महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-17

अन्तवन्तः क्षत्रिय ते जयन्ति लोकाञ्जनाः कर्मणा निर्मितेन ।
ब्रह्मैव विद्वांस्तेन अभ्येति सर्वं नान्यः पन्था अयनाय विद्यते ॥१७॥

17. antavantaḥ kṣatriya te jayanti; lokāñjanāḥ karmaṇā nirmitena ,
brahmaiva vidvāṁstena abhyeti sarvaṁ; nānyaḥ panthā ayanāya vidyate.

17. antavantaḥ kṣatriya te jayanti
lokān janāḥ karmaṇā nirmitena brahma
eva vidvān tena abhyeti sarvam
na anyaḥ panthāḥ ayanāya vidyate

17. O warrior (kṣatriya), people, by the actions (karma) they perform, create and conquer worlds that are perishable. However, one who knows Brahman (brahman) alone attains everything, and there is no other path to ultimate realization (ayana).

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable (worlds) (having an end, perishable, finite)

• क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) - O warrior (vocative, addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (a warrior, a member of the kṣatriya caste)

• ते (te) - they (referring to people who perform actions) (they, those)

• जयन्ति (jayanti) - they conquer (worlds) (they conquer, they are victorious)

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (which are perishable) (worlds, realms)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people (who perform karma) (people, men)

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by actions (karma) (by action, by work, by ritual)

• निर्मितेन (nirmitena) - by (actions) performed or created (by them) (by what is made, by what is created, by what is performed)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

• एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed)

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - a wise person, one who knows (Brahman) (one who knows, knowing, wise)

• तेन (tena) - by that (knowledge of Brahman, or by Brahman) (by that, with that)

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - attains (everything) (approaches, attains, reaches)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, the all (all, everything, the whole)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other (other, different)

• पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path (to liberation) (path, way)

• अयनाय (ayanāya) - for ultimate realization/liberation (for going, for moving, for path, for liberation)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable (worlds) (having an end, perishable, finite)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antavat

antavat - having an end, perishable, finite

suffix -vat added to anta

क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) - O warrior (vocative, addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (a warrior, a member of the kṣatriya caste)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior (kṣatriya) class, a warrior

ते (te) - they (referring to people who perform actions) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जयन्ति (jayanti) - they conquer (worlds) (they conquer, they are victorious)

(verb)

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

Root: ji (class 1)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (which are perishable) (worlds, realms)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

जनाः (janāḥ) - people (who perform karma) (people, men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by actions (karma) (by action, by work, by ritual)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निर्मितेन (nirmitena) - by (actions) performed or created (by them) (by what is made, by what is created, by what is performed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nirmita

nirmita - made, created, built, performed

Past Passive Participle

From √mā (to measure, build) with prefix nir-

Prefix: nir

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with karmaṇā.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, ultimate reality, sacred word/formula

Note: Forms sandhi with 'eva'.

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms sandhi with 'brahma'.

विद्वान् (vidvān) - a wise person, one who knows (Brahman) (one who knows, knowing, wise)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - knowing, wise, learned, a knower

Perfect Active Participle

From root √vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Used substantively here, 'one who knows'.

तेन (tena) - by that (knowledge of Brahman, or by Brahman) (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Brahman or the knowledge of Brahman.

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - attains (everything) (approaches, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of abhi-√i

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything, the all (all, everything, the whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Used substantively here, 'the all'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other (other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path (to liberation) (path, way)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

Note: 'pathin' is the root word, 'panthāḥ' is its nominative singular form.

अयनाय (ayanāya) - for ultimate realization/liberation (for going, for moving, for path, for liberation)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of ayana

ayana - going, coming, path, course, asylum, liberation

From root √i (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of √vid

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Root √vid class 4 (vidya) means 'to be, exist', while class 2 (ad) means 'to know'.