महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-42, verse-27

सर्वान्स्विष्टकृतो देवान्विद्याद्य इह कश्चन ।
न समानो ब्राह्मणस्य यस्मिन्प्रयतते स्वयम् ॥२७॥

27. sarvānsviṣṭakṛto devānvidyādya iha kaścana ,
na samāno brāhmaṇasya yasminprayatate svayam.

27. sarvān sviṣṭakṛtaḥ devān vidyāt yaḥ iha kaścana
na samānaḥ brāhmaṇasya yasmin prayatate svayam

27. One should know that no one here, whoever it may be—not even all the gods (deva) who perfectly perform Vedic rituals (yajña)—is equal to a Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) who himself strives (for knowledge or natural law).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, everyone

• स्विष्टकृतः (sviṣṭakṛtaḥ) - performers of good sacrifices, those who perform well

• देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, one should understand

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• कश्चन (kaścana) - someone, anyone, whoever

• न (na) - not, no

• समानः (samānaḥ) - equal, same, similar

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin, of sacred knowledge

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom, in which

• प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives for knowledge or natural law (strives, endeavors, exerts oneself)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

स्विष्टकृतः (sviṣṭakṛtaḥ) - performers of good sacrifices, those who perform well

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sviṣṭakṛt

sviṣṭakṛt - performer of good sacrifices, one who acts well

From su- (well) + iṣṭa (sacrificed) + kṛt (doer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+iṣṭa+kṛt)

• su – well, good
  indeclinable
• iṣṭa – sacrificed, worshipped; desired
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yaj (to sacrifice, to worship)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• kṛt – doer, maker, performing
  noun (masculine)
  From √kṛ (to do, to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the gods, in apposition with 'devān'.

देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, one should understand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: The implied subject is 'one'.

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

कश्चन (kaścana) - someone, anyone, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - someone, anyone, whoever

From kim (what/who) + cana (particle)

Note: Emphatic form of 'kaḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of negation.

समानः (samānaḥ) - equal, same, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāna

samāna - equal, same, similar

From sam (together) + √an (to breathe, to live)

Note: Predicate adjective for the implied subject (e.g. 'yaḥ...kaścana').

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin, of sacred knowledge

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, relating to brahman, sacred text

Derived from brahman

Note: Used with 'samāna' to indicate "equal to (genitive)".

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom, in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the Brahmin.

प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives for knowledge or natural law (strives, endeavors, exerts oneself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √yat

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: The subject is implied as 'one' (the Brahmin).

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle referring to the subject of 'prayatate'.