महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-180, verse-26

न जीवनाशोऽस्ति हि देहभेदे मिथ्यैतदाहुर्मृत इत्यबुद्धाः ।
जीवस्तु देहान्तरितः प्रयाति दशार्धतैवास्य शरीरभेदः ॥२६॥

26. na jīvanāśo'sti hi dehabhede; mithyaitadāhurmṛta ityabuddhāḥ ,
jīvastu dehāntaritaḥ prayāti; daśārdhataivāsya śarīrabhedaḥ.

26. na jīvanāśaḥ asti hi dehabhede
mithyā etat āhuḥ mṛtaḥ iti abuddhāḥ
jīvaḥ tu dehāntaritaḥ prayāti
daśārdhatā eva asya śarīrabhedaḥ

26. hi dehabhede jīvanāśaḥ na asti
abuddhāḥ etat mṛtaḥ iti mithyā āhuḥ
tu jīvaḥ dehāntaritaḥ prayāti
asya śarīrabhedaḥ daśārdhatā eva

26. Indeed, there is no destruction of the individual soul (jīva) when the body changes or perishes. The ignorant ones declare, 'He is dead,' but this assertion is false. The soul (jīva), however, merely departs, having entered another body; this change of body is only an alteration of its five constituent elements.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• जीवनाशः (jīvanāśaḥ) - destruction of the individual soul (jīva) (destruction of the living being/soul)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for)

• देहभेदे (dehabhede) - when the body changes or perishes (in the break-up/dissolution of the body, in the changing of the body)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, untruly (falsely, wrongly, untrue)

• एतत् (etat) - this (assertion 'he is dead') (this, that)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - 'he is dead' (dead)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech ('He is dead') (thus, so (quotation marker))

• अबुद्धाः (abuddhāḥ) - the unenlightened or ignorant people (the ignorant, the foolish, those without understanding)

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

• तु (tu) - however (indicating contrast) (but, on the other hand, however)

• देहान्तरितः (dehāntaritaḥ) - having taken another body (having entered another body, transferred to another body)

• प्रयाति (prayāti) - departs (from the old body) (goes forth, departs, moves on)

• दशार्धता (daśārdhatā) - the state of being five elements (referring to the five gross elements) (the state of being half of ten, i.e., five (elements))

• एव (eva) - only, merely (only, merely, certainly)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (body) (of this, his)

• शरीरभेदः (śarīrabhedaḥ) - the change of the body (the change/dissolution of the body)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीवनाशः (jīvanāśaḥ) - destruction of the individual soul (jīva) (destruction of the living being/soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvanāśa

jīvanāśa - destruction of life, destruction of the soul

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+nāśa)

• jīva – living being, individual soul, life
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• nāśa – destruction, loss, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

देहभेदे (dehabhede) - when the body changes or perishes (in the break-up/dissolution of the body, in the changing of the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehabheda

dehabheda - dissolution of the body, change of the body, difference of body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+bheda)

• deha – body, corporeal form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• bheda – breaking, splitting, division, change, difference
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, untruly (falsely, wrongly, untrue)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (assertion 'he is dead') (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - 'he is dead' (dead)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Root: mṛ (class 6)

इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech ('He is dead') (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

अबुद्धाः (abuddhāḥ) - the unenlightened or ignorant people (the ignorant, the foolish, those without understanding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abuddha

abuddha - ignorant, foolish, unenlightened

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+buddha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• buddha – awakened, known, understood
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root budh
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun, 'the ignorant ones'.

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva) (the living being, the individual soul (jīva))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul, life

Root: jīv (class 1)

तु (tu) - however (indicating contrast) (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

देहान्तरितः (dehāntaritaḥ) - having taken another body (having entered another body, transferred to another body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehāntarita

dehāntarita - having another body, transferred to another body, gone to another body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+antara+ita)

• deha – body, corporeal form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• antara – other, different, interval, interior
  noun (neuter)
• ita – gone, arrived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i
  Root: i (class 2)

प्रयाति (prayāti) - departs (from the old body) (goes forth, departs, moves on)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

दशार्धता (daśārdhatā) - the state of being five elements (referring to the five gross elements) (the state of being half of ten, i.e., five (elements))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of daśārdhatā

daśārdhatā - condition of being half of ten (i.e., five), the five elements

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśa+ardha+tā)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• ardha – half, part
  noun (neuter)
• tā – suffix indicating 'the state of being'
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix forming abstract nouns (e.g. mitratā - friendship)

एव (eva) - only, merely (only, merely, certainly)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (body) (of this, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

शरीरभेदः (śarīrabhedaḥ) - the change of the body (the change/dissolution of the body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīrabheda

śarīrabheda - dissolution of the body, change of the body, distinction of body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+bheda)

• śarīra – body, physical frame
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• bheda – breaking, splitting, division, change, difference
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)