महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-195, verse-12

यथा च कश्चित्परशुं गृहीत्वा धूमं न पश्येज्ज्वलनं च काष्ठे ।
तद्वच्छरीरोदरपाणिपादं छित्त्वा न पश्यन्ति ततो यदन्यत् ॥१२॥

12. yathā ca kaścitparaśuṁ gṛhītvā; dhūmaṁ na paśyejjvalanaṁ ca kāṣṭhe ,
tadvaccharīrodarapāṇipādaṁ; chittvā na paśyanti tato yadanyat.

12. yathā ca kaścit paraśum gṛhītvā
dhūmam na paśyet jvalanam ca kāṣṭhe
tat-vat śarīra-udara-pāṇi-pādam
chittvā na paśyanti tataḥ yat anyat

12. yathā ca kaścit paraśum gṛhītvā kāṣṭhe dhūmam ca jvalanam na paśyet,
tat-vat śarīra-udara-pāṇi-pādam chittvā tataḥ yat anyat (tad) na paśyanti.

12. And just as someone, having taken an axe, does not immediately perceive smoke or fire within a piece of wood (kāṣṭha), similarly, after cutting the body's belly, hands, and feet, people do not perceive that which is other than these [physical parts].

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• च (ca) - and

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone (someone, anyone, a certain (person))

• परशुम् (paraśum) - axe

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized

• धूमम् (dhūmam) - smoke

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्येत् (paśyet) - does not see (potential sense) (should see, may see)

• ज्वलनम् (jvalanam) - fire (fire, burning)

• च (ca) - and

• काष्ठे (kāṣṭhe) - in wood, in a piece of wood

• तत्-वत् (tat-vat) - similarly, like that

• शरीर-उदर-पाणि-पादम् (śarīra-udara-pāṇi-pādam) - the body's belly, hands, and feet

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, therefore

• यत् (yat) - what, which, that (relative pronoun)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone (someone, anyone, a certain (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain person

compound of kim (interrogative pronoun) + cit (indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cid)

• kim – who, what, which
  pronoun (masculine)
• cit – a little, some, perhaps
  indeclinable
  suffix forming indefinite pronouns

परशुम् (paraśum) - axe

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paraśu

paraśu - axe, hatchet

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root grah (9th class, P)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Acts as an adverbial participle.

धूमम् (dhūmam) - smoke

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhūma

dhūma - smoke, vapor

Note: Object of na paśyet.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

पश्येत् (paśyet) - does not see (potential sense) (should see, may see)

(verb)

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

root dṛś (1st class, P), uses paśya- stem in present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Optative implying potential or general statement.

ज्वलनम् (jvalanam) - fire (fire, burning)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jvalana

jvalana - fire, burning, flame

from root jval

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Object of na paśyet.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

काष्ठे (kāṣṭhe) - in wood, in a piece of wood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, piece of wood, log

Note: Locative of place.

तत्-वत् (tat-vat) - similarly, like that

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (tad+vat)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• vat – like, similar to
  suffix/indeclinable
  suffix forming adverbs or adjectives indicating similarity

शरीर-उदर-पाणि-पादम् (śarīra-udara-pāṇi-pādam) - the body's belly, hands, and feet

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīroderapāṇipāda

śarīroderapāṇipāda - the body's belly, hands, and feet

Compound type : dvandva (śarīra+udara+pāṇi+pāda)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)
• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is a dvandva compound treated as singular neuter.

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root chid (7th class, P)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Acts as an adverbial participle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

root dṛś (1st class, P), uses paśya- stem in present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied 'people'.

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses ablative meaning 'from that'.

यत् (yat) - what, which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - what, which, that

Note: Refers to 'that which'.

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, distinct

Note: Agrees with yat.