महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-44, verse-18

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः ।
संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् ॥१८॥

18. sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ ,
saṁyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṁ hi jīvitam.

18. sarve kṣayāntāḥ nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ
saṃyogāḥ viprayogāntāḥ maraṇāntam hi jīvitam

18. sarve nicayāḥ kṣayāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ patanāntāḥ
saṃyogāḥ viprayogāntāḥ jīvitam hi maraṇāntam

18. All accumulations are destined to decay; all ascents are destined to fall. All unions end in separation, and indeed, life itself ends in death.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• क्षयान्ताः (kṣayāntāḥ) - ending in decay/diminution

• निचयाः (nicayāḥ) - accumulations, collections

• पतनान्ताः (patanāntāḥ) - ending in falling/descent

• समुच्छ्रयाः (samucchrayāḥ) - risings, ascents, prosperities

• संयोगाः (saṁyogāḥ) - unions, connections

• विप्रयोगान्ताः (viprayogāntāḥ) - ending in separation

• मरणान्तम् (maraṇāntam) - ending in death

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

Note: Agrees with nicayāḥ and samucchrayāḥ

क्षयान्ताः (kṣayāntāḥ) - ending in decay/diminution

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣayānta

kṣayānta - ending in decay

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣaya+anta)

• kṣaya – decay, loss, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  from kṣi
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• anta – end, conclusion, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 1)

Note: Agrees with nicayāḥ

निचयाः (nicayāḥ) - accumulations, collections

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nicaya

nicaya - accumulation, collection, heap

from ni-ci

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

पतनान्ताः (patanāntāḥ) - ending in falling/descent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patanānta

patanānta - ending in falling

Compound type : tatpurusha (patana+anta)

• patana – falling, descent
  noun (neuter)
  from pat
  Root: pat (class 1)
• anta – end, conclusion, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 1)

Note: Agrees with samucchrayāḥ

समुच्छ्रयाः (samucchrayāḥ) - risings, ascents, prosperities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samucchraya

samucchraya - rising, ascent, prosperity

from sam-ud-śri

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: śri (class 1)

संयोगाः (saṁyogāḥ) - unions, connections

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃyoga

saṁyoga - union, conjunction, connection

from sam-yuj

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

विप्रयोगान्ताः (viprayogāntāḥ) - ending in separation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viprayogānta

viprayogānta - ending in separation

Compound type : tatpurusha (viprayoga+anta)

• viprayoga – separation, disjunction
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-pra-yuj
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• anta – end, conclusion, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 1)

Note: Agrees with saṃyogāḥ. Assumed visarga based on context and translation.

मरणान्तम् (maraṇāntam) - ending in death

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇānta

maraṇānta - ending in death

Compound type : tatpurusha (maraṇa+anta)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  from mṛ
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• anta – end, conclusion, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jīvitam

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living

Past Passive Participle of jīv, used as noun

Root: jīv (class 1)