महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-296, verse-49

अज्ञानसागरो घोरो ह्यव्यक्तोऽगाध उच्यते ।
अहन्यहनि मज्जन्ति यत्र भूतानि भारत ॥४९॥

49. ajñānasāgaro ghoro hyavyakto'gādha ucyate ,
ahanyahani majjanti yatra bhūtāni bhārata.

49. ajñānasāgaraḥ ghoraḥ hi avyaktaḥ agādhaḥ ucyate
ahanyahani majjanti yatra bhūtāni bhārata

49. bhārata hi ajñānasāgaraḥ ghoraḥ avyaktaḥ
agādhaḥ ucyate yatra ahanyahani bhūtāni majjanti

49. Indeed, the ocean of ignorance is said to be dreadful, unmanifest, and unfathomable. O Bhārata, it is there that beings sink day by day.

Words meanings summery:

• अज्ञानसागरः (ajñānasāgaraḥ) - the ocean of ignorance

• घोरः (ghoraḥ) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, fearful)

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

• अव्यक्तः (avyaktaḥ) - unmanifest (unmanifest, invisible, indistinct)

• अगाधः (agādhaḥ) - unfathomable (unfathomable, very deep, shallow (lit. not deep))

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said to be (is said, is called, is declared)

• अहन्यहनि (ahanyahani) - day by day (day by day, every day)

• मज्जन्ति (majjanti) - sink (they sink, they drown, they immerse)

• यत्र (yatra) - it is there that (where, in which, in which place)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings (beings, creatures, elements)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (O Bhārata, descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

अज्ञानसागरः (ajñānasāgaraḥ) - the ocean of ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajñānasāgara

ajñānasāgara - ocean of ignorance

compound of ajñāna (ignorance) and sāgara (ocean)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+sāgara)

• ajñāna – ignorance, non-knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  a (negation) + jñāna (knowledge)
  Prefix: a
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

घोरः (ghoraḥ) - dreadful (dreadful, terrible, fearful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fierce, awful

Note: Qualifies ajñānasāgaraḥ.

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

(indeclinable)

अव्यक्तः (avyaktaḥ) - unmanifest (unmanifest, invisible, indistinct)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyakta

avyakta - unmanifest, undeveloped, invisible, indistinct

Past Passive Participle (negative)

a (negation) + vyakta (manifested, distinct), from vi-añj 'to manifest'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyakta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vyakta – manifested, clear, distinct
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root añj- 'to anoint, make clear' with upasarga vi- 'apart'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies ajñānasāgaraḥ.

अगाधः (agādhaḥ) - unfathomable (unfathomable, very deep, shallow (lit. not deep))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agādha

agādha - unfathomable, very deep, boundless

a (negation) + gādha (fathomable, shallow)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+gādha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• gādha – fathomable, shallow, firm
  adjective
  from root gādh- 'to stand firm, to be deep'
  Root: gādh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies ajñānasāgaraḥ.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said to be (is said, is called, is declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present Passive Third Person Singular

from root vac- 'to speak' (class 2) in passive voice, with irregular stem ucy-

Root: vac (class 2)

अहन्यहनि (ahanyahani) - day by day (day by day, every day)

(indeclinable)

reduplication of ahan (day)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ahan+ahan)

• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

मज्जन्ति (majjanti) - sink (they sink, they drown, they immerse)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of majj

Present Active Third Person Plural

from root majj- 'to sink' (class 6)

Root: majj (class 6)

यत्र (yatra) - it is there that (where, in which, in which place)

(indeclinable)

from pronoun ya- 'which'

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle (when used as adjective)

from root bhū- 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (O Bhārata, descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, an Indian