महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-59, verse-39

यथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मृत्योर्भीतानि भारत ।
धर्ममेवोपलीयन्ते कर्मवन्ति हि यानि च ॥३९॥

39. yathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mṛtyorbhītāni bhārata ,
dharmamevopalīyante karmavanti hi yāni ca.

39. yathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mṛtyoḥ bhītāni bhārata
dharmam eva upalīyante karmavanti hi yāni ca

39. bhārata yathā sarvāṇi mṛtyoḥ bhītāni yāni
karmavanti ca hi bhūtāni dharmam eva upalīyante

39. Just as all beings, O Bhārata, those indeed that are endowed with action (karma), being terrified of death, seek refuge solely in natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

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

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

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death (of death, from death)

• भीतानि (bhītāni) - terrified (frightened, terrified, afraid)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative, referring to Dhritarashtra) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata), O India)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma))

• एव (eva) - solely, only (indeed, only, just, exclusively)

• उपलीयन्ते (upalīyante) - they seek refuge (they take refuge, they seek shelter)

• कर्मवन्ति (karmavanti) - endowed with action (karma) (endowed with action, having action (karma), active)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely, because)

• यानि (yāni) - those which (which (relative pronoun))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtāni' and 'yāni'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - a being, creature, element; past participle of 'bhū' (to be)

past passive participle

from root BHŪ (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death (of death, from death)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

Note: Also could be ablative 'from death', but 'terrified of death' is more common with bhītāni.

भीतानि (bhītāni) - terrified (frightened, terrified, afraid)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhīta

bhīta - frightened, afraid, terrified

past passive participle

from root BHĪ (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtāni'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative, referring to Dhritarashtra) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata), O India)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; relating to Bharata; India

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, intrinsic nature (dharma)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'upalīyante'.

एव (eva) - solely, only (indeed, only, just, exclusively)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that they resort to dharma exclusively.

उपलीयन्ते (upalīyante) - they seek refuge (they take refuge, they seek shelter)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of upalī

present, middle voice, 3rd person plural

from root LĪ (cl. 4, to cling, adhere, dissolve) with upasarga UPĀ, in the middle voice, present tense.

Prefix: upa

Root: lī (class 4)

कर्मवन्ति (karmavanti) - endowed with action (karma) (endowed with action, having action (karma), active)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karmavat

karmavat - possessing action or karma, active, performing acts

suffixed with -vat to 'karma'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (karma+vat)

• karma – action, deed, work, destiny, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vat – possessing, having (suffix)
  indeclinable
  possessive suffix

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtāni' and 'yāni'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

यानि (yāni) - those which (which (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'bhūtāni' (beings).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)