महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-49, verse-7

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सत्त्वक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्यथा ।
संयोगो विप्रयोगश्च तन्निबोधत सत्तमाः ॥७॥

7. ataḥ paraṁ pravakṣyāmi sattvakṣetrajñayoryathā ,
saṁyogo viprayogaśca tannibodhata sattamāḥ.

7. ataḥ param pravakṣyāmi sattvakṣetrajñayoḥ yathā
saṃyogaḥ viprayogaḥ ca tat nibodhata sattamāḥ

7. sattamāḥ ataḥ param sattvakṣetrajñayoḥ
saṃyogaḥ viprayogaḥ ca yathā tat nibodhata

7. Hereafter, O excellent ones, I will explain the nature of the conjunction and separation of nature (sattva) and the knower of the field (kṣetrajña). Please understand this.

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, after this, from this

• परम् (param) - further, hereafter (further, next, superior, supreme, after)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will explain

• सत्त्वक्षेत्रज्ञयोः (sattvakṣetrajñayoḥ) - of sattva and the knower of the field

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, just as

• संयोगः (saṁyogaḥ) - conjunction, union, connection

• विप्रयोगः (viprayogaḥ) - disjunction, separation, absence of connection

• च (ca) - and

• तत् (tat) - this (explanation) (that, this)

• निबोधत (nibodhata) - understand, know

• सत्तमाः (sattamāḥ) - O best of good people, O excellent ones

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, after this, from this

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - further, hereafter (further, next, superior, supreme, after)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, supreme, superior, distant

Note: Used adverbially here, meaning 'hereafter' or 'further'.

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will explain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

सत्त्वक्षेत्रज्ञयोः (sattvakṣetrajñayoḥ) - of sattva and the knower of the field

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of sattvakṣetrajña

sattvakṣetrajña - nature (sattva) and the knower of the field (kṣetrajña)

Compound type : dvandva (sattva+kṣetrajña)

• sattva – reality, existence, being, essence, nature, goodness, intellect (one of the three guṇas)
  noun (neuter)
• kṣetrajña – knower of the field (kṣetra), the soul, the individual self, consciousness
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'kṣetra' (field) + 'jña' (knower)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, just as

(indeclinable)

संयोगः (saṁyogaḥ) - conjunction, union, connection

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃyoga

saṁyoga - conjunction, union, connection

Derived from the root 'yuj' with prefix 'sam' and suffix 'ghañ'

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

विप्रयोगः (viprayogaḥ) - disjunction, separation, absence of connection

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viprayoga

viprayoga - disjunction, separation, absence of connection

Derived from the root 'yuj' with prefixes 'vi-pra' and suffix 'ghañ'

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - this (explanation) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

निबोधत (nibodhata) - understand, know

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of budh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

सत्तमाः (sattamāḥ) - O best of good people, O excellent ones

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of sattama

sattama - best, most excellent (superlative of 'sat')

Derived from 'sat' (good, existing) with superlative suffix 'tamap'