महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-7

जीवितं च शरीरं च प्रेत्य वै सह जायते ।
उभे सह विवर्धेते उभे सह विनश्यतः ॥७॥

7. jīvitaṁ ca śarīraṁ ca pretya vai saha jāyate ,
ubhe saha vivardhete ubhe saha vinaśyataḥ.

7. jīvitam ca śarīram ca pretya vai saha jāyate
ubhe saha vivardhete ubhe saha vinaśyataḥ

7. jīvitam ca śarīram ca pretya vai saha jāyate
ubhe saha vivardhete ubhe saha vinaśyataḥ

7. Life and the body are born together, indeed, after (the soul's) transition from a previous existence (saṃsāra). Both grow together, and both perish together.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - the state of being alive, the life principle (life, living, existence)

• च (ca) - and, also

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, corporeal frame

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - after transitioning from a previous existence (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (having died, having gone forth, after passing away)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• सह (saha) - simultaneously (with, together)

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

• उभे (ubhe) - both life and body (both)

• सह (saha) - simultaneously (with, together)

• विवर्धेते (vivardhete) - both grow, both increase

• उभे (ubhe) - both life and body (both)

• सह (saha) - simultaneously (with, together)

• विनश्यतः (vinaśyataḥ) - both perish, both are destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - the state of being alive, the life principle (life, living, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood; lived, alive (adj)

Past Passive Participle

From √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: One of the subjects.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, corporeal frame

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, form, frame

From √śṝ (to tear, break, decay) + īra (suffix)

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: The other subject.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after transitioning from a previous existence (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (having died, having gone forth, after passing away)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From prefix 'pra' + root '√i'

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Refers to the preceding state of existence.

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

सह (saha) - simultaneously (with, together)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb

Note: Applies to 'jāyate', 'vivardhete', 'vinaśyataḥ'.

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

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

Present middle

3rd person singular Present middle of √jan (class 4)

Root: jan (class 4)

उभे (ubhe) - both life and body (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Pronominal adjective

Note: Refers to 'jīvitam' and 'śarīram'.

सह (saha) - simultaneously (with, together)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb

विवर्धेते (vivardhete) - both grow, both increase

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present (laṭ) of vi-vṛdh

Present middle

3rd person dual Present middle of √vṛdh (class 1) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'ubhe'.

उभे (ubhe) - both life and body (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Pronominal adjective

Note: Refers to 'jīvitam' and 'śarīram'.

सह (saha) - simultaneously (with, together)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb

विनश्यतः (vinaśyataḥ) - both perish, both are destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of vi-naś

Present active

3rd person dual Present active of √naś (class 4) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject is 'ubhe'.