महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-48

न ह्यहानि निवर्तन्ते न मासा न पुनः समाः ।
जातानां सर्वभूतानां न पक्षा न पुनः क्षपाः ॥४८॥

48. na hyahāni nivartante na māsā na punaḥ samāḥ ,
jātānāṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ na pakṣā na punaḥ kṣapāḥ.

48. na hi ahāni nivartante na māsāḥ na punaḥ samāḥ
jātānām sarvabhūtānām na pakṣāḥ na punaḥ kṣapāḥ

48. hi jātānām sarvabhūtānām ahāni na nivartante na
māsāḥ na punaḥ samāḥ na pakṣāḥ na punaḥ kṣapāḥ

48. Indeed, for all beings that have taken birth, neither days nor months nor years return; nor do fortnights or nights return.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

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

• अहानि (ahāni) - days

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they return, they turn back

• न (na) - not, no

• मासाः (māsāḥ) - months

• न (na) - not, no

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, indicating repetition of negation (again, moreover, but)

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• जातानाम् (jātānām) - of beings who have taken birth (of those who are born, of beings)

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

• न (na) - not, no

• पक्षाः (pakṣāḥ) - fortnights (fortnights, wings, sides)

• न (na) - not, no

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• क्षपाः (kṣapāḥ) - nights

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

अहानि (ahāni) - days

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ahan

ahan - day

Note: Also accusative plural. Context indicates nominative as subject of nivartante.

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they return, they turn back

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

ni (prefix) + √vṛt (to turn).

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मासाः (māsāḥ) - months

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māsa

māsa - month, moon

Note: Also vocative singular for masculine. Nominative plural here.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, indicating repetition of negation (again, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

Note: Also accusative plural. Nominative plural here.

जातानाम् (jātānām) - of beings who have taken birth (of those who are born, of beings)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root √jan (to be born) or √jā (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to "all beings".

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Tatpuruṣa compound of sarva and bhūta.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, entire
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jātānām.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पक्षाः (pakṣāḥ) - fortnights (fortnights, wings, sides)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣa

pakṣa - side, wing, fortnight, party, feather

Note: Also vocative singular for masculine. Nominative plural here.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

क्षपाः (kṣapāḥ) - nights

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣapā

kṣapā - night

Root: kṣap

Note: Also accusative plural. Nominative plural here.