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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-209, verse-2

स्वप्ने हि रजसा देही तमसा चाभिभूयते ।
देहान्तरमिवापन्नश्चरत्यपगतस्मृतिः ॥२॥
2. svapne hi rajasā dehī tamasā cābhibhūyate ,
dehāntaramivāpannaścaratyapagatasmṛtiḥ.
2. svapne hi rajasā dehī tamasā ca abhibhūyate
deha-antaram iva āpannaḥ carati apagata-smṛtiḥ
2. hi svapne dehī rajasā tamasā ca abhibhūyate
iva deha-antaram āpannaḥ apagata-smṛtiḥ carati
2. Indeed, in a dream, the embodied being (dehī) is overwhelmed by the qualities of passion (rajas) and inertia (tamas). It wanders as if having entered another body, with its memory (smṛti) lost.

Words meanings summery:

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  • स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream (in a dream, in sleep)
  • हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)
  • रजसा (rajasā) - by the quality of passion (rajas) (by passion, by the quality of rajas)
  • देही (dehī) - embodied being (embodied being, soul)
  • तमसा (tamasā) - by the quality of inertia (tamas) (by darkness, by ignorance, by the quality of tamas)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • अभिभूयते (abhibhūyate) - is overwhelmed (is overcome, is overwhelmed, is subdued)
  • देह-अन्तरम् (deha-antaram) - another body (another body, another physical form)
  • इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)
  • आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having entered, having obtained (obtained, attained, reached, fallen into)
  • चरति (carati) - wanders (wanders, moves, goes, practices)
  • अपगत-स्मृतिः (apagata-smṛtiḥ) - with its memory (smṛti) lost (with lost memory, whose memory is gone)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream (in a dream, in sleep)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of svapna
svapna - sleep, dream
Root: svap (class 2)
हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)
(indeclinable)
रजसा (rajasā) - by the quality of passion (rajas) (by passion, by the quality of rajas)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of rajas
rajas - passion, activity, dust, menstruation, the quality of Rajas
Root: raj (class 1)
देही (dehī) - embodied being (embodied being, soul)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin
dehin - embodied, having a body, soul
तमसा (tamasā) - by the quality of inertia (tamas) (by darkness, by ignorance, by the quality of tamas)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas
tamas - darkness, ignorance, inertia, the quality of Tamas
Root: tam (class 4)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अभिभूयते (abhibhūyate) - is overwhelmed (is overcome, is overwhelmed, is subdued)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of abhibhū
Present Passive Indicative
3rd person singular
Prefix: abhi
Root: bhū (class 1)
देह-अन्तरम् (deha-antaram) - another body (another body, another physical form)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of deha-antara
deha-antara - another body, a different body
Compound type : karmadhāraya / tatpuruṣa (deha+antara)
  • deha – body, physical form
    noun (masculine)
    Root: dih (class 6)
  • antara – other, different, interior, interval
    adjective (neuter)
इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - having entered, having obtained (obtained, attained, reached, fallen into)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of āpanna
āpanna - obtained, attained, entered, fallen into
Past Passive Participle
from ā-pad (to obtain, to reach)
Prefix: ā
Root: pad (class 4)
Note: Qualifies 'dehī'
चरति (carati) - wanders (wanders, moves, goes, practices)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of car
Present Active Indicative
3rd person singular
Root: car (class 1)
अपगत-स्मृतिः (apagata-smṛtiḥ) - with its memory (smṛti) lost (with lost memory, whose memory is gone)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of apagata-smṛti
apagata-smṛti - whose memory is gone, having lost memory
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (apagata+smṛti)
  • apagata – gone away, departed, lost
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    from apa-gam (to go away)
    Prefix: apa
    Root: gam (class 1)
  • smṛti – memory, recollection, tradition
    noun (feminine)
    Root: smṛ (class 1)
Note: Qualifies 'dehī'