महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-48, verse-6

सत्त्वात्परतरं नान्यत्प्रशंसन्तीह तद्विदः ।
अनुमानाद्विजानीमः पुरुषं सत्त्वसंश्रयम् ।
न शक्यमन्यथा गन्तुं पुरुषं तमथो द्विजाः ॥६॥

6. sattvātparataraṁ nānyatpraśaṁsantīha tadvidaḥ ,
anumānādvijānīmaḥ puruṣaṁ sattvasaṁśrayam ,
na śakyamanyathā gantuṁ puruṣaṁ tamatho dvijāḥ.

6. sattvāt parataram na anyat praśaṃsanti
iha tadvidaḥ anumānāt vijānīmaḥ
puruṣam sattvasaṃśrayam na śakyam
anyathā gantum puruṣam tam atho dvijāḥ

6. iha tadvidaḥ sattvāt parataram anyat
na praśaṃsanti anumānāt sattvasaṃśrayam
puruṣam vijānīmaḥ atho dvijāḥ
tam puruṣam anyathā gantum na śakyam

6. Here, those who know praise nothing superior to purity (sattva). Through inference, we understand the cosmic person (puruṣa) as being supported by (sattva). O twice-born ones, it is not possible to comprehend that (puruṣa) otherwise.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्त्वात् (sattvāt) - than purity (sattva) (from sattva, than sattva, because of sattva)

• परतरम् (parataram) - superior (superior, higher, more excellent)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, anything else)

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise (they praise, commend)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• तद्विदः (tadvidaḥ) - those who know (it) (those who know that, experts in it)

• अनुमानात् (anumānāt) - through inference (from inference, by inference)

• विजानीमः (vijānīmaḥ) - we understand (we know, we understand)

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (the cosmic person, man, spirit)

• सत्त्वसंश्रयम् (sattvasaṁśrayam) - being supported by (sattva) (depending on sattva, supported by sattva)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, capable)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, in another way)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to comprehend (to go, to reach, to understand)

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (the cosmic person, man, spirit)

• तम् (tam) - that (puruṣa) (him, that)

• अथो (atho) - and then, moreover

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O twice-born ones (O twice-born ones (Brahmins))

Words meanings and morphology

सत्त्वात् (sattvāt) - than purity (sattva) (from sattva, than sattva, because of sattva)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - being, existence, essence, reality, truth, goodness, purity, one of the three guṇas

Note: Used for comparison, 'than'.

परतरम् (parataram) - superior (superior, higher, more excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paratara

paratara - superior, higher, greater, more remote

comparative degree of para

Note: Nominative singular neuter.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (other, another, anything else)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Functions as a nominal here.

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise (they praise, commend)

(verb)

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

present tense

root śaṃs with prefix pra, 1st conjugation (bhū-ādi), active voice (parasmaipada)

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

तद्विदः (tadvidaḥ) - those who know (it) (those who know that, experts in it)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tadvid

tadvid - knowing that, expert in it

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+vid)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• vid – knowing, understanding, a knower
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root vid
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of praśaṃsanti.

अनुमानात् (anumānāt) - through inference (from inference, by inference)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anumāna

anumāna - inference, conclusion, reasoning

from root mā with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: mā (class 2)

विजानीमः (vijānīmaḥ) - we understand (we know, we understand)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vijñā

present tense

root jñā with prefix vi, 9th conjugation (kry-ādi), active voice (parasmaipada)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (the cosmic person, man, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, cosmic person, spirit, soul

Note: Object of vijānīmaḥ.

सत्त्वसंश्रयम् (sattvasaṁśrayam) - being supported by (sattva) (depending on sattva, supported by sattva)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sattvasaṃśraya

sattvasaṁśraya - dependent on sattva, resorting to sattva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sattva+saṃśraya)

• sattva – goodness, purity, existence
  noun (neuter)
• saṃśraya – support, refuge, dependence
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root śri with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śri (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, able to be done

gerundive

from root śak, suffix -ya

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Functions impersonally: 'it is possible' (that one can go).

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, in another way)

(indeclinable)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to comprehend (to go, to reach, to understand)

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of gam

infinitive

from root gam, suffix -tum

Root: gam (class 1)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - the cosmic person (puruṣa) (the cosmic person, man, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, cosmic person, spirit, soul

Note: Object of vijānīmaḥ or gantum.

तम् (tam) - that (puruṣa) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अथो (atho) - and then, moreover

(indeclinable)

atha (indeclinable particle) + u (particle expressing emphasis/conjunction)

द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O twice-born ones (O twice-born ones (Brahmins))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (epithet for Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas; also bird, tooth, snake)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvis+jan)

• dvis – twice
  indeclinable
• jan – to be born, to produce
  root
  implied as the root of 'born'
  Root: jan (class 4)