महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-231, verse-17

अशब्दस्पर्शरूपं तदरसागन्धमव्ययम् ।
अशरीरं शरीरे स्वे निरीक्षेत निरिन्द्रियम् ॥१७॥

17. aśabdasparśarūpaṁ tadarasāgandhamavyayam ,
aśarīraṁ śarīre sve nirīkṣeta nirindriyam.

17. aśabdasparśarūpam tat arasagandham avyayam
aśarīram śarīre sve nirīkṣeta nirindriyam

17. tat aśabdasparśarūpam arasagandham avyayam
aśarīram nirindriyam sve śarīre nirīkṣeta

17. That [Self] (ātman) is without sound, touch, or form; it is without taste, without smell, and imperishable. One should perceive it—the bodiless and sense-less—within one's own body.

Words meanings summery:

• अशब्दस्पर्शरूपम् (aśabdasparśarūpam) - without sound, touch, or form

• तत् (tat) - that (Self) (that, it)

• अरसगन्धम् (arasagandham) - without taste or smell

• अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, immutable

• अशरीरम् (aśarīram) - bodiless, incorporeal

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• स्वे (sve) - in its own, in one's own

• निरीक्षेत (nirīkṣeta) - one should perceive, one should see

• निरिन्द्रियम् (nirindriyam) - sense-less, without senses

Words meanings and morphology

अशब्दस्पर्शरूपम् (aśabdasparśarūpam) - without sound, touch, or form

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśabdasparśarūpa

aśabdasparśarūpa - without sound, touch, or form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+śabda+sparśa+rūpa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)
• sparśa – touch, contact
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

तत् (tat) - that (Self) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अरसगन्धम् (arasagandham) - without taste or smell

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of arasagandha

arasagandha - without taste or smell

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+rasa+gandha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• rasa – taste, essence, juice
  noun (masculine)
• gandha – smell, odor
  noun (masculine)

अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, immutable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, immutable, indeclinable

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyaya – spending, expense, decay, perishable
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vyay

अशरीरम् (aśarīram) - bodiless, incorporeal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśarīra

aśarīra - bodiless, incorporeal

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+śarīra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

स्वे (sve) - in its own, in one's own

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

निरीक्षेत (nirīkṣeta) - one should perceive, one should see

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of īkṣ

Prefix: nir

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

निरिन्द्रियम् (nirindriyam) - sense-less, without senses

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirindriya

nirindriya - without senses, devoid of sense organs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+indriya)

• nir – without, devoid of, out
  prefix
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ind