महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-4

सनत्सुजात उवाच ।
येऽस्मिँल्लोके विजयन्तीह कामान्ब्राह्मीं स्थितिमनुतितिक्षमाणाः ।
त आत्मानं निर्हरन्तीह देहान्मुञ्जादिषीकामिव सत्त्वसंस्थाः ॥४॥

4. sanatsujāta uvāca ,
ye'smiँlloke vijayantīha kāmā;nbrāhmīṁ sthitimanutitikṣamāṇāḥ ,
ta ātmānaṁ nirharantīha dehā;nmuñjādiṣīkāmiva sattvasaṁsthāḥ.

4. sanatsujāta uvāca ye asmin loke vijayanti
iha kāmān brāhmīm sthitim
anutitikṣamāṇāḥ te ātmānam nirharanti iha
dehāt muñjāt iṣīkām iva sattvasaṃsthāḥ

4. Sanatsujāta said: 'Those who, in this world, conquer desires (kāma) and strive for the divine (brāhmī) state—they, being established in purity (sattva), draw forth the self (ātman) from the body, just as a fiber (īṣīkā) is extracted from munja grass.'

Words meanings summery:

• सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - Sanatsujāta

• उवाच (uvāca) - Said, spoke.

• ये (ye) - Those who (masculine plural).

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - In this (masculine/neuter).

• लोके (loke) - In the world, in this realm.

• विजयन्ति (vijayanti) - They conquer, overcome.

• इह (iha) - Here, in this world.

• कामान् (kāmān) - Desires (accusative plural).

• ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - Divine, relating to Brahman (feminine).

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - State, condition, position.

• अनुतितिक्षमाणाः (anutitikṣamāṇāḥ) - Aspiring for, desiring to attain/endure.

• ते (te) - They, those (masculine plural).

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - The self, soul (accusative singular).

• निर्हरन्ति (nirharanti) - They draw out, extract.

• इह (iha) - Here.

• देहात् (dehāt) - From the body.

• मुञ्जात् (muñjāt) - From munja grass.

• इषीकाम् (iṣīkām) - A fiber, a stalk (accusative singular).

• इव (iva) - Like, as, just as.

• सत्त्वसंस्थाः (sattvasaṁsthāḥ) - Established in purity/goodness/existence.

Words meanings and morphology

सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - Sanatsujāta

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanatsujāta

sanatsujāta - Name of a sage, a mind-born son of Brahmā, a spiritual teacher.

उवाच (uvāca) - Said, spoke.

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ये (ye) - Those who (masculine plural).

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - Which, who, what (relative pronoun).

अस्मिन् (asmin) - In this (masculine/neuter).

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - This, this one.

लोके (loke) - In the world, in this realm.

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - World, realm, sphere, people.

विजयन्ति (vijayanti) - They conquer, overcome.

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vi-ji

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

इह (iha) - Here, in this world.

(indeclinable)

कामान् (kāmān) - Desires (accusative plural).

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāma

kāma - Desire, wish, longing, sensual pleasure.

ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - Divine, relating to Brahman (feminine).

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brāhmī

brāhmī - Relating to Brahman, divine, sacred.

Feminine form of brāhma (derived from brahman).

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - State, condition, position.

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - Standing, staying, state, condition, position, existence.

From root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

अनुतितिक्षमाणाः (anutitikṣamāṇāḥ) - Aspiring for, desiring to attain/endure.

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anutitikṣamāṇa

anutitikṣamāṇa - Desiring to endure or obtain, aspiring after.

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada, Desiderative)

From anu (prefix) + desiderative stem of a root related to endurance/desire, with śānac suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: tikṣ (class 1)

ते (te) - They, those (masculine plural).

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - That, those.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - The self, soul (accusative singular).

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - The self, soul, spirit, individual soul.

निर्हरन्ति (nirharanti) - They draw out, extract.

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nir-hṛ

Prefix: nis

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इह (iha) - Here.

(indeclinable)

देहात् (dehāt) - From the body.

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - Body, physical frame.

मुञ्जात् (muñjāt) - From munja grass.

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of muñja

muñja - Munja grass (Saccharum munja), a kind of grass from which string is made.

इषीकाम् (iṣīkām) - A fiber, a stalk (accusative singular).

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of iṣīkā

iṣīkā - A fine fiber, a stalk, a reed, a splinter.

इव (iva) - Like, as, just as.

(indeclinable)

सत्त्वसंस्थाः (sattvasaṁsthāḥ) - Established in purity/goodness/existence.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sattvasaṃstha

sattvasaṁstha - Established in sattva (purity/goodness), abiding in reality.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sattva+saṃstha)

• sattva – Purity, goodness, existence, reality, being, essence.
  noun (neuter)
• saṃstha – Standing in, situated in, established in, contained in.
  adjective
  From sam (prefix) + sthā (to stand).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)