महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-50, verse-29

द्व्यक्षरस्तु भवेन्मृत्युस्त्र्यक्षरं ब्रह्म शाश्वतम् ।
ममेति च भवेन्मृत्युर्न ममेति च शाश्वतम् ॥२९॥

29. dvyakṣarastu bhavenmṛtyustryakṣaraṁ brahma śāśvatam ,
mameti ca bhavenmṛtyurna mameti ca śāśvatam.

29. dvyakṣaraḥ tu bhavet mṛtyuḥ tryakṣaram brahma śāśvatam
mama iti ca bhavet mṛtyuḥ na mama iti ca śāśvatam

29. Death is said to be two syllables, while the eternal (brahman) is three syllables. The assertion 'this is mine' (mama) verily becomes death, and the assertion 'this is not mine' (na mama) verily leads to the eternal (brahman).

Words meanings summery:

• द्व्यक्षरः (dvyakṣaraḥ) - (associated with) two syllables (two-syllabled, having two syllables)

• तु (tu) - however, indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes, is (may be, should be, becomes, would be)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (death, mortality)

• त्र्यक्षरम् (tryakṣaram) - (associated with) three syllables (three-syllabled, having three syllables)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the eternal (brahman) (the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the sacred word)

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - the eternal (eternal, perpetual, everlasting)

• मम (mama) - (the thought) 'mine' (my, mine)

• इति (iti) - (indicating the quote) 'this is' (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

• च (ca) - and, too (and, also)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - verily becomes (may be, should be, becomes, would be)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (death, mortality)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मम (mama) - (the thought) 'mine' (my, mine)

• इति (iti) - (indicating the quote) 'this is' (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

• च (ca) - and, too (and, also)

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - the eternal (brahman) (eternal, perpetual, everlasting)

Words meanings and morphology

द्व्यक्षरः (dvyakṣaraḥ) - (associated with) two syllables (two-syllabled, having two syllables)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvyakṣara

dvyakṣara - two-syllabled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+akṣara)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• akṣara – syllable, imperishable, letter
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a

Note: Predicate adjective for 'mṛtyuḥ'.

तु (tu) - however, indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of contrast or emphasis.

भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes, is (may be, should be, becomes, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Third person singular optative active.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (death, mortality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, the god of death, mortality

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject.

त्र्यक्षरम् (tryakṣaram) - (associated with) three syllables (three-syllabled, having three syllables)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of tryakṣara

tryakṣara - three-syllabled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+akṣara)

• tri – three
  numeral
• akṣara – syllable, imperishable, letter
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a

Note: Predicate adjective for 'brahma'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the eternal (brahman) (the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the sacred word)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, the creative principle, sacred utterance, Veda

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Subject.

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - the eternal (eternal, perpetual, everlasting)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant

Derived from 'śāśvat' + 'a' suffix.

Note: Qualifies 'brahma' in the first half, and functions as a predicate noun in the second.

मम (mama) - (the thought) 'mine' (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mama

asmad - I, me

Note: Used idiomatically with 'iti' to denote the thought 'mine'.

इति (iti) - (indicating the quote) 'this is' (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Quotative particle.

च (ca) - and, too (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses or phrases.

भवेत् (bhavet) - verily becomes (may be, should be, becomes, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Third person singular optative active.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (death, mortality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, the god of death, mortality

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Predicate noun.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the following word 'mama'.

मम (mama) - (the thought) 'mine' (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mama

asmad - I, me

Note: Used idiomatically with 'iti' to denote the thought 'mine'.

इति (iti) - (indicating the quote) 'this is' (thus, so, indicates direct speech or quoted thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Quotative particle.

च (ca) - and, too (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses or phrases.

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - the eternal (brahman) (eternal, perpetual, everlasting)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant

Derived from 'śāśvat' + 'a' suffix.

Note: Predicate noun for the implied subject 'na mama iti'.