महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-16, verse-55

एतत्परममानन्दं यत्तच्छाश्वतमेव च ।
एषा गतिर्विरक्तानामेष भावः परः सताम् ॥५५॥

55. etatparamamānandaṁ yattacchāśvatameva ca ,
eṣā gatirviraktānāmeṣa bhāvaḥ paraḥ satām.

55. etat paramam ānandam yat tat śāśvatam eva ca
eṣā gatiḥ viraktānām eṣa bhāvaḥ paraḥ satām

55. etat paramam ānandam ca eva yat tat śāśvatam
eṣā viraktānām gatiḥ eṣa satām paraḥ bhāvaḥ

55. This is the supreme bliss, and it is indeed eternal. This is the ultimate goal for the dispassionate, and this is the supreme state for the righteous (sat).

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• आनन्दम् (ānandam) - bliss, joy, happiness

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• च (ca) - and

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - ultimate goal (path, goal, destination, state)

• विरक्तानाम् (viraktānām) - of the detached, of those free from attachment

• एष (eṣa) - this (masculine)

• भावः (bhāvaḥ) - state, condition, essence, being, nature

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• सताम् (satām) - of the existent, of the good, of the virtuous

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - other, subsequent, distant, supreme, ultimate

Note: Modifies 'ānandam'.

आनन्दम् (ānandam) - bliss, joy, happiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānanda

ānanda - joy, happiness, bliss

Derived from ā-√nand (to rejoice)

Prefix: ā

Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, whoever, whatever

Note: Refers to the 'ānandam'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat'.

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, constant

Note: Predicate adjective for 'yat tat'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

गतिः (gatiḥ) - ultimate goal (path, goal, destination, state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, course, destination, state, means

Derived from root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

विरक्तानाम् (viraktānām) - of the detached, of those free from attachment

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of virakta

virakta - discolored, detached, dispassionate, indifferent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √rañj (to color, be attached) with prefix vi (away, without).

Prefix: vi

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun (of the dispassionate ones).

एष (eṣa) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

भावः (bhāvaḥ) - state, condition, essence, being, nature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, nature, disposition

Derived from root √bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, distant, supreme, ultimate

Note: Modifies 'bhāvaḥ'.

सताम् (satām) - of the existent, of the good, of the virtuous

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real (sat)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √as (to be, exist).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun (of the righteous ones).