महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-28, verse-22

यतिरुवाच ।
अक्षरं च क्षरं चैव द्वैधीभावोऽयमात्मनः ।
अक्षरं तत्र सद्भावः स्वभावः क्षर उच्यते ॥२२॥

22. yatiruvāca ,
akṣaraṁ ca kṣaraṁ caiva dvaidhībhāvo'yamātmanaḥ ,
akṣaraṁ tatra sadbhāvaḥ svabhāvaḥ kṣara ucyate.

22. yatiḥ uvāca akṣaram ca kṣaram ca eva dvaidhībhāvaḥ ayam
ātmanaḥ akṣaram tatra sadbhāvaḥ svabhāvaḥ kṣaraḥ ucyate

22. yatiḥ uvāca – ayam ātmanaḥ akṣaram ca kṣaram ca eva dvaidhībhāvaḥ.
tatra akṣaram sadbhāvaḥ,
kṣaraḥ svabhāvaḥ ucyate.

22. The ascetic said: The imperishable (akṣara) and the perishable (kṣara) constitute this twofold nature of the self (ātman). Among them, the imperishable is the state of true existence, while the perishable is termed the intrinsic nature (svabhāva).

Words meanings summery:

• यतिः (yatiḥ) - ascetic, renunciant

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - the imperishable, indestructible

• च (ca) - and, also

• क्षरम् (kṣaram) - the perishable, decaying, mutable

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• द्वैधीभावः (dvaidhībhāvaḥ) - twofold nature, dual state

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul, of oneself

• अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - the imperishable, indestructible

• तत्र (tatra) - among these (the imperishable and perishable) (there, in that, among them)

• सद्भावः (sadbhāvaḥ) - state of true existence (true existence, reality, good disposition)

• स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature, inherent disposition, own being

• क्षरः (kṣaraḥ) - the perishable, mutable

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

यतिः (yatiḥ) - ascetic, renunciant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yati

yati - ascetic, renunciant, one who has renounced the world

Root: yam (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - the imperishable, indestructible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣara

akṣara - imperishable, indestructible, undecaying; a syllable

Negation (a-) of kṣara (perishable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣara)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• kṣara – perishable, decaying, mutable
  adjective
  From root kṣar (to flow, to perish)
  Root: kṣar (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

क्षरम् (kṣaram) - the perishable, decaying, mutable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣara

kṣara - perishable, decaying, mutable, flowing

From root kṣar (to flow, to perish)

Root: kṣar (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

द्वैधीभावः (dvaidhībhāvaḥ) - twofold nature, dual state

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvaidhībhāva

dvaidhībhāva - twofold state, duality, division into two

Compound of dvaidha (duality) and bhāva (state, nature)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvaidha+bhāva)

• dvaidha – duality, twofoldness, uncertainty
  noun (neuter)
  From dvi (two)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, existence, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul, of oneself

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - the imperishable, indestructible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣara

akṣara - imperishable, indestructible, undecaying; a syllable

Negation (a-) of kṣara (perishable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣara)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• kṣara – perishable, decaying, mutable
  adjective
  From root kṣar (to flow, to perish)
  Root: kṣar (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - among these (the imperishable and perishable) (there, in that, among them)

(indeclinable)

सद्भावः (sadbhāvaḥ) - state of true existence (true existence, reality, good disposition)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadbhāva

sadbhāva - true existence, reality, good state or disposition

Compound of sat (being, true, good) and bhāva (state, nature)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+bhāva)

• sat – being, existing, true, good
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, existence, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature, inherent disposition, own being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - one's own state or nature, inherent disposition, intrinsic property

Compound of sva (own) and bhāva (state, nature)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, existence, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

क्षरः (kṣaraḥ) - the perishable, mutable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣara

kṣara - perishable, decaying, mutable, flowing

From root kṣar (to flow, to perish)

Root: kṣar (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)