महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-15, verse-57

यथा हि पुरुषः शालां पुनः संप्रविशेन्नवाम् ।
एवं जीवः शरीराणि तानि तानि प्रपद्यते ॥५७॥

57. yathā hi puruṣaḥ śālāṁ punaḥ saṁpraviśennavām ,
evaṁ jīvaḥ śarīrāṇi tāni tāni prapadyate.

57. yathā hi puruṣaḥ śālām punaḥ sampraviśet navām
| evam jīvaḥ śarīrāṇi tāni tāni prapadyate

57. hi yathā puruṣaḥ navām śālām punaḥ sampraviśet,
evam jīvaḥ tāni tāni śarīrāṇi prapadyate.

57. Just as a person indeed enters a new house again, in the same way, the living entity (jīva) obtains those various bodies.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, man, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

• शालाम् (śālām) - a house, a dwelling, a room

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• सम्प्रविशेत् (sampraviśet) - should enter, may enter, enters

• नवाम् (navām) - new, fresh

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the living entity, soul, individual self (jīva)

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• तानि (tāni) - those (ones), them

• तानि (tāni) - those (ones), them (emphasizing variety or individuality)

• प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - obtains, enters, gets, takes refuge in

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, man, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

शालाम् (śālām) - a house, a dwelling, a room

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śālā

śālā - house, dwelling, hall, room

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

सम्प्रविशेत् (sampraviśet) - should enter, may enter, enters

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of viś

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root √viś (to enter) with prefixes sam- and pra-. Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, optative, active voice.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: viś (class 6)

नवाम् (navām) - new, fresh

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nava

nava - new, fresh, young

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the living entity, soul, individual self (jīva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; a living being, soul, individual self (jīva)

From √jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame

Root: śṝ

तानि (tāni) - those (ones), them

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तानि (tāni) - those (ones), them (emphasizing variety or individuality)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Repetition emphasizes 'various' or 'those very'. Represents different types of bodies.

प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - obtains, enters, gets, takes refuge in

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice

From root √pad (to go, fall) with prefix pra-. Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular, present indicative, middle voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)