महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-28, verse-28

देवतासुरमर्त्येषु यत्पवित्रं परं स्मृतम् ।
चण्डालयोनौ जातेन न तत्प्राप्यं कथंचन ॥२८॥

28. devatāsuramartyeṣu yatpavitraṁ paraṁ smṛtam ,
caṇḍālayonau jātena na tatprāpyaṁ kathaṁcana.

28. devatāsuramartyeṣu yat pavitraṃ param smṛtam
caṇḍālayonau jātena na tat prāpyam kathaṃcana

28. devatāsuramartyeṣu yat param pavitram smṛtam
caṇālayonau jātena tat na kathaṃcana prāpyam

28. That which is considered the supreme purifier among gods, asuras, and mortals, can by no means be attained by one born into the lineage of a caṇḍāla.

Words meanings summery:

• देवतासुरमर्त्येषु (devatāsuramartyeṣu) - among gods, asuras, and mortals

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, what)

• पवित्रं (pavitraṁ) - purifier (holy, pure, purifying thing)

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is considered (remembered, considered, held to be)

• चण्डालयोनौ (caṇḍālayonau) - into the lineage of a caṇḍāla (in the womb/birth/lineage of an outcaste)

• जातेन (jātena) - by one born (by one born, by that which is born)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the supreme purifier) (that, it)

• प्राप्यम् (prāpyam) - be attained (to be obtained, attainable, achievable)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means whatsoever (by no means, in no way, never (when preceded by negation))

Words meanings and morphology

देवतासुरमर्त्येषु (devatāsuramartyeṣu) - among gods, asuras, and mortals

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of devatāsuramartya

devatāsuramartya - gods, asuras, and mortals (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (devatā+asura+martya)

• devatā – god, deity
  noun (feminine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• martya – mortal, human being
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'pavitraṃ'.

पवित्रं (pavitraṁ) - purifier (holy, pure, purifying thing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pavitra

pavitra - pure, holy, sacred, a purifier

From root pū 'to purify'.

Root: pū (class 1)

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, further, other

Note: Agrees with 'pavitraṃ'.

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is considered (remembered, considered, held to be)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, thought of, taught, considered as

Past Passive Participle

From root smṛ 'to remember'.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'yat pavitraṃ'.

चण्डालयोनौ (caṇḍālayonau) - into the lineage of a caṇḍāla (in the womb/birth/lineage of an outcaste)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of caṇḍālayoni

caṇḍālayoni - birth/lineage of a caṇḍāla (outcaste)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caṇḍāla+yoni)

• caṇḍāla – an outcaste, a person of the lowest class
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – womb, source, origin, lineage, birth
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the circumstance of birth.

जातेन (jātena) - by one born (by one born, by that which is born)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, arisen

Past Passive Participle

From root jan 'to be born'.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with an implied agent.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the supreme purifier) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers back to 'yat pavitraṃ param'.

प्राप्यम् (prāpyam) - be attained (to be obtained, attainable, achievable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpya

prāpya - to be reached, obtained, attained, achievable

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From root āp 'to obtain' with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'tat'.

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means whatsoever (by no means, in no way, never (when preceded by negation))

(indeclinable)

Compound of kathaṃ (how) + cana (even, any).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (katham+cana)

• katham – how, in what manner
  indeclinable
• cana – even, also, any (enclitic particle, often used with interrogatives to form indefinites or with negatives for emphasis)
  indeclinable