महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-16

द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च ।
क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ॥१६॥

16. dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca ,
kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate.

16. dvau imau puruṣau loke | kṣaraḥ ca akṣaraḥ eva ca
| kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni | kūṭasthaḥ akṣaraḥ ucyate

16. loke dvau imau puruṣau (staḥ) ca kṣaraḥ ca eva akṣaraḥ
kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni (asti) kūṭasthaḥ akṣaraḥ ucyate

16. There are two kinds of cosmic persons (puruṣa) in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. The perishable refers to all beings, while the imperishable is called the unchanging one (kūṭastha).

Words meanings summery:

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• इमौ (imau) - these two (puruṣa) (these two)

• पुरुषौ (puruṣau) - two cosmic persons (puruṣa) (two persons, two cosmic persons (puruṣa))

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the universe)

• क्षरः (kṣaraḥ) - the perishable (perishable, decaying, flowing)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अक्षरः (akṣaraḥ) - the imperishable (imperishable, indestructible, letter, syllable)

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• क्षरः (kṣaraḥ) - the perishable (perishable, decaying, flowing)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (beings) (all, every)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - all living beings (beings, creatures, elements)

• कूटस्थः (kūṭasthaḥ) - the unchanging one (kūṭastha) (immutable, unchanging, standing at the summit, enigmatic)

• अक्षरः (akṣaraḥ) - the imperishable (imperishable, indestructible, letter, syllable)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (is said, is called, is declared)

Words meanings and morphology

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

इमौ (imau) - these two (puruṣa) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

पुरुषौ (puruṣau) - two cosmic persons (puruṣa) (two persons, two cosmic persons (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, spirit, conscious being, cosmic person

Note: Refers to the two principles of 'perishable' and 'imperishable'.

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the universe)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, realm, people

क्षरः (kṣaraḥ) - the perishable (perishable, decaying, flowing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣara

kṣara - perishable, decaying, flowing, movable

from root kṣar

Root: kṣar (class 1)

Note: Here, refers to the manifest, changing reality.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अक्षरः (akṣaraḥ) - the imperishable (imperishable, indestructible, letter, syllable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣara

akṣara - imperishable, indestructible, constant, letter, syllable

negative prefix 'a' + kṣara

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kṣara)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kṣara – perishable, decaying
  adjective (masculine)
  from root kṣar
  Root: kṣar (class 1)

Note: Refers to the unmanifest, unchanging reality.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

क्षरः (kṣaraḥ) - the perishable (perishable, decaying, flowing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣara

kṣara - perishable, decaying, flowing, movable

from root kṣar

Root: kṣar (class 1)

Note: Here, refers to the manifest, changing reality.

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (beings) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Used as a pronominal adjective here.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - all living beings (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कूटस्थः (kūṭasthaḥ) - the unchanging one (kūṭastha) (immutable, unchanging, standing at the summit, enigmatic)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kūṭastha

kūṭastha - standing at the summit, unchanging, immutable, mysterious, unmoving

Compound type : tatpurusha (kūṭa+stha)

• kūṭa – peak, summit, mass, enigmatic
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, situated, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the immutable, unchanging principle.

अक्षरः (akṣaraḥ) - the imperishable (imperishable, indestructible, letter, syllable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣara

akṣara - imperishable, indestructible, constant, letter, syllable

negative prefix 'a' + kṣara

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kṣara)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kṣara – perishable, decaying
  adjective (masculine)
  from root kṣar
  Root: kṣar (class 1)

Note: Refers to the unmanifest, unchanging reality.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (is said, is called, is declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Root 'vac' changes to 'uc' in passive forms.