महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-195, verse-23

चलं यथा दृष्टिपथं परैति सूक्ष्मं महद्रूपमिवाभिपाति ।
स्वरूपमालोचयते च रूपं परं तथा बुद्धिपथं परैति ॥२३॥

23. calaṁ yathā dṛṣṭipathaṁ paraiti; sūkṣmaṁ mahadrūpamivābhipāti ,
svarūpamālocayate ca rūpaṁ; paraṁ tathā buddhipathaṁ paraiti.

23. calam yathā dṛṣṭi-patham paraiti
sūkṣmam mahat rūpam iva abhipāti
sva-rūpam ālocayate ca rūpam
param tathā buddhi-patham paraiti

23. yathā calam dṛṣṭi-patham paraiti
sūkṣmam mahat rūpam iva abhipāti
tathā sva-rūpam ca param rūpam
ālocayate buddhi-patham paraiti

23. Just as a moving object enters the field of vision, and a subtle entity comes into contact with a great form; similarly, one discerns one's own nature (sva-rūpam) and the supreme form, thereby entering the path of the intellect (buddhi).

Words meanings summery:

• चलम् (calam) - moving (object) (moving, trembling, fickle)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• दृष्टि-पथम् (dṛṣṭi-patham) - field of vision (path of sight, range of vision)

• परैति (paraiti) - enters (approaches, enters, goes to)

• सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle (entity/mind) (subtle, fine, minute, delicate)

• महत् (mahat) - great (referring to a form) (great, large, important)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form (gross object) (form, shape, beauty, nature)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• अभिपाति (abhipāti) - comes into contact with (falls upon, approaches, enters, becomes manifest)

• स्व-रूपम् (sva-rūpam) - one's own nature (sva-rūpam) (one's own form, true nature)

• आलोचयते (ālocayate) - discerns (observes, considers, examines, discerns)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form (object of discernment) (form, shape, nature)

• परम् (param) - supreme (form/reality) (supreme, highest, ultimate, other)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• बुद्धि-पथम् (buddhi-patham) - path of the intellect (buddhi) (path of intellect, intellectual grasp)

• परैति (paraiti) - enters (approaches, enters, goes to)

Words meanings and morphology

चलम् (calam) - moving (object) (moving, trembling, fickle)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cala

cala - moving, unstable, fickle

from root cal (to move)

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: object of "paraiti"

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

दृष्टि-पथम् (dṛṣṭi-patham) - field of vision (path of sight, range of vision)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭipatha

dṛṣṭipatha - path of sight, range of vision

compound of dṛṣṭi (sight) and patha (path)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dṛṣṭi+patha)

• dṛṣṭi – sight, vision, view
  noun (feminine)
  from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• patha – path, road, course
  noun (masculine)

Note: object of "paraiti"

परैति (paraiti) - enters (approaches, enters, goes to)

(verb)

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

present

from root i (to go) with prefix para

Prefix: para

Root: i (class 2)

Note: subject is implied (calam)

सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle (entity/mind) (subtle, fine, minute, delicate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, fine, minute, delicate

from root sūc (to indicate)

Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: object or subject, depending on interpretation of abhipāti. Here interpreted as subject.

महत् (mahat) - great (referring to a form) (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, extensive

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root mah (to grow), or independent adjective

Root: mah (class 1)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form (gross object) (form, shape, beauty, nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, nature

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अभिपाति (abhipāti) - comes into contact with (falls upon, approaches, enters, becomes manifest)

(verb)

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

present

from root pat (to fall) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: subject is "sūkṣmam"

स्व-रूपम् (sva-rūpam) - one's own nature (sva-rūpam) (one's own form, true nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svarūpa

svarūpa - one's own form, nature, identity, characteristic

compound of sva (own) and rūpa (form)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+rūpa)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun/adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: object of "ālocayate"

आलोचयते (ālocayate) - discerns (observes, considers, examines, discerns)

(verb)

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

present

from root loc (to see/shine) with prefix ā, causative form

Prefix: ā

Root: loc (class 10)

Note: subject is implied (the intellect)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form (object of discernment) (form, shape, nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, nature

परम् (param) - supreme (form/reality) (supreme, highest, ultimate, other)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

बुद्धि-पथम् (buddhi-patham) - path of the intellect (buddhi) (path of intellect, intellectual grasp)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of buddhipatha

buddhipatha - path of intellect, intellectual grasp

compound of buddhi (intellect) and patha (path)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (buddhi+patha)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  from root budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• patha – path, road, course
  noun (masculine)

Note: object of "paraiti"

परैति (paraiti) - enters (approaches, enters, goes to)

(verb)

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

present

from root i (to go) with prefix para

Prefix: para

Root: i (class 2)

Note: subject is implied (the one discerning/the intellect)