महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-14

एकं पादं नोत्क्षिपति सलिलाद्धंस उच्चरन् ।
तं चेत्सततमृत्विजं न मृत्युर्नामृतं भवेत् ।
योगिनस्तं प्रपश्यन्ति भगवन्तं सनातनम् ॥१४॥

14. ekaṁ pādaṁ notkṣipati salilāddhaṁsa uccaran ,
taṁ cetsatatamṛtvijaṁ na mṛtyurnāmṛtaṁ bhavet ,
yoginastaṁ prapaśyanti bhagavantaṁ sanātanam.

14. ekam pādam na utkṣipati salilāt haṃsaḥ
uccaran tam cet satatam ṛtvijam
na mṛtyuḥ na amṛtam bhavet yoginaḥ
tam prapaśyanti bhagavantam sanātanam

14. A swan (haṃsa) rising from the water does not lift one foot, signifying its inherent connection (to Brahman). If that constant performer of `yajña` (ṛtvijam) were not (eternal), then neither death nor immortality would exist. Yogis (yoginaḥ) perceive that eternal (sanātana) divine being (bhagavantam).

Words meanings summery:

• एकम् (ekam) - one (one, single, unique)

• पादम् (pādam) - foot (foot, step, quarter)

• न (na) - not (not, no, neither)

• उत्क्षिपति (utkṣipati) - lifts (lifts up, raises, throws up)

• सलिलात् (salilāt) - from the water (from water, from liquid)

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - a swan (haṃsa) (swan, goose, flamingo, soul, Supreme Soul)

• उच्चरन् (uccaran) - rising (rising, ascending, uttering)

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine object) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, provided that)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

• ऋत्विजम् (ṛtvijam) - performer of yajña (ṛtvijam) (priest, sacrificer, one who performs a sacrifice)

• न (na) - neither (not, no, neither)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (death, Yama (god of death))

• न (na) - nor (not, no, neither)

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortality (immortality, nectar, ambrosia)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would exist (may be, should be, would be, might exist)

• योगिनः (yoginaḥ) - yogis (yoginaḥ) (yogis, practitioners of yoga, ascetics)

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine object) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they perceive (they see, they perceive, they behold)

• भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - divine being (bhagavantam) (lord, divine, worshipful, prosperous)

• सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal (sanātana) (eternal, ancient, everlasting, perpetual)

Words meanings and morphology

एकम् (ekam) - one (one, single, unique)

(numeral)

पादम् (pādam) - foot (foot, step, quarter)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāda

pāda - foot, step, quarter, verse-quarter

Root: pad (class 4)

न (na) - not (not, no, neither)

(indeclinable)

उत्क्षिपति (utkṣipati) - lifts (lifts up, raises, throws up)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṣip

Present active

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice, with upasarga 'ut-' (up, out)

Prefix: ut

Root: kṣip (class 6)

सलिलात् (salilāt) - from the water (from water, from liquid)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, fluid

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - a swan (haṃsa) (swan, goose, flamingo, soul, Supreme Soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, flamingo, soul, Supreme Soul

Root: han (class 2)

उच्चरन् (uccaran) - rising (rising, ascending, uttering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of car

car - to move, to walk, to wander

Present active participle

Nominative singular masculine of present active participle of ut-√car (to rise, to go up)

Prefix: ut

Root: car (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that (masculine object) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun

चेत् (cet) - if (if, provided that)

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a conditional clause

सततम् (satatam) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satata

satata - constant, perpetual, continuous, eternal

Note: Functions as an adverb.

ऋत्विजम् (ṛtvijam) - performer of yajña (ṛtvijam) (priest, sacrificer, one who performs a sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - priest, sacrificer, one who performs a sacrifice or ritual (yajña)

Derived from ṛtu (season, fixed time) and √yaj (to sacrifice, worship)

Root: yaj (class 1)

न (na) - neither (not, no, neither)

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (death, Yama (god of death))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise, the god of death (Yama)

Derived from the root √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

न (na) - nor (not, no, neither)

(indeclinable)

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortality (immortality, nectar, ambrosia)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortality, nectar, ambrosia; immortal, undying

Negative prefix 'a-' + mṛta (dead, from √mṛ)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would exist (may be, should be, would be, might exist)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

योगिनः (yoginaḥ) - yogis (yoginaḥ) (yogis, practitioners of yoga, ascetics)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yogin

yogin - one who practices yoga, an ascetic, a meditator

Derived from the root √yuj (to join, to yoke) and the suffix -in

Root: yuj (class 7)

तम् (tam) - that (masculine object) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun

प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they perceive (they see, they perceive, they behold)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present active

3rd person plural, present indicative, active voice, with upasarga 'pra-' (forth, before, thoroughly)

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - divine being (bhagavantam) (lord, divine, worshipful, prosperous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - divine, glorious, fortunate, worshipful; Lord, God, a blessed one

From bhaga (fortune, glory)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Used as a substantive (noun).

सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal (sanātana) (eternal, ancient, everlasting, perpetual)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, ancient, everlasting, perpetual