महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-160, verse-36

संतता गतिरेतस्य नैष तिष्ठति पाण्डव ।
आदायैव तु भूतानां तेजो विसृजते पुनः ॥३६॥

36. saṁtatā gatiretasya naiṣa tiṣṭhati pāṇḍava ,
ādāyaiva tu bhūtānāṁ tejo visṛjate punaḥ.

36. santatā gatiḥ etasya na eṣaḥ tiṣṭhati pāṇḍava
ādāya eva tu bhūtānām tejaḥ visṛjate punaḥ

36. O Pāṇḍava, its movement is continuous; it does not stand still. Rather, after drawing forth the vitality of beings, it releases it again.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्तता (santatā) - continuous, incessant, constant

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, course, progress, state

• एतस्य (etasya) - of this, its

• न (na) - not, no

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, stays

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having grasped, having absorbed

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of living things

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, energy, vitality, power, light

• विसृजते (visṛjate) - releases, emits, lets go

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

सन्तता (santatā) - continuous, incessant, constant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of santata

santata - continuous, extended, constant, uninterrupted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from saṃ- + tan (to stretch, extend)

Prefix: sam

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'gatiḥ'.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, course, progress, state

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, going, path, course, state, destiny, access

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

एतस्य (etasya) - of this, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to an implied subject (e.g., time, the sun, cosmic principle).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the same implied subject as 'etasya'.

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, stays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Note: Addressed to Arjuna or another Pāṇḍava.

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having grasped, having absorbed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from ā- + dā (to give, take)

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of living things

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, that which has come into being

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, energy, vitality, power, light

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, energy, vitality, power, light, sharp edge, fiery energy

विसृजते (visṛjate) - releases, emits, lets go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of visṛj

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)