महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-6, verse-44

यथा तैलक्षयाद्दीपः प्रम्लानिमुपगच्छति ।
तथा कर्मक्षयाद्दैवं प्रम्लानिमुपगच्छति ॥४४॥

44. yathā tailakṣayāddīpaḥ pramlānimupagacchati ,
tathā karmakṣayāddaivaṁ pramlānimupagacchati.

44. yathā tailakṣayāt dīpaḥ pramlānim upagacchati
tathā karmakṣayāt daivam pramlānim upagacchati

44. yathā tailakṣayāt dīpaḥ pramlānim upagacchati
tathā karmakṣayāt daivam pramlānim upagacchati

44. Just as a lamp fades away due to the exhaustion of oil, so too, destiny (daivam) diminishes due to the exhaustion of action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• तैलक्षयात् (tailakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of oil, due to the depletion of oil

• दीपः (dīpaḥ) - lamp, light

• प्रम्लानिम् (pramlānim) - fading, languishing, exhaustion

• उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - reaches, goes to, obtains, undergoes

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• कर्मक्षयात् (karmakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of action (karma), due to the depletion of (karma)

• दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power

• प्रम्लानिम् (pramlānim) - fading, languishing, exhaustion

• उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - reaches, goes to, obtains, undergoes

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

तैलक्षयात् (tailakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of oil, due to the depletion of oil

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tailakṣaya

tailakṣaya - exhaustion of oil, depletion of oil

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (taila+kṣaya)

• taila – oil, sesame oil
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – exhaustion, diminution, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

दीपः (dīpaḥ) - lamp, light

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light

Root: dīp (class 4)

प्रम्लानिम् (pramlānim) - fading, languishing, exhaustion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pramlāni

pramlāni - fading, languishing, exhaustion, withering

Root: mlai (class 1)

उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - reaches, goes to, obtains, undergoes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

कर्मक्षयात् (karmakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of action (karma), due to the depletion of (karma)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of karmakṣaya

karmakṣaya - exhaustion of action (karma), depletion of (karma)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (karma+kṣaya)

• karma – action, deed, (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṣaya – exhaustion, diminution, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - destiny, fate, divine power, relating to gods

Derived from deva (god)

प्रम्लानिम् (pramlānim) - fading, languishing, exhaustion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pramlāni

pramlāni - fading, languishing, exhaustion, withering

Root: mlai (class 1)

उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - reaches, goes to, obtains, undergoes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)