महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-336, verse-77

यथा समुद्रात्प्रसृता जलौघास्तमेव राजन्पुनराविशन्ति ।
इमे तथा ज्ञानमहाजलौघा नारायणं वै पुनराविशन्ति ॥७७॥

77. yathā samudrātprasṛtā jalaughā;stameva rājanpunarāviśanti ,
ime tathā jñānamahājalaughā; nārāyaṇaṁ vai punarāviśanti.

77. yathā samudrāt prasṛtāḥ jalaughāḥ
tam eva rājan punaḥ āviśanti
| ime tathā jñānamahājalaughāḥ
nārāyaṇam vai punaḥ āviśanti

77. rājan yathā samudrāt prasṛtāḥ jalaughāḥ tam eva punaḥ āviśanti,
tathā ime jñānamahājalaughāḥ vai nārāyaṇam punaḥ āviśanti.

77. O king, just as streams of water that flow out from the ocean eventually return to that very ocean, similarly, these great torrents of knowledge verily return to Narayana.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• समुद्रात् (samudrāt) - from the ocean

• प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - flowed forth, emanated

• जलौघाः (jalaughāḥ) - torrents of water, water currents

• तम् (tam) - that very ocean (that, him)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - they enter, they return

• इमे (ime) - these

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• ज्ञानमहाजलौघाः (jñānamahājalaughāḥ) - great torrents of knowledge

• नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Narayana

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - they enter, they return

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

समुद्रात् (samudrāt) - from the ocean

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - flowed forth, emanated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread out, extended, flowed forth, emanated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra-√sṛ (to flow, to go forth)

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

जलौघाः (jalaughāḥ) - torrents of water, water currents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jalaugha

jalaugha - torrent of water, flood, current

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ogha)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, torrent, stream, multitude
  noun (masculine)

तम् (tam) - that very ocean (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - they enter, they return

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of āviś

present stem

Root √viś (to enter) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

ज्ञानमहाजलौघाः (jñānamahājalaughāḥ) - great torrents of knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñānamahājalaugha

jñānamahājalaugha - great torrent of knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+mahā+jala+ogha)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine stem of mahat
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, torrent, stream, multitude
  noun (masculine)

नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Narayana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Narayana (a name of Vishnu)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - they enter, they return

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of āviś

present stem

Root √viś (to enter) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)