महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-40, verse-50

सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे ।
समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥५०॥

50. siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me ,
samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā.

50. siddhim prāptaḥ yathā brahma tathā āpnoti nibodha
me samāsena eva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā

50. kaunteya,
me nibodha samāsena eva yathā prāptaḥ siddhim (san),
yā parā jñānasya niṣṭhā (asti),
tathā brahma āpnoti.

50. O son of Kunti, learn from Me concisely how one who has achieved perfection subsequently attains brahman (brahman), which is the supreme culmination of knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

• सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection, success, attainment

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, achieved, reached

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - brahman, the Absolute Truth

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

• निबोध (nibodha) - learn, understand, know

• मे (me) - from me, to me

• समासेन (samāsena) - briefly, concisely, in short

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - Arjuna (O son of Kunti)

• निष्ठा (niṣṭhā) - culmination, firm conviction, devotion, conclusion

• ज्ञानस्य (jñānasya) - of knowledge

• या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

• परा (parā) - supreme, highest, ultimate

Words meanings and morphology

सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection, success, attainment

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - perfection, attainment, success

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, achieved, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - attained, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from root √āp (to obtain) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - brahman, the Absolute Truth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

(verb)

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

Root: āp (class 5)

निबोध (nibodha) - learn, understand, know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nibudh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - from me, to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Used as dative for 'from me' or 'to me'.

समासेन (samāsena) - briefly, concisely, in short

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of samāsa

samāsa - compound, brevity, conciseness

from √as with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: as (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - Arjuna (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

patronymic from Kunti

निष्ठा (niṣṭhā) - culmination, firm conviction, devotion, conclusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣṭhā

niṣṭhā - culmination, firm standing, devotion, conclusion

from √sthā with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: sthā (class 1)

ज्ञानस्य (jñānasya) - of knowledge

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom

from root √jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

relative pronoun

Note: Agrees with niṣṭhā.

परा (parā) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parā

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Agrees with niṣṭhā.