महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-205, verse-11

मृन्मयं शरणं यद्वन्मृदैव परिलिप्यते ।
पार्थिवोऽयं तथा देहो मृद्विकारैर्विलिप्यते ॥११॥

11. mṛnmayaṁ śaraṇaṁ yadvanmṛdaiva parilipyate ,
pārthivo'yaṁ tathā deho mṛdvikārairvilipyate.

11. mṛnmayam śaraṇam yadvat mṛdā eva parilipyate
pārthivaḥ ayam tathā dehaḥ mṛdvikāraiḥ vilipyate

11. yadvat mṛnmayam śaraṇam mṛdā eva parilipyate
tathā ayam pārthivaḥ dehaḥ mṛdvikāraiḥ vilipyate

11. Just as a shelter made of clay is plastered with clay itself, so too is this earthly body covered with the products of clay.

Words meanings summery:

• मृन्मयम् (mṛnmayam) - made of clay, earthy

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - shelter, refuge, house

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, as, in which manner

• मृदा (mṛdā) - by clay, with earth

• एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only

• परिलिप्यते (parilipyate) - is smeared, is plastered, is covered

• पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - earthly, material, pertaining to the earth

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• मृद्विकारैः (mṛdvikāraiḥ) - by the products of clay/earth, by transformations of earth

• विलिप्यते (vilipyate) - is smeared, is covered, is defiled

Words meanings and morphology

मृन्मयम् (mṛnmayam) - made of clay, earthy

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛnmayī

mṛnmayī - made of earth or clay, earthen

Derived from 'mṛd' (clay) with 'mayaṭ' suffix

Note: Modifies 'śaraṇam'.

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - shelter, refuge, house

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - shelter, refuge, protection, house, home

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

मृदा (mṛdā) - by clay, with earth

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mṛd

mṛd - clay, earth, soil

एव (eva) - itself, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

परिलिप्यते (parilipyate) - is smeared, is plastered, is covered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of lip

Prefix: pari

Root: lip (class 6)

पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - earthly, material, pertaining to the earth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial, material, made of earth

Derived from 'pṛthivī' (earth) with 'aṇ' suffix

Note: Modifies 'dehaḥ'.

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, shape

मृद्विकारैः (mṛdvikāraiḥ) - by the products of clay/earth, by transformations of earth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛdvikāra

mṛdvikāra - transformation of earth or clay, product of earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛd+vikāra)

• mṛd – clay, earth, soil
  noun (feminine)
• vikāra – change, alteration, transformation, product
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विलिप्यते (vilipyate) - is smeared, is covered, is defiled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of lip

Prefix: vi

Root: lip (class 6)