महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-279, verse-8

चतुर्विधा हि लोकस्य यात्रा तात विधीयते ।
मर्त्या यत्रावतिष्ठन्ते सा च कामात्प्रवर्तते ॥८॥

8. caturvidhā hi lokasya yātrā tāta vidhīyate ,
martyā yatrāvatiṣṭhante sā ca kāmātpravartate.

8. caturvidhā hi lokasya yātrā tāta vidhīyate
martyāḥ yatra avatiṣṭhante sā ca kāmāt pravartate

8. tāta lokasya yātrā hi caturvidhā vidhīyate yatra
martyāḥ avatiṣṭhante sā ca kāmāt pravartate

8. Indeed, dear one, the path of life for beings in this world is ordained in four types. The path where mortals abide also proceeds from desire.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्विधा (caturvidhā) - of four kinds, fourfold

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of people

• यात्रा (yātrā) - journey, course, sustenance, path of life

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father, my child (term of endearment)

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is ordained, is prescribed, is arranged

• मर्त्याः (martyāḥ) - mortals, human beings

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• अवतिष्ठन्ते (avatiṣṭhante) - they stand, they abide, they remain

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• च (ca) - and

• कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, from longing

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - it proceeds, it originates, it begins, it is engaged in

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्विधा (caturvidhā) - of four kinds, fourfold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of caturvidha

caturvidha - of four kinds, fourfold

Compound type : karmadhāraya (catur+vidha)

• catur – four
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, type
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

यात्रा (yātrā) - journey, course, sustenance, path of life

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yātrā

yātrā - journey, course, sustenance, path of life, procession

तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father, my child (term of endearment)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - dear, beloved, father, child

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is ordained, is prescribed, is arranged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vidhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

मर्त्याः (martyāḥ) - mortals, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of martya

martya - mortal, human being

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठन्ते (avatiṣṭhante) - they stand, they abide, they remain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ava-sthā

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, from longing

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, longing, love

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - it proceeds, it originates, it begins, it is engaged in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-vṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)