महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-303, verse-5

अनेन कारणेनैतदव्यक्तं स्यादचेतनम् ।
नित्यत्वादक्षरत्वाच्च क्षराणां तत्त्वतोऽन्यथा ॥५॥

5. anena kāraṇenaitadavyaktaṁ syādacetanam ,
nityatvādakṣaratvācca kṣarāṇāṁ tattvato'nyathā.

5. anena kāraṇena etat avyaktam syāt acetanam
nityatvāt akṣaratvāt ca kṣarāṇām tattvataḥ anyathā

5. etat avyaktam acetanam syāt anena kāraṇena
nityatvāt akṣaratvāt ca kṣarāṇām tattvataḥ anyathā

5. For this reason, this unmanifest (avyakta) principle would be insentient, due to its eternality and imperishability, making it fundamentally different from the perishable entities.

Words meanings summery:

• अनेन (anena) - by this, with this

• कारणेन (kāraṇena) - by the cause, by the reason

• एतत् (etat) - this

• अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest, the unexpressed

• स्यात् (syāt) - it would be, it might be

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - insentient, unconscious

• नित्यत्वात् (nityatvāt) - because of eternality, from eternality

• अक्षरत्वात् (akṣaratvāt) - because of imperishability, from imperishability

• च (ca) - and

• क्षराणाम् (kṣarāṇām) - of the perishable ones, of mutable things

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in essence, truly, in reality

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently, in another way

Words meanings and morphology

अनेन (anena) - by this, with this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कारणेन (kāraṇena) - by the cause, by the reason

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, this one

अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest, the unexpressed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avyakta

avyakta - unmanifest, unexpressed, indistinct, invisible, primordial matter (prakṛti)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyakta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyakta – manifest, expressed, distinct, visible
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root añj (to anoint, to manifest) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)

स्यात् (syāt) - it would be, it might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - insentient, unconscious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, insentient, inanimate

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, sentient, animate
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  From root cit (to perceive, understand)
  Root: cit (class 1)

नित्यत्वात् (nityatvāt) - because of eternality, from eternality

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nityatva

nityatva - eternality, permanence, perpetuity

Derived from nitya (eternal) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

अक्षरत्वात् (akṣaratvāt) - because of imperishability, from imperishability

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of akṣaratva

akṣaratva - imperishability, indestructibility

Derived from akṣara (imperishable) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

क्षराणाम् (kṣarāṇām) - of the perishable ones, of mutable things

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kṣara

kṣara - perishable, decaying, mutable, flowing

Derived from root kṣar (to flow, to perish)

Root: kṣar (class 1)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in essence, truly, in reality

(indeclinable)

Derived from tattva (reality) + -tas (adverbial suffix)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently, in another way

(indeclinable)