महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-27, verse-17

येऽधिगच्छन्ति तत्सन्तस्तेषां नास्ति भयं पुनः ।
ऊर्ध्वं चावाक्च तिर्यक्च तस्य नान्तोऽधिगम्यते ॥१७॥

17. ye'dhigacchanti tatsantasteṣāṁ nāsti bhayaṁ punaḥ ,
ūrdhvaṁ cāvākca tiryakca tasya nānto'dhigamyate.

17. ye adhigacchanti tat santaḥ teṣām na asti bhayam punaḥ
ūrdhvam ca avāk ca tiryak ca tasya na antaḥ adhigamyate

17. ye santaḥ tat adhigacchanti teṣām punaḥ bhayam na asti
tasya antaḥ ūrdhvam ca avāk ca tiryak ca na adhigamyate

17. Those truly devoted people who attain that ultimate reality (brahman) have no fear thereafter. Its end is not perceived, neither upwards, nor downwards, nor sideways.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who (who, those who)

• अधिगच्छन्ति (adhigacchanti) - they attain, they realize (they attain, they approach, they comprehend, they understand)

• तत् (tat) - that (ultimate reality) (that, that (supreme reality))

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - the good ones, the truly devoted (referring to 'ye') (being, existing, good, virtuous, real, sages)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (for them, of them)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread, danger)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - thereafter, anymore (again, further, then, moreover, thereafter)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards (upwards, above, on high)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अवाक् (avāk) - downwards (downwards, below)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तिर्यक् (tiryak) - sideways (sideways, across, horizontally)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to the ultimate reality) (of him, of it, its)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - end (end, limit, boundary, interior)

• अधिगम्यते (adhigamyate) - is perceived, is found (is attained, is reached, is perceived, is comprehended)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who (who, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

अधिगच्छन्ति (adhigacchanti) - they attain, they realize (they attain, they approach, they comprehend, they understand)

(verb)

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

Root 'gam' with prefix 'adhi'

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (ultimate reality) (that, that (supreme reality))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Also nominative singular neuter. Here as object of 'attain'.

सन्तः (santaḥ) - the good ones, the truly devoted (referring to 'ye') (being, existing, good, virtuous, real, sages)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, true, real, a good person, a sage

present active participle

Present active participle of root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (for them, of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread, danger)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Here it is subject of 'asti'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - thereafter, anymore (again, further, then, moreover, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards (upwards, above, on high)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to connect items in a list.

अवाक् (avāk) - downwards (downwards, below)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to connect items in a list.

तिर्यक् (tiryak) - sideways (sideways, across, horizontally)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - its (referring to the ultimate reality) (of him, of it, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'tat' (ultimate reality).

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - end (end, limit, boundary, interior)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, interior, proximity

Note: Subject of 'adhigamyate'.

अधिगम्यते (adhigamyate) - is perceived, is found (is attained, is reached, is perceived, is comprehended)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of adhigam

passive present participle

Root 'gam' with prefix 'adhi' in passive voice

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Formed from 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'adhi-'.