महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-80, verse-20

सर्वं जिह्मं मृत्युपदमार्जवं ब्रह्मणः पदम् ।
एतावाञ्ज्ञानविषयः किं प्रलापः करिष्यति ॥२०॥

20. sarvaṁ jihmaṁ mṛtyupadamārjavaṁ brahmaṇaḥ padam ,
etāvāñjñānaviṣayaḥ kiṁ pralāpaḥ kariṣyati.

20. sarvam jihmam mṛtyupadam ārjavam brahmaṇaḥ
padam etāvān jñānaviṣayaḥ kim pralāpaḥ kariṣyati

20. sarvam jihmam mṛtyupadam ārjavam brahmaṇaḥ
padam etāvān jñānaviṣayaḥ kim pralāpaḥ kariṣyati

20. Everything crooked leads to the domain of death, while sincerity is the state of Brahman. This much is the scope of knowledge (jñāna); what will idle talk achieve?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (that is crooked) (all, every, whole)

• जिह्मम् (jihmam) - crooked, dishonest, deceitful, oblique

• मृत्युपदम् (mṛtyupadam) - the state of death, path to death, realm of death

• आर्जवम् (ārjavam) - straightness, honesty, sincerity, uprightness

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of the Absolute Reality (Brahman) (of Brahman, of the ultimate reality, of the sacred word)

• पदम् (padam) - state, abode, position, path

• एतावान् (etāvān) - this much, so much, of this extent

• ज्ञानविषयः (jñānaviṣayaḥ) - subject of knowledge, object of knowledge, scope of knowledge

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what?, why?, how?)

• प्रलापः (pralāpaḥ) - useless or nonsensical talk (idle talk, incoherent speech, lamentation, nonsense)

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will achieve, will accomplish (will do, will make, will accomplish)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (that is crooked) (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Universal pronoun.

जिह्मम् (jihmam) - crooked, dishonest, deceitful, oblique

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jihma

jihma - crooked, slanting, oblique, dishonest, deceitful, cunning

From root 'hiṃs' (to injure) with reduplication 'jihm'. Or from root 'hā' (to abandon, go) with 'i' and reduplication.

मृत्युपदम् (mṛtyupadam) - the state of death, path to death, realm of death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛtyupada

mṛtyupada - state of death, path to death, realm of death

Compound of 'mṛtyu' (death) and 'pada' (foot, step, path, state, abode).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+pada)

• mṛtyu – death, dying
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'mṛ' (to die) + 'tyu' (suffix)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• pada – foot, step, path, state, abode, position
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'pad' (to go) + 'a' (suffix)
  Root: pad (class 4)

आर्जवम् (ārjavam) - straightness, honesty, sincerity, uprightness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ārjava

ārjava - straightness, honesty, sincerity, uprightness, simplicity

From 'ṛju' (straight) + 'aṇ' (suffix for abstract noun).

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of the Absolute Reality (Brahman) (of Brahman, of the ultimate reality, of the sacred word)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the ultimate reality, the Absolute), sacred word, prayer, universal soul

From root 'bṛh' (to grow, expand).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

पदम् (padam) - state, abode, position, path

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, path, state, abode, position, word

From root 'pad' (to go).

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'ārjavam'.

एतावान् (etāvān) - this much, so much, of this extent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etāvat

etāvat - this much, so much, of this extent, thus far

From 'etad' (this) + 'matup' (possessive/extent suffix).

Note: Masculine nominative singular form of 'etāvat'.

ज्ञानविषयः (jñānaviṣayaḥ) - subject of knowledge, object of knowledge, scope of knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñānaviṣaya

jñānaviṣaya - subject of knowledge, object of knowledge, scope of knowledge

Compound of 'jñāna' (knowledge) and 'viṣaya' (object, sphere, subject).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jñāna+viṣaya)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root 'jñā' (to know) + 'ana' (suffix)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• viṣaya – object, sphere, range, subject matter, domain
  noun (masculine)
  From 'vi-' (prefix) + root 'ṣi' or 'si' (to bind) + 'aya' (suffix).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ṣi (class 5)

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what?, why?, how?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle/pronoun.

Note: Functions as an interrogative particle here, meaning 'what purpose/use'.

प्रलापः (pralāpaḥ) - useless or nonsensical talk (idle talk, incoherent speech, lamentation, nonsense)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pralāpa

pralāpa - idle talk, incoherent speech, lamentation, babbling, nonsense

action noun

From 'pra-' (prefix) + root 'lap' (to speak).

Prefix: pra

Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'kariṣyati'.

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will achieve, will accomplish (will do, will make, will accomplish)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

future active

From root 'kṛ' (to do), 8th class (tanādi), future tense.

Root: kṛ (class 8)