महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-1

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एवमप्रतिबुद्धत्वादबुद्धजनसेवनात् ।
सर्गकोटिसहस्राणि पतनान्तानि गच्छति ॥१॥

1. vasiṣṭha uvāca ,
evamapratibuddhatvādabuddhajanasevanāt ,
sargakoṭisahasrāṇi patanāntāni gacchati.

1. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca evam apratibuddhatvāt abuddhajanasevanāt
sargakoṭisahasrāṇi patanāntāni gacchati

1. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca evam apratibuddhatvāt abuddhajanasevanāt
patanāntāni sargakoṭisahasrāṇi gacchati

1. Vasiṣṭha said: Thus, due to a lack of enlightenment and association with unintelligent people, one experiences thousands of millions of epochs (sarga) that invariably end in downfall.

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• अप्रतिबुद्धत्वात् (apratibuddhatvāt) - due to lack of enlightenment, from not being awakened

• अबुद्धजनसेवनात् (abuddhajanasevanāt) - due to association with unintelligent people

• सर्गकोटिसहस्राणि (sargakoṭisahasrāṇi) - thousands of millions of creations/epochs

• पतनान्तानि (patanāntāni) - ending in downfall, concluding with degradation

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, reaches, experiences, undergoes

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice, from root √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

अप्रतिबुद्धत्वात् (apratibuddhatvāt) - due to lack of enlightenment, from not being awakened

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of apratibuddhatva

apratibuddhatva - state of not being awakened or enlightened, unenlightenment

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratibuddhatva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• pratibuddhatva – state of being awakened or enlightened
  noun (neuter)

अबुद्धजनसेवनात् (abuddhajanasevanāt) - due to association with unintelligent people

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of abuddhajanasevana

abuddhajanasevana - association with unintelligent people

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (abuddhajana+sevana)

• abuddhajana – unintelligent person
  noun (masculine)
• sevana – serving, attending, associating with
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun (action noun)
  Root: sev (class 1)

सर्गकोटिसहस्राणि (sargakoṭisahasrāṇi) - thousands of millions of creations/epochs

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sargakoṭisahasra

sargakoṭisahasra - thousands of millions of creations/epochs

Compound type : dvandva (sarga+koṭi+sahasra)

• sarga – creation, emanation, epoch
  noun (masculine)
• koṭi – ten million, crore, peak
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

पतनान्तानि (patanāntāni) - ending in downfall, concluding with degradation

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of patanānta

patanānta - ending in downfall or decline

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (patana+anta)

• patana – falling, downfall, degradation
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun (action noun)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, reaches, experiences, undergoes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

present indicative, active voice

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, from root √gam.

Root: gam (class 1)