महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-69

अद्भ्यः स्तोका यान्ति यथा पृथक्त्वं ताभिश्चैक्यं संक्षये यान्ति भूयः ।
एवं विद्वान्प्रभवं चाप्ययं च हित्वा भूतानां तत्र सायुज्यमेति ॥६९॥

69. adbhyaḥ stokā yānti yathā pṛthaktvaṁ; tābhiścaikyaṁ saṁkṣaye yānti bhūyaḥ ,
evaṁ vidvānprabhavaṁ cāpyayaṁ ca; hitvā bhūtānāṁ tatra sāyujyameti.

69. adbhyaḥ stokāḥ yānti yathā pṛthaktvam
tābhiḥ ca aikyam saṃkṣaye yānti
bhūyaḥ evam vidvān prabhavam ca api ayam
ca hitvā bhūtānām tatra sāyujyam eti

69. yathā adbhyaḥ stokāḥ pṛthaktvam yānti,
ca saṃkṣaye tābhiḥ aikyam bhūyaḥ yānti; evam vidvān bhūtānām prabhavam ca ayam ca hitvā,
tatra sāyujyam eti.

69. Just as drops separate from waters and then, at the time of dissolution, return to oneness with them again, similarly, a wise person, having understood both the origin and the dissolution of beings, attains union (sāyujya) with that ultimate reality.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्भ्यः (adbhyaḥ) - from waters; from the elements

• स्तोकाः (stokāḥ) - drops; particles

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go; they proceed

• यथा (yathā) - just as; as

• पृथक्त्वम् (pṛthaktvam) - separateness; distinction

• ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by them; with them

• च (ca) - and

• ऐक्यम् (aikyam) - oneness; unity

• संक्षये (saṁkṣaye) - in dissolution; at the time of destruction

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go; they return

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; further

• एवम् (evam) - thus; in this manner

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - the knowing one; a wise person

• प्रभवम् (prabhavam) - origin; source

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also; even

• अयम् (ayam) - dissolution; end

• च (ca) - and

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; having understood/left behind

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; of creatures

• तत्र (tatra) - with that ultimate reality (Brahman) (there; with that)

• सायुज्यम् (sāyujyam) - complete union or identity with the ultimate reality (Brahman) (union; complete identity)

• एति (eti) - he attains; he goes

Words meanings and morphology

अद्भ्यः (adbhyaḥ) - from waters; from the elements

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, element

स्तोकाः (stokāḥ) - drops; particles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of stoka

stoka - drop, particle

यान्ति (yānti) - they go; they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

present tense

3rd person plural, active voice

Root: yā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as; as

(indeclinable)

पृथक्त्वम् (pṛthaktvam) - separateness; distinction

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛthaktva

pṛthaktva - separateness, distinctness, difference

ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by them; with them

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: refers to 'waters'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ऐक्यम् (aikyam) - oneness; unity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aikya

aikya - oneness, unity, identity

संक्षये (saṁkṣaye) - in dissolution; at the time of destruction

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃkṣaya

saṁkṣaya - dissolution, destruction, decay

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣi (class 1)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go; they return

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

present tense

3rd person plural, active voice

Root: yā (class 2)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; further

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus; in this manner

(indeclinable)

विद्वान् (vidvān) - the knowing one; a wise person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvat

vidvat - knowing, wise, learned person

present active participle

from root vid- (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

प्रभवम् (prabhavam) - origin; source

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, birth, power

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also; even

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - dissolution; end

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apaya

apaya - departure, going away, end, dissolution, destruction

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; having understood/left behind

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root hā (to abandon)

Root: hā (class 3)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

past passive participle

from root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - with that ultimate reality (Brahman) (there; with that)

(indeclinable)

सायुज्यम् (sāyujyam) - complete union or identity with the ultimate reality (Brahman) (union; complete identity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāyujya

sāyujya - union, association, identity, absorption (mokṣa)

एति (eti) - he attains; he goes

(verb)

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

present tense

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: i (class 2)