महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-336, verse-6

तेभ्यो विशिष्टां जानामि गतिमेकान्तिनां नृणाम् ।
केनैष धर्मः कथितो देवेन ऋषिणापि वा ॥६॥

6. tebhyo viśiṣṭāṁ jānāmi gatimekāntināṁ nṛṇām ,
kenaiṣa dharmaḥ kathito devena ṛṣiṇāpi vā.

6. tebhyaḥ viśiṣṭām jānāmi gatim ekāntinām nṛṇām
kena eṣaḥ dharmaḥ kathitaḥ devena ṛṣiṇā api vā

6. nṛṇām ekāntinām gatim tebhyaḥ viśiṣṭām jānāmi.
eṣaḥ dharmaḥ kena devena vā api ṛṣiṇā kathitaḥ?

6. I know the destination (gati) of single-minded individuals (ekāntins) to be superior to that of those (mentioned previously). By whom was this principle (dharma) declared, by a god or even by a sage?

Words meanings summery:

• तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - than them (referring to the people from the previous verse) (to them, for them, from them)

• विशिष्टाम् (viśiṣṭām) - superior, distinguished, excellent

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• गतिम् (gatim) - path, destination, state

• एकान्तिनाम् (ekāntinām) - of single-minded ones, of devotees

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - principle, duty, righteousness, natural law

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - spoken, told, declared

• देवेन (devena) - by a god

• ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by a sage, by a seer

• अपि (api) - even, also

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - than them (referring to the people from the previous verse) (to them, for them, from them)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विशिष्टाम् (viśiṣṭām) - superior, distinguished, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśiṣṭa

viśiṣṭa - distinguished, excellent, superior, specific

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śiṣ with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

गतिम् (gatim) - path, destination, state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, destination, state, course

Root: gam

एकान्तिनाम् (ekāntinām) - of single-minded ones, of devotees

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ekāntin

ekāntin - exclusively devoted, single-minded, resolute

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, hero

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - principle, duty, righteousness, natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, nature, moral and ethical principles

Root: dhṛ

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - spoken, told, declared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - spoken, told, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kath

Root: kath (class 10)

देवेन (devena) - by a god

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by a sage, by a seer

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)