते (पावयते) - purifies, cleanses, causes to become pure

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pāvayate

Causative present

Derived from root pū (Div. 9) via causative suffix -āya

Root: pū (class 9)

ज्ञानम् (ज्ञानम्) - knowledge, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, sacred knowledge

From root jñā 'to know'

Root: jñā (class 9)

यः (यः) - whoever (who, whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

ज्ञानम् (ज्ञानम्) - knowledge, wisdom

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, sacred knowledge

From root jñā 'to know'

Root: jñā (class 9)

हि (हि) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

अनुवर्तते (अनुवर्तते) - follows, conforms to, acts in accordance with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anuvartate

Present

Root vṛt (Bhvādi 1) with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ज्ञानात् (ज्ञानात्) - from true knowledge (from knowledge)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding, sacred knowledge

From root jñā 'to know'

Root: jñā (class 9)

अपेत्य (अपेत्य) - having deviated from (having deviated, having gone away from, having abandoned)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix apa + root i (Adādi 2) + suffix -ya

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

या (या) - that which (referring to 'tendency') (which, who (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

वृत्तिः (वृत्तिः) - tendency (tendency, course of action, behavior, mode of existence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - tendency, course of action, behavior, livelihood, mode of existence

From root vṛt 'to be, to exist' + ti

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सा (सा) - that (tendency) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

विनाशयति (विनाशयति) - destroys, causes to perish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vināśayati

Causative present

Root naś (Div. 4) with prefix vi, causative -āya

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

प्रजाः (प्रजाः) - people (people, subjects, progeny, creatures)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - people, subjects, progeny, creatures, generation

From pra + jan 'to be born'

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)