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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-330, verse-30

विद्यासहायवन्तं मामादित्यस्थं सनातनम् ।
कपिलं प्राहुराचार्याः सांख्या निश्चितनिश्चयाः ॥३०॥
30. vidyāsahāyavantaṁ māmādityasthaṁ sanātanam ,
kapilaṁ prāhurācāryāḥ sāṁkhyā niścitaniścayāḥ.
30. vidyā-sahāya-vantam mām āditya-stham sanātanam
kapilam prāhuḥ ācāryāḥ sāṃkhyāḥ niścita-niścayāḥ
30. niścita-niścayāḥ sāṃkhyāḥ ācāryāḥ mām kapilam
vidyā-sahāya-vantam āditya-stham sanātanam prāhuḥ
30. The Sāṃkhya teachers, firm in their conviction, declare me to be Kapila, the eternal one residing in the sun, who is endowed with the aid of knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

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  • विद्या-सहाय-वन्तम् (vidyā-sahāya-vantam) - possessing the support or power of knowledge (endowed with the aid of knowledge, possessing the help of learning)
  • माम् (mām) - the speaker (the deity) (me)
  • आदित्य-स्थम् (āditya-stham) - located or established within the sun (residing in the sun)
  • सनातनम् (sanātanam) - the one who is ever-existent and unchanging (eternal, perpetual, ancient)
  • कपिलम् (kapilam) - the sage Kapila, here identified with the speaker (Kapila (name of a sage))
  • प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - the teachers (ācāryāḥ) declare or identify me as Kapila (they say, they declare, they speak)
  • आचार्याः (ācāryāḥ) - the learned masters of the Sāṃkhya school (teachers, spiritual guides, preceptors)
  • सांख्याः (sāṁkhyāḥ) - the adherents of the Sāṃkhya philosophical system (Sāṃkhyas, followers of Sāṃkhya philosophy)
  • निश्चित-निश्चयाः (niścita-niścayāḥ) - the Sāṃkhya teachers who have a definite and unwavering understanding (whose conviction is firm, firm in conviction)

Words meanings and morphology

विद्या-सहाय-वन्तम् (vidyā-sahāya-vantam) - possessing the support or power of knowledge (endowed with the aid of knowledge, possessing the help of learning)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vidyā-sahāya-vat
vidyā-sahāya-vat - possessing the aid of knowledge
Compound adjective formed with the possessive suffix -vat
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidyā+sahāya+vat)
  • vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
    noun (feminine)
    From root vid (to know)
    Root: vid (class 2)
  • sahāya – help, aid, companion
    noun (masculine)
  • vat – possessing, having (suffix)
    suffix
    Possessive suffix
Note: Modifies 'mām'
माम् (mām) - the speaker (the deity) (me)
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)
आदित्य-स्थम् (āditya-stham) - located or established within the sun (residing in the sun)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of āditya-stha
āditya-stha - residing in the sun
Compound adjective
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āditya+stha)
  • āditya – the sun, a solar deity
    noun (masculine)
  • stha – standing, staying, residing (suffix)
    adjective
    Derived from root sthā (to stand)
    Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Modifies 'mām'
सनातनम् (sanātanam) - the one who is ever-existent and unchanging (eternal, perpetual, ancient)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of sanātana
sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, primeval
Note: Modifies 'mām'
कपिलम् (kapilam) - the sage Kapila, here identified with the speaker (Kapila (name of a sage))
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kapila
kapila - Kapila (name of a sage, founder of Sāṃkhya philosophy)
Note: Object of 'prāhuḥ'
प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - the teachers (ācāryāḥ) declare or identify me as Kapila (they say, they declare, they speak)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pra-vac
Perfect Tense
Root vac (to speak) with upasarga pra-, irregular perfect form (from plural prāhur)
Prefix: pra
Root: vac (class 2)
आचार्याः (ācāryāḥ) - the learned masters of the Sāṃkhya school (teachers, spiritual guides, preceptors)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ācārya
ācārya - teacher, preceptor, master, spiritual guide
सांख्याः (sāṁkhyāḥ) - the adherents of the Sāṃkhya philosophical system (Sāṃkhyas, followers of Sāṃkhya philosophy)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sāṃkhya
sāṁkhya - Sāṃkhya (a philosophical school), related to number or enumeration
निश्चित-निश्चयाः (niścita-niścayāḥ) - the Sāṃkhya teachers who have a definite and unwavering understanding (whose conviction is firm, firm in conviction)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of niścita-niścaya
niścita-niścaya - one whose conviction is firm, firm in determination
Bahuvrīhi compound: niścita (firm) niścaya (conviction) = one whose conviction is firm
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niścita+niścaya)
  • niścita – firm, certain, decided, ascertained
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    From root ci (to gather) with upasarga niś
    Prefix: nis
    Root: ci (class 5)
  • niścaya – certainty, conviction, determination, conclusion
    noun (masculine)
    From root ci (to gather) with upasarga niś
    Prefix: nis
    Root: ci (class 5)
Note: Modifies 'sāṃkhyāḥ ācāryāḥ'