महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-18, verse-21

वर्तमानस्य धर्मेण पुरुषस्य यथा तथा ।
संसारतारणं ह्यस्य कालेन महता भवेत् ॥२१॥

21. vartamānasya dharmeṇa puruṣasya yathā tathā ,
saṁsāratāraṇaṁ hyasya kālena mahatā bhavet.

21. vartamānasya dharmeṇa puruṣasya yathā tathā
saṃsāratāraṇam hi asya kālena mahatā bhavet

21. dharmeṇa vartamānasya puruṣasya asya yathā
tathā saṃsāratāraṇam hi mahatā kālena bhavet

21. For a person (puruṣa) living according to natural law (dharma), his liberation (saṃsāra-tāraṇa) from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), in whatever way it may happen, will indeed occur over a long period of time.

Words meanings summery:

• वर्तमानस्य (vartamānasya) - of the one living (of the existing, of the present, of the living)

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - according to natural law (dharma) (by dharma, by righteousness, according to natural law)

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the person (puruṣa) (of the person, of the cosmic person)

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever way (as, just as, in what manner)

• तथा (tathā) - it may happen (so, thus, in that manner)

• संसारतारणम् (saṁsāratāraṇam) - liberation from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) (crossing over saṃsāra, liberation from saṃsāra)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• अस्य (asya) - his (of him, his, of this)

• कालेन (kālena) - over time (by time, in time, after a period)

• महता (mahatā) - over a long [time] (by great, by large)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - will indeed happen (would be, would occur, might be)

Words meanings and morphology

वर्तमानस्य (vartamānasya) - of the one living (of the existing, of the present, of the living)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - existing, living, present

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root 'vṛt'

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'puruṣasya'.

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - according to natural law (dharma) (by dharma, by righteousness, according to natural law)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Instrumental, indicating means or manner ('by way of dharma').

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the person (puruṣa) (of the person, of the cosmic person)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, human being, cosmic person

Note: Possessive genitive, linked to 'vartamānasya' and 'asya'.

यथा (yathā) - in whatever way (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with 'tathā', indicating manner.

तथा (tathā) - it may happen (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with 'yathā', completing the phrase 'yathā tathā'.

संसारतारणम् (saṁsāratāraṇam) - liberation from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) (crossing over saṃsāra, liberation from saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsāratāraṇa

saṁsāratāraṇa - crossing over saṃsāra, liberation from saṃsāra

Compound of 'saṃsāra' and 'tāraṇa'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+tāraṇa)

• saṃsāra – cycle of rebirth, transmigration, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-sṛ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• tāraṇa – crossing, leading over, liberating
  noun (neuter)
  Agent noun/Gerundive
  From root tṛ
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अस्य (asya) - his (of him, his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, him

Note: Genitive singular, referring back to 'puruṣasya'.

कालेन (kālena) - over time (by time, in time, after a period)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

Note: Instrumental, indicating duration or means.

महता (mahatā) - over a long [time] (by great, by large)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast

Note: Qualifies 'kālena', agreeing in gender, number, and case.

भवेत् (bhavet) - will indeed happen (would be, would occur, might be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Optative 3rd person singular, active voice.