महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-13, verse-17

यो मां प्रयतते हन्तुं मोक्षमास्थाय पण्डितः ।
तस्य मोक्षरतिस्थस्य नृत्यामि च हसामि च ।
अवध्यः सर्वभूतानामहमेकः सनातनः ॥१७॥

17. yo māṁ prayatate hantuṁ mokṣamāsthāya paṇḍitaḥ ,
tasya mokṣaratisthasya nṛtyāmi ca hasāmi ca ,
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāmahamekaḥ sanātanaḥ.

17. yaḥ mām prayatate hantum mokṣam
āsthāya paṇḍitaḥ tasya mokṣarati-sthasya
nṛtyāmi ca hasāmi ca avadhyaḥ
sarva-bhūtānām aham ekaḥ sanātanaḥ

17. paṇḍitaḥ yaḥ mokṣam āsthāya mām hantum
prayatate tasya mokṣarati-sthasya
aham nṛtyāmi ca hasāmi ca aham
ekaḥ sanātanaḥ sarva-bhūtānām avadhyaḥ

17. The wise one who endeavors to transcend me, by resorting to liberation (mokṣa), for that one, who abides in the delight of liberation, I both dance and laugh. I am the one eternal, invulnerable to all beings.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - one who (who, which)

• माम् (mām) - me (the supreme Self) (me)

• प्रयतते (prayatate) - endeavors (strives, endeavors, attempts)

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to transcend, to overcome (metaphorical) (to kill, to destroy, to strike)

• मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, emancipation, release)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - by resorting to (having resorted to, having taken one's stand on, having adopted)

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise person (wise, learned, a scholar, a wise person)

• तस्य (tasya) - for that one (of him, for him)

• मोक्षरति-स्थस्य (mokṣarati-sthasya) - of one who abides in the delight of liberation (of one situated in the joy of liberation)

• नृत्यामि (nṛtyāmi) - I dance

• च (ca) - both (and, also)

• हसामि (hasāmi) - I laugh

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अवध्यः (avadhyaḥ) - invulnerable (unkillable, invulnerable, not to be killed)

• सर्व-भूतानाम् (sarva-bhūtānām) - of all creatures (of all beings, of all creatures)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एकः (ekaḥ) - the one (one, single, alone)

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, everlasting)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - one who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

माम् (mām) - me (the supreme Self) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्रयतते (prayatate) - endeavors (strives, endeavors, attempts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of prayat

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to transcend, to overcome (metaphorical) (to kill, to destroy, to strike)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root han

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Often treated as an indeclinable verbal form.

मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, emancipation, release)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, emancipation

From root muc 'to free' + su 'suffix'

Root: muc (class 6)

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - by resorting to (having resorted to, having taken one's stand on, having adopted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix ā + root sthā + suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise person (wise, learned, a scholar, a wise person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - wise, learned, scholar

तस्य (tasya) - for that one (of him, for him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can be used with dative sense 'for him'.

मोक्षरति-स्थस्य (mokṣarati-sthasya) - of one who abides in the delight of liberation (of one situated in the joy of liberation)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mokṣarati-stha

mokṣarati-stha - situated in the joy of liberation

Compound type : tatpurusha (mokṣa+rati+stha)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• rati – joy, delight, pleasure
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• stha – standing, abiding, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective.

नृत्यामि (nṛtyāmi) - I dance

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nṛt

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: nṛt (class 4)

च (ca) - both (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in pairs (ca... ca) for 'both... and'.

हसामि (hasāmi) - I laugh

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of has

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular, present tense, active voice

Root: has (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अवध्यः (avadhyaḥ) - invulnerable (unkillable, invulnerable, not to be killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avadhya

avadhya - not to be killed, unkillable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Negated form of vadhy 'to be killed', from root han 'to kill'

Prefix: a

Root: han (class 2)

सर्व-भूतानाम् (sarva-bhūtānām) - of all creatures (of all beings, of all creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarva-bhūta

sarva-bhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  From root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

एकः (ekaḥ) - the one (one, single, alone)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, everlasting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient