महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-77, verse-4

तदिदं निश्चितं बुद्ध्या पूर्वैरपि महात्मभिः ।
दैवे च मानुषे चैव संयुक्तं लोककारणम् ॥४॥

4. tadidaṁ niścitaṁ buddhyā pūrvairapi mahātmabhiḥ ,
daive ca mānuṣe caiva saṁyuktaṁ lokakāraṇam.

4. tat idam niścitam buddhyā pūrvaiḥ api mahātmabhiḥ
daive ca mānuṣe ca eva saṃyuktam lokakāraṇam

4. This very truth has been ascertained by intelligence (buddhi), even by ancient great souls (mahātman): that the cause of the world (loka) is found combined in both the divine (daiva) and human (mānuṣa) factors.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - this truth, this conclusion (that, this)

• इदम् (idam) - this truth, this conclusion (this)

• निश्चितम् (niścitam) - ascertained, determined, firm

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - through discerning intellect (buddhi) (by intelligence, by understanding)

• पूर्वैः (pūrvaiḥ) - by previously enlightened sages (by the former, by the ancients)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by enlightened sages (mahātman) (by great souls, by noble persons)

• दैवे (daive) - in the divine factor (daiva) (in the divine, in fate)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human factor (mānuṣa) (in the human, in human effort)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - combined, joined, connected

• लोककारणम् (lokakāraṇam) - cause of the world

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - this truth, this conclusion (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Used anaphorically for the preceding idea.

इदम् (idam) - this truth, this conclusion (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Emphatic, often redundant with `tat`.

निश्चितम् (niścitam) - ascertained, determined, firm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niścita

niścita - ascertained, determined, certain, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `ci` with prefix `nis-`

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `tat idam`.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - through discerning intellect (buddhi) (by intelligence, by understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, intelligence, understanding, discernment

From root `budh` (to know)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Instrument of ascertainment.

पूर्वैः (pūrvaiḥ) - by previously enlightened sages (by the former, by the ancients)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, ancient, prior

Note: Modifies `mahātmabhiḥ`.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes `pūrvaiḥ mahātmabhiḥ`.

महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by enlightened sages (mahātman) (by great souls, by noble persons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble person, magnanimous; (mahātman)

Compound of `mahā` (great) and `ātman` (self).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agents of ascertainment.

दैवे (daive) - in the divine factor (daiva) (in the divine, in fate)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, relating to destiny or fate

Derived from `deva` (god)

Note: Refers to the divine cause/factor.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `daive` and `mānuṣe`.

मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human factor (mānuṣa) (in the human, in human effort)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, manly, relating to man

Derived from `manuṣya` (man)

Note: Refers to the human cause/factor.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Paired with the first `ca`.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - combined, joined, connected

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃyukta

saṁyukta - joined, united, combined, connected

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `yuj` with prefix `sam-`

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with `lokakāraṇam`.

लोककारणम् (lokakāraṇam) - cause of the world

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lokakāraṇa

lokakāraṇa - cause of the world (loka)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+kāraṇa)

• loka – world, people, sphere
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From causative root `kṛ` (to do/make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.