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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-231, verse-32

नवद्वारं पुरं गत्वा हंसो हि नियतो वशी ।
ईशः सर्वस्य भूतस्य स्थावरस्य चरस्य च ॥३२॥
32. navadvāraṁ puraṁ gatvā haṁso hi niyato vaśī ,
īśaḥ sarvasya bhūtasya sthāvarasya carasya ca.
32. navadvāram puram gatvā haṃsaḥ hi niyataḥ vaśī
īśaḥ sarvasya bhūtasya sthāvarasya carasya ca
32. haṃsaḥ hi navadvāram puram gatvā niyataḥ vaśī (asti)
saḥ īśaḥ sarvasya sthāvarasya carasya ca bhūtasya
32. Having entered the nine-gated city (the body), the individual Self (haṃsa) is indeed disciplined and a master (vaśī). He is the lord of all beings, both the stationary and the moving.

Words meanings summery:

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  • नवद्वारम् (navadvāram) - Referring to the human body with its nine openings (e.g., eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, anus, urethra). (nine-gated, having nine doors)
  • पुरम् (puram) - Metaphorically, the body. (city, town, fortress)
  • गत्वा (gatvā) - Indicating the completion of the action of entering the body. (having gone, having reached, having entered)
  • हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - The individual Self (ātman) residing within the body. (swan, goose, the individual soul, the Self)
  • हि (hi) - Emphatic particle. (for, indeed, surely, because)
  • नियतः (niyataḥ) - The Self is inherently self-controlled or regulated. (controlled, restrained, disciplined, fixed)
  • वशी (vaśī) - The Self is the ultimate master, not subject to external forces. (master, controller, independent, powerful)
  • ईशः (īśaḥ) - The ultimate ruler or controller. (lord, master, ruler, god)
  • सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - Referring to all types of beings. (of all, of everything)
  • भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - Of any manifest entity. (of the being, of the creature, of the element)
  • स्थावरस्य (sthāvarasya) - Referring to non-moving entities like plants or mountains. (of the stationary, of the immobile)
  • चरस्य (carasya) - Referring to moving entities like animals or humans. (of the moving, of the mobile)
  • (ca) - Conjunction. (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

नवद्वारम् (navadvāram) - Referring to the human body with its nine openings (e.g., eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, anus, urethra). (nine-gated, having nine doors)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of navadvāra
navadvāra - nine-gated
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (navan+dvāra)
  • navan – nine
    numeral
  • dvāra – door, gate, opening
    noun (neuter)
Note: Modifies 'puram'.
पुरम् (puram) - Metaphorically, the body. (city, town, fortress)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pura
pura - city, town, fortress
गत्वा (gatvā) - Indicating the completion of the action of entering the body. (having gone, having reached, having entered)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root gam, class 1, with suffix -tvā.
Root: gam (class 1)
हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - The individual Self (ātman) residing within the body. (swan, goose, the individual soul, the Self)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa
haṁsa - swan, goose, individual soul, Self
हि (hi) - Emphatic particle. (for, indeed, surely, because)
(indeclinable)
नियतः (niyataḥ) - The Self is inherently self-controlled or regulated. (controlled, restrained, disciplined, fixed)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata
niyata - controlled, restrained, fixed
Past Passive Participle
From root yam (to restrain) with prefix ni-.
Prefix: ni
Root: yam (class 1)
वशी (vaśī) - The Self is the ultimate master, not subject to external forces. (master, controller, independent, powerful)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vaśin
vaśin - master, controller, independent
Note: Used here as a noun meaning 'a master'.
ईशः (īśaḥ) - The ultimate ruler or controller. (lord, master, ruler, god)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of īśa
īśa - lord, master, ruler, god
Root: īś (class 2)
सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - Referring to all types of beings. (of all, of everything)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every
भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - Of any manifest entity. (of the being, of the creature, of the element)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of bhūta
bhūta - being, creature, element, what has been
Past Passive Participle
From root bhū (to be, exist)
Root: bhū (class 1)
स्थावरस्य (sthāvarasya) - Referring to non-moving entities like plants or mountains. (of the stationary, of the immobile)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of sthāvara
sthāvara - stationary, immobile, fixed
चरस्य (carasya) - Referring to moving entities like animals or humans. (of the moving, of the mobile)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of cara
cara - moving, mobile, walking
Root: car (class 1)
(ca) - Conjunction. (and, also)
(indeclinable)