महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-3, verse-6

यथा जीर्णमजीर्णं वा वस्त्रं त्यक्त्वा तु वै नरः ।
अन्यद्रोचयते वस्त्रमेवं देहाः शरीरिणाम् ॥६॥

6. yathā jīrṇamajīrṇaṁ vā vastraṁ tyaktvā tu vai naraḥ ,
anyadrocayate vastramevaṁ dehāḥ śarīriṇām.

6. yathā jīrṇam ajīrṇam vā vastram tyaktvā tu vai
naraḥ anyat rocayate vastram evam dehāḥ śarīriṇām

6. yathā naraḥ jīrṇam vā ajīrṇam vastram tyaktvā tu
vai anyat vastram rocayate evam śarīriṇām dehāḥ

6. Just as a person, having discarded a worn-out or even an unworn garment, desires another piece of clothing, so too are bodies for those who are embodied.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• जीर्णम् (jīrṇam) - worn out, old, dilapidated

• अजीर्णम् (ajīrṇam) - unworn, new, undigested

• वा (vā) - or, either... or

• वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment, cloth, clothing

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having discarded, having abandoned, having left

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another, different

• रोचयते (rocayate) - likes, desires, prefers, takes pleasure in

• वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment, cloth, clothing

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, similarly

• देहाः (dehāḥ) - bodies

• शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings, of those possessing a body

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

जीर्णम् (jīrṇam) - worn out, old, dilapidated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - worn out, old, digested, dilapidated, decrepit

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jṝ' (to wear out, to digest)

Root: jṝ (class 9)

अजीर्णम् (ajīrṇam) - unworn, new, undigested

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ajīrṇa

ajīrṇa - unworn, new, undigested, not old

Past Passive Participle

Negated form of 'jīrṇa', derived from the root 'jṝ'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jīrṇa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• jīrṇa – worn out, old, digested, dilapidated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'jṝ' (to wear out, to digest)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)

वा (vā) - or, either... or

(indeclinable)

वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment, cloth, clothing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vastra

vastra - garment, cloth, clothing, apparel

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having discarded, having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root 'tyaj' with the suffix '-ktvā'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

अन्यत् (anyat) - another, different

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another, else

रोचयते (rocayate) - likes, desires, prefers, takes pleasure in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

Causative form (10th class equivalent)

Causative stem 'rocaya-' from root 'ruc', conjugated in ātmanepada

Root: ruc (class 1)

वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment, cloth, clothing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vastra

vastra - garment, cloth, clothing, apparel

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, similarly

(indeclinable)

देहाः (dehāḥ) - bodies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form, figure, person

शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings, of those possessing a body

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, an embodied being, a soul

Derived from 'śarīra' (body) with the possessive suffix '-in'