महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-136, verse-18

देवानामपि ये देवाः कारणं कारणस्य च ।
प्रमाणस्य प्रमाणं च कस्तानभिभवेद्बुधः ॥१८॥

18. devānāmapi ye devāḥ kāraṇaṁ kāraṇasya ca ,
pramāṇasya pramāṇaṁ ca kastānabhibhavedbudhaḥ.

18. devānām api ye devāḥ kāraṇam kāraṇasya ca
pramāṇasya pramāṇam ca kaḥ tān abhibhavet budhaḥ

18. ye devāḥ devānām api,
kāraṇasya ca kāraṇam,
pramāṇasya ca pramāṇam,
tān kaḥ budhaḥ abhibhavet?

18. Who are the gods even of the gods, and the cause of the very cause, and the proof of proof itself—what wise person can overcome them?

Words meanings summery:

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

• ये (ye) - who (plural)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, divine beings

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• कारणस्य (kāraṇasya) - of the cause, of the reason

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रमाणस्य (pramāṇasya) - of the proof, of the authority

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - proof, authority, standard

• च (ca) - and, also

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• तान् (tān) - them (masculine plural)

• अभिभवेत् (abhibhavet) - could overcome, should overcome, might overcome

• बुधः (budhaḥ) - wise person, intelligent person

Words meanings and morphology

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, divine beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Here functioning as a predicate nominative.

कारणस्य (kāraṇasya) - of the cause, of the reason

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रमाणस्य (pramāṇasya) - of the proof, of the authority

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - proof, authority, standard, means of knowledge, evidence

Derived from 'pra' + root 'mā' (to measure)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - proof, authority, standard

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - proof, authority, standard, means of knowledge, evidence

Derived from 'pra' + root 'mā' (to measure)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Here functioning as a predicate nominative.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

तान् (tān) - them (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभिभवेत् (abhibhavet) - could overcome, should overcome, might overcome

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of abhibhū

Root 'bhū' (1st class) with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhū (class 1)

बुधः (budhaḥ) - wise person, intelligent person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budha

budha - wise, learned, intelligent; a wise person, a sage, the planet Mercury

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)