महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-54

पराजयश्च मरणान्मन्ये नैव विशिष्यते ।
यस्य स्याद्विजयः कृष्ण तस्याप्यपचयो ध्रुवम् ॥५४॥

54. parājayaśca maraṇānmanye naiva viśiṣyate ,
yasya syādvijayaḥ kṛṣṇa tasyāpyapacayo dhruvam.

54. parājayaḥ ca maraṇāt manye na eva viśiṣyate yasya
syāt vijayaḥ Kṛṣṇa tasya api apacayaḥ dhruvam

54. I believe that defeat is certainly no different from death. O Krishna, even for him who achieves victory, decline is inevitable.

Words meanings summery:

• पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat (defeat, vanquishment)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death

• मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I consider, I believe)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - differs (is distinguished, excels, is superior, differs)

• यस्य (yasya) - for him whose (whose, of whom, for whom)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be (or achieves) (may be, let it be, should be)

• विजयः (vijayaḥ) - victory (victory, triumph)

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna (O Krishna (Proper Noun))

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (of him, for him, his)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• अपचयः (apacayaḥ) - decline (decline, diminution, loss, decay)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - is inevitable / certainly (certainly, surely, inevitably, fixed, constant)

Words meanings and morphology

पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat (defeat, vanquishment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parājaya

parājaya - defeat, vanquishment, loss, retreat

derived from root ji (to conquer) with prefix parā

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, act of dying

from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I consider, I believe)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

present middle 1st singular

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - differs (is distinguished, excels, is superior, differs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of viśiṣ

present middle 3rd singular

from root śiṣ (to distinguish) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

यस्य (yasya) - for him whose (whose, of whom, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

relative pronoun

स्यात् (syāt) - may be (or achieves) (may be, let it be, should be)

(verb)

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

optative active 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

विजयः (vijayaḥ) - victory (victory, triumph)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vijaya

vijaya - victory, triumph, conquest, success

derived from root ji (to conquer) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna (O Krishna (Proper Noun))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of Kṛṣṇa

Kṛṣṇa - Krishna (a name of Vishnu, a deity)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (of him, for him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

demonstrative pronoun

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अपचयः (apacayaḥ) - decline (decline, diminution, loss, decay)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apacaya

apacaya - diminution, decline, decay, loss, decrease

derived from root ci (to gather) with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: ci (class 5)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - is inevitable / certainly (certainly, surely, inevitably, fixed, constant)

(indeclinable)

Root: dhru

Note: Used adverbially.