महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-42, verse-4

उभे सत्ये क्षत्रियाद्यप्रवृत्ते मोहो मृत्युः संमतो यः कवीनाम् ।
प्रमादं वै मृत्युमहं ब्रवीमि सदाप्रमादममृतत्वं ब्रवीमि ॥४॥

4. ubhe satye kṣatriyādyapravṛtte; moho mṛtyuḥ saṁmato yaḥ kavīnām ,
pramādaṁ vai mṛtyumahaṁ bravīmi; sadāpramādamamṛtatvaṁ bravīmi.

4. ubhe satye kṣatriya adya pravṛtte
mohaḥ mṛtyuḥ saṃmataḥ yaḥ kavīnām
pramādam vai mṛtyum aham bravīmi
sadā apramādam amṛtatvam bravīmi

4. O Kṣatriya, both these views are currently prevalent. The wise (kavi) consider delusion (moha) to be death. However, I declare heedlessness (pramāda) to be death, and I always declare attentiveness (apramāda) to be immortality.

Words meanings summery:

• उभे (ubhe) - both

• सत्ये (satye) - truths, real things

• क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) - O Kṣatriya

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, currently

• प्रवृत्ते (pravṛtte) - prevalent, current, in vogue

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, confusion (moha)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• संमतः (saṁmataḥ) - considered, agreed upon, approved

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who, that

• कवीनाम् (kavīnām) - of the wise, of the poets/sages

• प्रमादम् (pramādam) - heedlessness, carelessness, error (pramāda)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I declare

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• अप्रमादम् (apramādam) - attentiveness, non-heedlessness (apramāda)

• अमृतत्वम् (amṛtatvam) - immortality, deathlessness

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I declare

Words meanings and morphology

उभे (ubhe) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both, either of two

सत्ये (satye) - truths, real things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) - O Kṣatriya

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, ruler, member of the Kṣatriya caste

अद्य (adya) - today, now, currently

(indeclinable)

प्रवृत्ते (pravṛtte) - prevalent, current, in vogue

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - commenced, arisen, active, prevalent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt (to turn, to exist) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, confusion (moha)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, illusion, confusion, infatuation (moha)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

संमतः (saṁmataḥ) - considered, agreed upon, approved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃmata

saṁmata - approved, esteemed, considered, thought

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man (to think) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: man

यः (yaḥ) - which, who, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

कवीनाम् (kavīnām) - of the wise, of the poets/sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kavi

kavi - wise man, sage, poet, seer

प्रमादम् (pramādam) - heedlessness, carelessness, error (pramāda)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - heedlessness, carelessness, negligence, error (pramāda)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I declare

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

अप्रमादम् (apramādam) - attentiveness, non-heedlessness (apramāda)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apramāda

apramāda - attentiveness, carefulness, vigilance, non-heedlessness (apramāda)

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+pramāda)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• pramāda – heedlessness, carelessness
  noun (masculine)

अमृतत्वम् (amṛtatvam) - immortality, deathlessness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛtatva

amṛtatva - immortality, state of being deathless

Compound type : tatpurusha (amṛta+tva)

• amṛta – immortal, nectar
  adjective (neuter)
• tva – suffix for 'state of being'
  noun (neuter)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I declare

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)