महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-317, verse-20

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः ।
संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् ॥२०॥

20. sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ ,
saṁyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṁ hi jīvitam.

20. sarve kṣaya-antāḥ nicayāḥ patana-antāḥ samucchrayāḥ
saṃyogāḥ viprayoga-antāḥ maraṇa-antam hi jīvitam

20. sarve nicayāḥ kṣaya-antāḥ sarve samucchrayāḥ patana-antāḥ
sarve saṃyogāḥ viprayoga-antāḥ jīvitam hi maraṇa-antam

20. All accumulations end in decay; all elevations end in a fall. All unions end in separation; indeed, life ends in death.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• क्षय-अन्ताः (kṣaya-antāḥ) - ending in decay, perishable

• निचयाः (nicayāḥ) - accumulations, stores, collections

• पतन-अन्ताः (patana-antāḥ) - ending in fall, destined to fall

• समुच्छ्रयाः (samucchrayāḥ) - elevations, ascents, prosperity, rise

• संयोगाः (saṁyogāḥ) - unions, conjunctions, connections

• विप्रयोग-अन्ताः (viprayoga-antāḥ) - ending in separation

• मरण-अन्तम् (maraṇa-antam) - ending in death

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

क्षय-अन्ताः (kṣaya-antāḥ) - ending in decay, perishable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣaya-anta

kṣaya-anta - having decay as its end, perishable

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣaya+anta)

• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, waste
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

निचयाः (nicayāḥ) - accumulations, stores, collections

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nicaya

nicaya - accumulation, collection, heap, store

पतन-अन्ताः (patana-antāḥ) - ending in fall, destined to fall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patana-anta

patana-anta - having a fall as its end

Compound type : tatpurusha (patana+anta)

• patana – falling, descent, fall
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

समुच्छ्रयाः (samucchrayāḥ) - elevations, ascents, prosperity, rise

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samucchraya

samucchraya - elevation, rise, prosperity, growth

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: śri (class 1)

संयोगाः (saṁyogāḥ) - unions, conjunctions, connections

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃyoga

saṁyoga - union, conjunction, connection, contact

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

विप्रयोग-अन्ताः (viprayoga-antāḥ) - ending in separation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viprayoga-anta

viprayoga-anta - having separation as its end

Compound type : tatpurusha (viprayoga+anta)

• viprayoga – separation, disjunction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

मरण-अन्तम् (maraṇa-antam) - ending in death

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa-anta

maraṇa-anta - having death as its end, terminating in death

Compound type : tatpurusha (maraṇa+anta)

• maraṇa – dying, death
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence; (as adjective) living, alive