महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-182, verse-16

मनः प्राणे निगृह्णीयात्प्राणं ब्रह्मणि धारयेत् ।
निर्वाणादेव निर्वाणो न च किंचिद्विचिन्तयेत् ।
सुखं वै ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्म स वै तेनाधिगच्छति ॥१६॥

16. manaḥ prāṇe nigṛhṇīyātprāṇaṁ brahmaṇi dhārayet ,
nirvāṇādeva nirvāṇo na ca kiṁcidvicintayet ,
sukhaṁ vai brāhmaṇo brahma sa vai tenādhigacchati.

16. manaḥ prāṇe nigṛhṇīyāt prāṇaṃ brahmaṇi
dhārayet nirvāṇāt eva nirvāṇaḥ na
ca kiñcit vicintayet sukham vai
brāhmaṇaḥ brahma saḥ vai tena adhigacchati

16. manaḥ prāṇe nigṛhṇīyāt prāṇaṃ brahmaṇi
dhārayet nirvāṇāt eva nirvāṇaḥ ca
kiñcit na vicintayet brāhmaṇaḥ sukham
brahma vai saḥ tena vai adhigacchati

16. One should restrain the mind in the vital breath (prāṇa) and fix the vital breath (prāṇa) in Brahman. Through this cessation, one becomes liberated (nirvāṇa), and one should not contemplate anything else. Indeed, a true Brahmin (knower of Brahman) is Brahman itself, and by that (Brahman), he verily attains bliss.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind, intellect, heart

• प्राणे (prāṇe) - in the vital breath, in the life force

• निगृह्णीयात् (nigṛhṇīyāt) - one should restrain, one should control

• प्राणं (prāṇaṁ) - the vital breath, the life force

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman, in the Absolute Reality

• धारयेत् (dhārayet) - one should fix, one should hold, one should sustain

• निर्वाणात् (nirvāṇāt) - from cessation, from liberation

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

• निर्वाणः (nirvāṇaḥ) - Here used as an adjective 'liberated (person)'. (liberated, extinguished, cooled)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - Used with na to mean 'nothing at all'. (anything, something)

• विचिन्तयेत् (vicintayet) - one should think, one should contemplate

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, bliss

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Refers to a spiritual practitioner who has realized Brahman. (the Brahmin, the knower of Brahman)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Used as a predicate nominative. (Brahman)

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to brāhmaṇaḥ. (he, that)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• तेन (tena) - Refers to Brahman or the state of being Brahman. (by that, through that)

• अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - attains, comprehends, obtains

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, inner sense, thought

From root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of nigṛhṇīyāt.

प्राणे (prāṇe) - in the vital breath, in the life force

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - vital breath, life force, respiration, spiritual energy

From prefix pra + root an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Location where the mind is to be restrained.

निगृह्णीयात् (nigṛhṇīyāt) - one should restrain, one should control

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of nigrah

Optative mood

From root grah (to seize) with prefix ni, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

प्राणं (prāṇaṁ) - the vital breath, the life force

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - vital breath, life force, respiration, spiritual energy

From prefix pra + root an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of dhārayet.

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman, in the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word

From root bṛh (to grow, swell)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Location where prāṇa is to be fixed.

धारयेत् (dhārayet) - one should fix, one should hold, one should sustain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of dhāray

Causative formation, Optative mood

From root dhṛ (to hold) in causative stem (dhāraya), 3rd person singular

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

निर्वाणात् (nirvāṇāt) - from cessation, from liberation

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - liberation, extinction (of desire/suffering), cessation, ultimate bliss

From root vā (to blow) with prefix nir (out)

Prefix: nir

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Denotes source or means.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

निर्वाणः (nirvāṇaḥ) - Here used as an adjective 'liberated (person)'. (liberated, extinguished, cooled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - liberation, extinction (of desire/suffering), cessation, ultimate bliss

From root vā (to blow) with prefix nir (out)

Prefix: nir

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the agent undergoing liberation.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - Used with na to mean 'nothing at all'. (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something, whatever

Indefinite pronoun, from kim (what) + cit (particle)

Note: Object of vicintayet.

विचिन्तयेत् (vicintayet) - one should think, one should contemplate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vicintay

Causative formation, Optative mood

From root cit (to perceive, know) with prefix vi, in causative stem (cintaya), 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: cit (class 10)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, bliss

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, bliss, pleasure, ease

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Refers to a spiritual practitioner who has realized Brahman. (the Brahmin, the knower of Brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class, one who knows or pertains to Brahman

From brahman (Brahman) with suffix aṇa

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Used as a predicate nominative. (Brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word

From root bṛh (to grow, swell)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Predicate to brāhmaṇaḥ.

सः (saḥ) - Refers to brāhmaṇaḥ. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

तेन (tena) - Refers to Brahman or the state of being Brahman. (by that, through that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Denotes the means.

अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati) - attains, comprehends, obtains

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice

From root gam (to go) with prefix adhi, 3rd person singular

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)