महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-337, verse-65

तमेव शास्त्रकर्तारं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ।
निष्ठां नारायणमृषिं नान्योऽस्तीति च वादिनः ॥६५॥

65. tameva śāstrakartāraṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ,
niṣṭhāṁ nārāyaṇamṛṣiṁ nānyo'stīti ca vādinaḥ.

65. tam eva śāstrakartāram pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
niṣṭhām nārāyaṇam ṛṣim na anyaḥ asti iti ca vādinaḥ

65. manīṣiṇaḥ tam eva śāstrakartāram pravadanti ca
vādinaḥ nārāyaṇam ṛṣim niṣṭhām anyaḥ na asti iti

65. The wise (manīṣin) proclaim Him alone as the author of the scriptures. And those who advocate this (vādin) declare, "Nārāyaṇa, the seer (ṛṣi), is the ultimate goal (niṣṭhā); there is no other."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine accusative singular)

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

• शास्त्रकर्तारम् (śāstrakartāram) - the author of scriptures

• प्रवदन्ति (pravadanti) - they declare, they proclaim, they speak forth

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise (manīṣin) (the wise ones, sages)

• निष्ठाम् (niṣṭhām) - the ultimate goal (niṣṭhā) (firm foundation, ultimate goal, devotion (accusative))

• नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa (accusative)

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the seer (ṛṣi) (the seer, the sage (accusative))

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

• च (ca) - and

• वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - those who advocate this (vādin) (the speakers, the proponents, those who say)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

शास्त्रकर्तारम् (śāstrakartāram) - the author of scriptures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śāstrakartṛ

śāstrakartṛ - author of scriptures, maker of treatises

agent noun

Compound noun referring to the 'doer' ('kartṛ') of 'śāstra' (scripture).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+kartṛ)

• śāstra – rule, instruction, treatise, sacred scripture, science
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• kartṛ – doer, maker, author, agent
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from the root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with agent suffix '-tṛ'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रवदन्ति (pravadanti) - they declare, they proclaim, they speak forth

(verb)

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

present active

Root 'vad' (to speak) with prefix 'pra', in present tense, active voice, 3rd plural.

Prefix: pra

Root: vad (class 1)

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise (manīṣin) (the wise ones, sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, sagacious, a sage, a wise person

Derived from 'manīṣā' (wisdom, intellect).

निष्ठाम् (niṣṭhām) - the ultimate goal (niṣṭhā) (firm foundation, ultimate goal, devotion (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niṣṭhā

niṣṭhā - firm standing, steadiness, foundation, basis, ultimate goal, devotion, termination, conclusion

Derived from the root 'sthā' with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: sthā (class 1)

नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa, a prominent deity in Hinduism, typically identified with Viṣṇu; son of Nara (mankind), resting in the waters (nāra)

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the seer (ṛṣi) (the seer, the sage (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - seer, sage, inspired poet of Vedic hymns

Root: ṛṣ (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

present active

Root 'as' (to be) in present tense, active voice, 3rd singular.

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - those who advocate this (vādin) (the speakers, the proponents, those who say)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vādin

vādin - speaker, utterer, one who advocates, propounder, disputant

Agent noun from root 'vad' (to speak).

Root: vad (class 1)