महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-133, verse-24

अनित्यमिति जानन्तो न भवन्ति भवन्ति च ।
अथ ये नैव कुर्वन्ति नैव जातु भवन्ति ते ॥२४॥

24. anityamiti jānanto na bhavanti bhavanti ca ,
atha ye naiva kurvanti naiva jātu bhavanti te.

24. anityam iti jānantaḥ na bhavanti bhavanti ca
atha ye na eva kurvanti na eva jātu bhavanti te

24. ye anityam iti jānantaḥ te na bhavanti ca bhavanti
atha ye na eva kurvanti te jātu na eva bhavanti

24. Those who know (results) to be impermanent are not reborn, and they attain (liberation). However, those who do not act at all are indeed never born again.

Words meanings summery:

• अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent, transient

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

• जानन्तः (jānantaḥ) - knowing, perceiving

• न (na) - not, no

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are not born (again), they do not become (bound) (they are, they become, they are born)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become (liberated), they truly exist (they are, they become, they are born)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, but

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform, they make

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time, at all

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are born (again) (they are, they become, they are born)

• ते (te) - they, those

Words meanings and morphology

अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent, transient

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anitya

anitya - impermanent, transient, not eternal, perishable

Derived from nitya (eternal) with prefix a- (negation).

Note: Used here as a predicate accusative, qualifying 'it' (the fruit of actions) in context.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so called

(indeclinable)

जानन्तः (jānantaḥ) - knowing, perceiving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jānat

jānat - knowing, conscious, understanding

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √jñā (to know).

Root: √jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are not born (again), they do not become (bound) (they are, they become, they are born)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become (liberated), they truly exist (they are, they become, they are born)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, but

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

(indeclinable)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform, they make

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √kṛ

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

(indeclinable)

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time, at all

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are born (again) (they are, they become, they are born)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they