महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-7

गृहीत्वा ये च गच्छन्ति येऽनुयान्ति च तान्मृतान् ।
तेऽप्यायुषः प्रमाणेन स्वेन गच्छन्ति जन्तवः ॥७॥

7. gṛhītvā ye ca gacchanti ye'nuyānti ca tānmṛtān ,
te'pyāyuṣaḥ pramāṇena svena gacchanti jantavaḥ.

7. gṛhītvā ye ca gacchanti ye anuyānti ca tān mṛtān
te api āyuṣaḥ pramāṇena svena gacchanti jantavaḥ

7. ye ca gṛhītvā gacchanti ye ca tān mṛtān anuyānti
te api jantavaḥ svena āyuṣaḥ pramāṇena gacchanti

7. Those who carry (the dead) and those who follow those deceased persons, they too, as living beings, depart according to their own measure of life.

Words meanings summery:

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, after taking, having grasped

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• च (ca) - and

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• अनुयान्ति (anuyānti) - they follow, they go after

• च (ca) - and

• तान् (tān) - those (masculine accusative plural)

• मृतान् (mṛtān) - dead ones, deceased persons

• ते (te) - they (masculine nominative plural)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• आयुषः (āyuṣaḥ) - of life, of duration of life

• प्रमाणेन (pramāṇena) - by the measure, according to the extent

• स्वेन (svena) - by their own, by one's own

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

• जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - living beings, creatures

Words meanings and morphology

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, after taking, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root `grah` (class 9) with suffix `ktvā`.

Root: grah (class 9)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of gam

Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural, Parasmaipada

Derived from root `gam` (class 1).

Root: gam (class 1)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

अनुयान्ति (anuyānti) - they follow, they go after

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of anuyā

Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural, Parasmaipada

Derived from root `yā` (class 2) with prefix `anu`.

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those (masculine accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

मृतान् (mṛtān) - dead ones, deceased persons

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `mṛ` (class 6).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

ते (te) - they (masculine nominative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

आयुषः (āyuṣaḥ) - of life, of duration of life

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life, vital power

प्रमाणेन (pramāṇena) - by the measure, according to the extent

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - measure, standard, extent, proof, authority

From `pra` + `mā`.

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 3)

स्वेन (svena) - by their own, by one's own

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of gam

Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural, Parasmaipada

Derived from root `gam` (class 1).

Root: gam (class 1)

जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - living beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man, animal

From root `jan`.

Root: jan (class 4)