महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-308, verse-39

ज्ञाननिष्ठां वदन्त्येके मोक्षशास्त्रविदो जनाः ।
कर्मनिष्ठां तथैवान्ये यतयः सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः ॥३९॥

39. jñānaniṣṭhāṁ vadantyeke mokṣaśāstravido janāḥ ,
karmaniṣṭhāṁ tathaivānye yatayaḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ.

39. jñānaniṣṭhām vadanti eke mokṣaśāstravidaḥ janāḥ
karmaniṣṭhām tathā eva anye yatayaḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ

39. eke mokṣaśāstravidaḥ janāḥ jñānaniṣṭhām vadanti
tathā eva anye sūkṣmadarśinaḥ yatayaḥ karmaniṣṭhām

39. Some people who are knowledgeable in the scriptures of liberation (mokṣa) declare that the path is through steadfastness in knowledge. Similarly, other ascetics (yati), possessing subtle insight, declare it to be steadfastness in action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञाननिष्ठाम् (jñānaniṣṭhām) - steadfastness in knowledge, devotion to knowledge

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak, they declare

• एके (eke) - some, certain ones

• मोक्षशास्त्रविदः (mokṣaśāstravidaḥ) - those who know the scriptures on liberation

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

• कर्मनिष्ठाम् (karmaniṣṭhām) - steadfastness in action, devotion to action

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

• यतयः (yatayaḥ) - ascetics, strivers, renunciants

• सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः (sūkṣmadarśinaḥ) - those with subtle insight, subtle seers, keen-sighted

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञाननिष्ठाम् (jñānaniṣṭhām) - steadfastness in knowledge, devotion to knowledge

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jñānaniṣṭhā

jñānaniṣṭhā - steadfastness in knowledge, devotion to knowledge

from jñāna (knowledge) + niṣṭhā (steadfastness)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+niṣṭhā)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• niṣṭhā – steadfastness, firm conviction, devotion
  noun (feminine)
  from ni-sthā (to stand firm)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sthā (class 1)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak, they declare

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

एके (eke) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, some, certain

मोक्षशास्त्रविदः (mokṣaśāstravidaḥ) - those who know the scriptures on liberation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mokṣaśāstravid

mokṣaśāstravid - knowing the scriptures on liberation

from mokṣa (liberation) + śāstra (scripture) + vid (knowing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣaśāstra+vid)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation
  noun (masculine)
  from root muc (to release) + suffix sa
  Root: muc (class 6)
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule
  noun (neuter)
  from root śās (to teach, instruct)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• vid – knowing, wise, learned
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

कर्मनिष्ठाम् (karmaniṣṭhām) - steadfastness in action, devotion to action

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of karmaniṣṭhā

karmaniṣṭhā - steadfastness in action, devotion to action

from karman (action) + niṣṭhā (steadfastness)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karman+niṣṭhā)

• karman – action, deed, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  from root kṛ (to do) + suffix manin
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• niṣṭhā – steadfastness, firm conviction, devotion
  noun (feminine)
  from ni-sthā (to stand firm)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sthā (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

यतयः (yatayaḥ) - ascetics, strivers, renunciants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yati

yati - ascetic, striver, renunciant

from root yam (to control) + suffix ti

Root: yam (class 1)

सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः (sūkṣmadarśinaḥ) - those with subtle insight, subtle seers, keen-sighted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūkṣmadarśin

sūkṣmadarśin - having subtle vision, keen-sighted

from sūkṣma (subtle) + darśin (seeing, discerning)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sūkṣma+darśin)

• sūkṣma – subtle, minute, delicate
  adjective (masculine)
  from root sūc (to point, indicate)
  Root: sūc (class 1)
• darśin – seeing, discerning, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)