महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-32, verse-12

सोऽहं तपः समास्थाय मोक्ष्यामीदं कलेवरम् ।
कथं मे प्रेत्यभावेऽपि न तैः स्यात्सह संगमः ॥१२॥

12. so'haṁ tapaḥ samāsthāya mokṣyāmīdaṁ kalevaram ,
kathaṁ me pretyabhāve'pi na taiḥ syātsaha saṁgamaḥ.

12. saḥ aham tapaḥ samāsthāya mokṣyāmi idam kalevaram
katham me pretyabhāve api na taiḥ syāt saha saṅgamaḥ

12. Therefore, I, having undertaken severe austerities, shall abandon this body. How can I ensure that I will not have any association with them (my Naga brethren) even in my next life?

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that, therefore (emphasizing 'I') (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, Vasuki) (I)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance (penance, austerity, heat)

• समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having undertaken (having resorted to, having undertaken, having stood firm)

• मोक्ष्यामि (mokṣyāmi) - I shall abandon (I shall release, I shall abandon, I shall be freed)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• कलेवरम् (kalevaram) - body (body, corpse)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• प्रेत्यभावे (pretyabhāve) - in the state after death, in the next life (in the state after death, in the next world/existence)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तैः (taiḥ) - with them (the Naga brethren) (by them, with them (masculine/neuter instrumental plural))

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be (optative) (may be, should be, let there be)

• सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by)

• सङ्गमः (saṅgamaḥ) - association, contact (meeting, union, contact, association)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that, therefore (emphasizing 'I') (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Forms 'so' in sandhi with following 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, Vasuki) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance (penance, austerity, heat)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, penance, religious austerity, spiritual fervor

From root tap (to heat, to perform austerity)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Object of `samāsthāya`.

समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having undertaken (having resorted to, having undertaken, having stood firm)

(verb)

gerund/absolutive

Gerund/absolutive of sam-ā-sthā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मोक्ष्यामि (mokṣyāmi) - I shall abandon (I shall release, I shall abandon, I shall be freed)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of muc

future

Future tense of root muc

Root: muc (class 6)

इदम् (idam) - this (this (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with `kalevaram`.

कलेवरम् (kalevaram) - body (body, corpse)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalevara

kalevara - body, corpse, frame

Note: Object of `mokṣyāmi`.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

Note: Here implies the person for whom the situation holds.

प्रेत्यभावे (pretyabhāve) - in the state after death, in the next life (in the state after death, in the next world/existence)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pretyabhāva

pretyabhāva - state after death, future existence, next life

Tatpuruṣa compound: pretya (after dying) + bhāva (state/existence). Pretya is a gerund from pra-i (to go forth/die).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pretya+bhāva)

• pretya – having died, after death
  verb (indeclinable participle)
  gerund/absolutive
  Gerund from pra-i (to go forth, to die)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• bhāva – state, existence, being, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/particle

Note: Emphasizes 'even in the state after death'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates `syāt`.

तैः (taiḥ) - with them (the Naga brethren) (by them, with them (masculine/neuter instrumental plural))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Used with `saha`.

स्यात् (syāt) - should be (optative) (may be, should be, let there be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative mood

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used impersonally or with `saṅgamaḥ` as its subject.

सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb

Note: Used with `taiḥ`.

सङ्गमः (saṅgamaḥ) - association, contact (meeting, union, contact, association)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅgama

saṅgama - meeting, union, contact, association, connection

action noun

From sam-gam (to come together)

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of `syāt`.