महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-196, verse-22

यथा चन्द्रार्कनिर्मुक्तः स राहुर्नोपलभ्यते ।
तद्वच्छरीरनिर्मुक्तः शरीरी नोपलभ्यते ॥२२॥

22. yathā candrārkanirmuktaḥ sa rāhurnopalabhyate ,
tadvaccharīranirmuktaḥ śarīrī nopalabhyate.

22. yathā candraarkanirmuktaḥ saḥ rāhuḥ na upalabhyate
tadvat śarīranirmuktaḥ śarīrī na upalabhyate

22. yathā candraarkanirmuktaḥ saḥ rāhuḥ na upalabhyate,
tadvat śarīranirmuktaḥ śarīrī na upalabhyate

22. Just as Rāhu is not perceived when it is free from the moon and sun, similarly, the embodied soul (śarīrin) is not perceived when free from the body.

Words meanings summery:

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

• चन्द्रअर्कनिर्मुक्तः (candraarkanirmuktaḥ) - released from the moon and sun, free from the moon and sun

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to Rāhu) (he, that)

• राहुः (rāhuḥ) - Rāhu (a celestial body, often personified as a demon causing eclipses)

• न (na) - not

• उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found, is realized

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that

• शरीरनिर्मुक्तः (śarīranirmuktaḥ) - released from the body, free from the body

• शरीरी (śarīrī) - the embodied one, the embodied soul

• न (na) - not

• उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found, is realized

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रअर्कनिर्मुक्तः (candraarkanirmuktaḥ) - released from the moon and sun, free from the moon and sun

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candraarkanirmukta

candraarkanirmukta - released from the moon and sun

Compound type : tatpurusha (candra+arka+nirmukta)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun
  noun (masculine)
• nirmukta – released, set free, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'nir-muc' (to release, set free)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'rāhuḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to Rāhu) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Masculine singular nominative of 'tad'.

राहुः (rāhuḥ) - Rāhu (a celestial body, often personified as a demon causing eclipses)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāhu

rāhu - Rāhu (the ascending lunar node, traditionally personified as a demon causing eclipses)

Note: Subject of 'upalabhyate'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found, is realized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of upalabh

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Passive voice, 3rd person singular present tense.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with suffix -vat from 'tad'.

Note: Adverb introducing the simile.

शरीरनिर्मुक्तः (śarīranirmuktaḥ) - released from the body, free from the body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīranirmukta

śarīranirmukta - released from the body, disembodied

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+nirmukta)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• nirmukta – released, set free, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'nir-muc' (to release, set free)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'śarīrī'.

शरीरी (śarīrī) - the embodied one, the embodied soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, a living being, soul, spirit

Derived from 'śarīra' (body) with suffix '-in'.

Note: Subject of 'upalabhyate'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found, is realized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of upalabh

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Passive voice, 3rd person singular present tense.