महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-109, verse-16

यथा यथा प्रविशति तस्मात्परतरं नरः ।
तथा तथा द्विजश्रेष्ठ प्रविलीयति गालव ॥१६॥

16. yathā yathā praviśati tasmātparataraṁ naraḥ ,
tathā tathā dvijaśreṣṭha pravilīyati gālava.

16. yathā yathā praviśati tasmāt parataram naraḥ
tathā tathā dvijaśreṣṭha pravilīyati gālava

16. O Gālava, O best of brahmins (dvija), the more a person (naraḥ) enters into that supreme reality, the more he dissolves and merges into it.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

• प्रविशति (praviśati) - enters, penetrates

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, than that

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

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person, human being)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best of brahmins (O best among the twice-born, O best of brahmins)

• प्रविलीयति (pravilīyati) - dissolves, merges, disappears

• गालव (gālava) - O Gālava

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

(indeclinable)

प्रविशति (praviśati) - enters, penetrates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of praviś

Present active

Root viś (6th class) with prefix pra-, Present tense, parasmaipada

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, than that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

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

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paratara

paratara - higher, superior, more excellent, supreme

Comparative degree of para (other, supreme)

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person, human being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best of brahmins (O best among the twice-born, O best of brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijaśreṣṭha

dvijaśreṣṭha - best among the twice-born (dvija)

Tatpuruṣa compound, vocative case

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+śreṣṭha)

• dvija – twice-born (a brahmin, kshatriya, vaiśya; also a bird, a tooth)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

प्रविलीयति (pravilīyati) - dissolves, merges, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pravilī

Present active

Root lī (4th class, ātmanepada) with prefixes pra- and vi-, Present tense, ātmanepada. Can be interpreted as middle/passive-like meaning.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: lī (class 4)

गालव (gālava) - O Gālava

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of gālava

gālava - name of a sage