महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-206, verse-14

रमत्ययं यथा स्वप्ने मनसा देहवानिव ।
कर्मगर्भैर्गुणैर्देही गर्भे तदुपपद्यते ॥१४॥

14. ramatyayaṁ yathā svapne manasā dehavāniva ,
karmagarbhairguṇairdehī garbhe tadupapadyate.

14. ramati ayam yathā svapne manasā dehavān iva
karmagarbhāiḥ guṇāiḥ dehī garbhe tat upapadyate

14. yathā ayam svapne manasā dehavān iva ramati
dehī karmagarbhāiḥ guṇāiḥ tat garbhe upapadyate

14. Just as this [individual soul] experiences enjoyment in a dream, appearing as if it possesses a body, acting through the mind, so too the embodied being (dehin), by means of the natural qualities (guṇas) that hold action (karma) within them, enters a womb [for rebirth] on account of that [karma and guṇas].

Words meanings summery:

• रमति (ramati) - enjoys, experiences enjoyment (enjoys, delights, plays, rests)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (individual soul) (this (one))

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

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• मनसा (manasā) - with the mind (by the mind, with the mind)

• देहवान् (dehavān) - possessing a body, having a body (possessing a body, embodied)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as it were)

• कर्मगर्भाइः (karmagarbhāiḥ) - by the qualities (guṇas) that embody action (karma) as their essence (by those having karma in their womb/core)

• गुणाइः (guṇāiḥ) - by the natural qualities (guṇas) of nature (prakṛti) (by the qualities, by the constituents)

• देही (dehī) - the embodied being (jīva) (embodied being, soul, one possessing a body)

• गर्भे (garbhe) - into a womb (for rebirth) (in a womb, in an interior, in an embryo)

• तत् (tat) - due to that (referring to karma and guṇas) (that, by that, therefore)

• उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is born, enters into, attains existence (is produced, is born, occurs, obtains, attains)

Words meanings and morphology

रमति (ramati) - enjoys, experiences enjoyment (enjoys, delights, plays, rests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √ram

Present Active

3rd person singular Present Active of √ram

Root: ram (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (individual soul) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the 'jīva' from the previous verse.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the simile.

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

मनसा (manasā) - with the mind (by the mind, with the mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, intention

Root: man (class 4)

देहवान् (dehavān) - possessing a body, having a body (possessing a body, embodied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehavat

dehavat - possessing a body, embodied, corporeal

Possessive Suffix

from deha (body) + -vat (possessive suffix)

Note: Agrees with 'ayam' (masculine nominative singular).

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: particle of comparison.

कर्मगर्भाइः (karmagarbhāiḥ) - by the qualities (guṇas) that embody action (karma) as their essence (by those having karma in their womb/core)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of karmagarbha

karmagarbha - having karma as its core, containing karma as its essence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (karman+garbha)

• karman – action, work, deed, ritual, fate, consequence of action
  noun (neuter)
  from √kṛ (do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• garbha – womb, interior, embryo, core, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāiḥ' (masculine instrumental plural).

गुणाइः (guṇāiḥ) - by the natural qualities (guṇas) of nature (prakṛti) (by the qualities, by the constituents)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, constituent (sattva, rajas, tamas), strand, virtue

देही (dehī) - the embodied being (jīva) (embodied being, soul, one possessing a body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied being, soul, one who has a body

from deha (body) + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

गर्भे (garbhe) - into a womb (for rebirth) (in a womb, in an interior, in an embryo)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, interior, embryo, core, essence

Note: Denotes the place/state of rebirth.

तत् (tat) - due to that (referring to karma and guṇas) (that, by that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it, therefore

Note: Here used adverbially, 'on account of that'.

उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is born, enters into, attains existence (is produced, is born, occurs, obtains, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √pad

Present Middle

3rd person singular Present Middle of upa- + √pad

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)