महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-28

यदस्य धर्म्यं मरणं शाश्वतं लोकवर्त्म तत् ।
समन्तात्सर्वभूतानां न तदत्येति कश्चन ॥२८॥

28. yadasya dharmyaṁ maraṇaṁ śāśvataṁ lokavartma tat ,
samantātsarvabhūtānāṁ na tadatyeti kaścana.

28. yat asya dharmyaṃ maraṇaṃ śāśvataṃ lokavartma
tat samantāt sarvabhūtānāṃ na tat atyeti kaścana

28. That death, which is righteous (dharmya) for a person, is the eternal way of the world. No one among all beings can escape that (path).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - that which, which

• अस्य (asya) - of him, for him, his

• धर्म्यं (dharmyaṁ) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma)

• मरणं (maraṇaṁ) - death, dying

• शाश्वतं (śāśvataṁ) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

• लोकवर्त्म (lokavartma) - path of the world, worldly way

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

• सर्वभूतानां (sarvabhūtānāṁ) - of all beings, of all creatures

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अत्येति (atyeti) - overcomes, passes over, escapes

• कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone, no one (with negation)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - that which, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'maraṇaṃ'.

अस्य (asya) - of him, for him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the person whose death is being discussed.

धर्म्यं (dharmyaṁ) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, proper

Derived from dharma, with suffix -ya

मरणं (maraṇaṁ) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

Derived from root mṛ 'to die', with suffix -ana

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

शाश्वतं (śāśvataṁ) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

लोकवर्त्म (lokavartma) - path of the world, worldly way

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lokavartman

lokavartman - path of the world, worldly way

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+vartman)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• vartman – path, road, way
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vṛt 'to turn, exist'
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative of the first clause.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

(indeclinable)

Adverbial ablative of samanta 'all around'

सर्वभूतानां (sarvabhūtānāṁ) - of all beings, of all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to all living creatures.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Object of 'atyeti'.

अत्येति (atyeti) - overcomes, passes over, escapes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of atyi

Present Active Indicative

From root i 'to go' with prefix ati-

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone, no one (with negation)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone; (with na) no one

Indefinite pronoun, formed from kim + cana

Note: Subject of 'atyeti'.