महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-14

यतो यतो निवर्तते ततस्ततो विमुच्यते ।
निवर्तनाद्धि सर्वतो न वेत्ति दुःखमण्वपि ॥१४॥

14. yato yato nivartate tatastato vimucyate ,
nivartanāddhi sarvato na vetti duḥkhamaṇvapi.

14. yataḥ yataḥ nivartate tataḥ tataḥ vimucyate
nivartanāt hi sarvataḥ na vetti duḥkham aṇu api

14. From whatever (attachment) a person turns away, from that he is released. Indeed, by turning away from everything, one does not experience even the slightest sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, from which, because

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, from which, because

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - he turns away, he desists, he ceases

• ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, from that

• ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, from that

• विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - he is released, he is liberated

• निवर्तनात् (nivartanāt) - from turning away, from desisting, by cessation

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, in every way

• न (na) - not, no

• वेत्ति (vetti) - he knows, he experiences

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

• अणु (aṇu) - a particle, a tiny amount, minute

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, from which, because

(indeclinable)

Ablative ending -tas added to yad (pronoun)

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, from which, because

(indeclinable)

Ablative ending -tas added to yad (pronoun)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - he turns away, he desists, he ceases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ni-vṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative ending -tas added to tad (pronoun)

ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative ending -tas added to tad (pronoun)

विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - he is released, he is liberated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vi-muc

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

निवर्तनात् (nivartanāt) - from turning away, from desisting, by cessation

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nivartana

nivartana - turning away, cessation, desisting, returning

verbal noun

Suffix -ana added to ni-vṛt root

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, in every way

(indeclinable)

Ablative ending -tas added to sarva (pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वेत्ति (vetti) - he knows, he experiences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, misery, unhappiness

अणु (aṇu) - a particle, a tiny amount, minute

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṇu

aṇu - minute, atomic, tiny, a particle, atom

Note: Here used to mean 'even a particle of'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)