महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-17, verse-37

कर्मक्षयाच्च ते सर्वे च्यवन्ते वै पुनः पुनः ।
तत्रापि च विशेषोऽस्ति दिवि नीचोच्चमध्यमः ॥३७॥

37. karmakṣayācca te sarve cyavante vai punaḥ punaḥ ,
tatrāpi ca viśeṣo'sti divi nīcoccamadhyamaḥ.

37. karmakṣayāt ca te sarve cyavante vai punaḥ punaḥ
tatra api ca viśeṣaḥ asti divi nīcoccamadhyamaḥ

37. ca karmakṣayāt te sarve vai punaḥ punaḥ cyavante
tatra api ca divi nīcoccamadhyamaḥ viśeṣaḥ asti

37. And from the exhaustion of their meritorious actions (karma), all of them certainly fall down again and again. Moreover, even in heaven, there exists a distinction of low, middle, and high positions.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्मक्षयात् (karmakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of meritorious (karma) (from the exhaustion of actions, due to the end of karma)

• च (ca) - and

• ते (te) - those humans (from previous verse) (they, those)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• च्यवन्ते (cyavante) - they fall (from higher realms) (they fall, they are displaced, they deviate)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, repeatedly

• तत्र (tatra) - in those higher realms (heaven) (there, in that place)

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - distinction, difference, peculiarity

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

• नीचोच्चमध्यमः (nīcoccamadhyamaḥ) - distinctions of low, high, and middle positions (low, high, and middle (qualities/positions))

Words meanings and morphology

कर्मक्षयात् (karmakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of meritorious (karma) (from the exhaustion of actions, due to the end of karma)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of karmakṣaya

karmakṣaya - exhaustion of actions, end of (karma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (karman+kṣaya)

• karman – action, deed, work, ritual action, fate
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, exhaustion, end
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṣi (to decay, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Ablative of cause

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those humans (from previous verse) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to naraṇām puṇyakarmaṇām from the previous verse

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies te

च्यवन्ते (cyavante) - they fall (from higher realms) (they fall, they are displaced, they deviate)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of cyu

Present Middle

from root cyu (class 1) + middle ending ante

Root: cyu (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - in those higher realms (heaven) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

from tad (that) + locative suffix tra

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - distinction, difference, peculiarity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, difference, peculiar mark, special quality

from prefix vi + root śiṣ (to distinguish)

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Subject of asti

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

from root as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

नीचोच्चमध्यमः (nīcoccamadhyamaḥ) - distinctions of low, high, and middle positions (low, high, and middle (qualities/positions))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīcoccamadhyama

nīcoccamadhyama - low, high, and middle; composed of low, high, and middle

Compound type : dvandva (nīca+ucca+madhyama)

• nīca – low, inferior, humble
  adjective (masculine)
• ucca – high, exalted, loud
  adjective (masculine)
• madhyama – middle, intermediate
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies viśeṣaḥ