महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-42, verse-3

सनत्सुजात उवाच ।
अमृत्युः कर्मणा केचिन्मृत्युर्नास्तीति चापरे ।
शृणु मे ब्रुवतो राजन्यथैतन्मा विशङ्किथाः ॥३॥

3. sanatsujāta uvāca ,
amṛtyuḥ karmaṇā kecinmṛtyurnāstīti cāpare ,
śṛṇu me bruvato rājanyathaitanmā viśaṅkithāḥ.

3. sanatsujāta uvāca amṛtyuḥ karmaṇā kecit mṛtyuḥ na asti iti
ca apare śṛṇu me bruvataḥ rājan yathā etat mā viśaṅkithāḥ

3. Sanatsujāta said: Some say immortality is achieved through action (karma), while others claim that death simply does not exist. O King, listen to me as I explain this, and do not entertain any doubts.

Words meanings summery:

• सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - Sanatsujāta

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अमृत्युः (amṛtyuḥ) - immortality, deathlessness

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, through deeds (karma)

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - others

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen

• मे (me) - to me, my

• ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - of one speaking, as I speak

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• यथा (yathā) - so that, as, just as

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• विशङ्किथाः (viśaṅkithāḥ) - do not doubt (with mā) (you should doubt, you might doubt)

Words meanings and morphology

सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - Sanatsujāta

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanatsujāta

sanatsujāta - Sanatsujāta (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अमृत्युः (amṛtyuḥ) - immortality, deathlessness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amṛtyu

amṛtyu - immortality, deathlessness

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+mṛtyu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, through deeds (karma)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual action, destiny (karma)

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kacid

kacid - someone, something, some

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - of one speaking, as I speak

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, declaring

Present Active Participle

Derived from root brū (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यथा (yathā) - so that, as, just as

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

विशङ्किथाः (viśaṅkithāḥ) - do not doubt (with mā) (you should doubt, you might doubt)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (injunctive) (luṅ) of śaṅk

Prefix: vi

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: Form used with 'mā' for prohibition.