महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-44, verse-51

लिखन्त्येव तु केषांचिदपरेषां शनैरपि ।
इति ये संवदन्त्यत्र त एतं निश्चयं विदुः ॥५१॥

51. likhantyeva tu keṣāṁcidapareṣāṁ śanairapi ,
iti ye saṁvadantyatra ta etaṁ niścayaṁ viduḥ.

51. likhanti eva tu keṣāṃcit apareṣām śanaiḥ api
iti ye saṃvadanti atra te etam niścayam viduḥ

51. tu keṣāṃcit eva likhanti apareṣām api śanaiḥ
iti ye atra saṃvadanti te etam niścayam viduḥ

51. Some (matters) are indeed immediately settled, while for others, it happens slowly. Those who assert this here know this certainty (or truth).

Words meanings summery:

• लिखन्ति (likhanti) - (destinies/matters) are written/decreed (they write, they decree)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• तु (tu) - indeed, on the other hand (but, indeed, however)

• केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - for some (people or cases) (of some, for some, to some)

• अपरेषाम् (apareṣām) - for others (people or cases) (of others, for others)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually (slowly, gradually, gently)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner (marks quotation))

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

• संवदन्ति (saṁvadanti) - they assert, they speak (about this) (they speak, they agree, they converse)

• अत्र (atra) - on this matter (here, in this matter)

• ते (te) - they (they, those (masculine plural nominative))

• एतम् (etam) - this (this (masculine accusative))

• निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainty, definite truth (certainty, determination, decision, conclusion)

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

Words meanings and morphology

लिखन्ति (likhanti) - (destinies/matters) are written/decreed (they write, they decree)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of likh

Present Indicative

Root: likh (class 6)

Note: Implied subject 'they' (e.g., deities, fate) or passive sense 'are written'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तु (tu) - indeed, on the other hand (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle, often indicating a slight contrast or continuation.

केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - for some (people or cases) (of some, for some, to some)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, some, a certain

Compound: ka (who/what) + cid (indefinite particle)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (ka+cid)

• ka – who, what (interrogative pronoun stem)
  pronoun (masculine)
• cid – an indefinite particle (suffix)
  indeclinable

Note: Indefinite pronoun.

अपरेषाम् (apareṣām) - for others (people or cases) (of others, for others)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different, later

Note: Refers to other individuals or situations.

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually (slowly, gradually, gently)

(indeclinable)

Derived from śana (slow)

Note: Adverb of manner.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner (marks quotation))

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the preceding statement as a quotation or a summary.

ये (ye) - those who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'te'.

संवदन्ति (saṁvadanti) - they assert, they speak (about this) (they speak, they agree, they converse)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Verb describing the action of 'ye'.

अत्र (atra) - on this matter (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place/context.

ते (te) - they (they, those (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'ye'.

एतम् (etam) - this (this (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Agrees with 'niścayam'.

निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainty, definite truth (certainty, determination, decision, conclusion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, determination, decision, conclusion

Derived from ni-ś-√ci (to gather, perceive; with ni-ś, to ascertain)

Prefix: niḥ

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Object of 'viduḥ'.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Indicative

Irregular verb form (perfect-like present)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Verb of knowledge.