महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-45

ते पिबन्तः कषायांश्च सर्पींषि विविधानि च ।
न मृत्युमतिवर्तन्ते वेलामिव महोदधिः ॥४५॥

45. te pibantaḥ kaṣāyāṁśca sarpīṁṣi vividhāni ca ,
na mṛtyumativartante velāmiva mahodadhiḥ.

45. te pibantaḥ kaṣāyān ca sarpīṁṣi vividhāni ca
na mṛtyum ativartante velām iva mahodadhiḥ

45. te kaṣāyān vividhāni ca sarpīṁṣi ca pibantaḥ
mṛtyum na ativartante mahodadhiḥ velām iva

45. Even those who consume various decoctions and clarified butters (sarpīṁṣi) do not overcome death, just as a great ocean cannot transgress its shore.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

• कषायान् (kaṣāyān) - medicinal decoctions (astringents, decoctions)

• च (ca) - and

• सर्पींषि (sarpīṁṣi) - ghīs, clarified butters

• विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, manifold

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not, no

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

• अतिवर्तन्ते (ativartante) - they overcome, they transgress, they surpass

• वेलाम् (velām) - the shore (of an ocean) (shore, limit, boundary, time)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - great ocean

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pibat

pibat - drinking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √pā (to drink) with present participle suffix śatṛ.

Root: pā (class 1)

कषायान् (kaṣāyān) - medicinal decoctions (astringents, decoctions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaṣāya

kaṣāya - astringent, decoction, taste, reddish-brown color

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्पींषि (sarpīṁṣi) - ghīs, clarified butters

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarpi

sarpi - clarified butter, ghī

Note: Also nominative plural. Context indicates accusative.

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

Note: Agrees with sarpīṁṣi.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

Root: mṛ

अतिवर्तन्ते (ativartante) - they overcome, they transgress, they surpass

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

ati (prefix) + √vṛt (to turn, to proceed).

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)

वेलाम् (velām) - the shore (of an ocean) (shore, limit, boundary, time)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - shore, bank, limit, boundary, time, occasion

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - great ocean

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound of mahā and udadhi.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• udadhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)