महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-16

यः सहस्रं सहस्राणां पक्षान्संतत्य संपतेत् ।
मध्यमे मध्य आगच्छेदपि चेत्स्यान्मनोजवः ।
योगिनस्तं प्रपश्यन्ति भगवन्तं सनातनम् ॥१६॥

16. yaḥ sahasraṁ sahasrāṇāṁ pakṣānsaṁtatya saṁpatet ,
madhyame madhya āgacchedapi cetsyānmanojavaḥ ,
yoginastaṁ prapaśyanti bhagavantaṁ sanātanam.

16. yaḥ sahasram sahasrāṇām pakṣān saṃtatya
saṃpatet madhyame madhye āgacchet
api cet syāt manojavaḥ yoginaḥ
tam prapaśyanti bhagavantam sanātanam

16. He who could fly by extending thousands of thousands of wings, and even if he were to reach the innermost center, being as swift as thought (manojava), (would still not perceive it). Yogis (yoginaḥ) perceive that eternal (sanātana) divine being (bhagavantam).

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which, whoever)

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

• पक्षान् (pakṣān) - wings (wings, sides, factions)

• संतत्य (saṁtatya) - having extended (having stretched out, having extended, having spread)

• संपतेत् (saṁpatet) - could fly (would fly, should fly, might fly)

• मध्यमे (madhyame) - in the middle (in the middle, in the center, intermediate)

• मध्ये (madhye) - of the middle (innermost center) (in the middle, in the center, amidst)

• आगच्छेत् (āgacchet) - could reach (would come, should go, might arrive)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, provided that)

• स्यात् (syāt) - were (to be) (would be, should be, may be)

• मनोजवः (manojavaḥ) - as swift as thought (manojava) (swift as thought, quick-minded)

• 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

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(numeral)

सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

(numeral)

पक्षान् (pakṣān) - wings (wings, sides, factions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pakṣa

pakṣa - wing, side, feather, party, fortnight

संतत्य (saṁtatya) - having extended (having stretched out, having extended, having spread)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of saṃ-√tan (to stretch out, spread completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: tan (class 8)

संपतेत् (saṁpatet) - could fly (would fly, should fly, might fly)

(verb)

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

Optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, with upasarga 'sam-' (together, completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

मध्यमे (madhyame) - in the middle (in the middle, in the center, intermediate)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhyama

madhyama - middle, central, intermediate

मध्ये (madhye) - of the middle (innermost center) (in the middle, in the center, amidst)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, midst

आगच्छेत् (āgacchet) - could reach (would come, should go, might arrive)

(verb)

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

Optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, with upasarga 'ā-' (to, towards, here)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle conveying emphasis or inclusion

चेत् (cet) - if (if, provided that)

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a conditional clause

स्यात् (syāt) - were (to be) (would be, should be, may be)

(verb)

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

Optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

मनोजवः (manojavaḥ) - as swift as thought (manojava) (swift as thought, quick-minded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manojava

manojava - swift as thought, quick-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manas+java)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• java – speed, swiftness, quickness
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √jū (to be swift)
  Root: jū (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