महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-237, verse-8

यस्मिन्वाचः प्रविशन्ति कूपे प्राप्ताः शिला इव ।
न वक्तारं पुनर्यान्ति स कैवल्याश्रमे वसेत् ॥८॥

8. yasminvācaḥ praviśanti kūpe prāptāḥ śilā iva ,
na vaktāraṁ punaryānti sa kaivalyāśrame vaset.

8. yasmīn vācaḥ praviśanti kūpe prāptāḥ śilā iva
na vaktāram punaḥ yānti sa kaivalyāśrame vaset

8. yasmīn vācaḥ kūpe prāptāḥ śilāḥ iva praviśanti,
(tāḥ) vaktāram punaḥ na yānti,
saḥ kaivalyāśrame vaset

8. He in whom words enter and, like stones fallen into a well, do not return to the speaker, should reside in the hermitage of absolute liberation (kaivalya).

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मीन् (yasmīn) - in which, in whom

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

• प्रविशन्ति (praviśanti) - they enter

• कूपे (kūpe) - in a well

• प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - fallen, reached, obtained

• शिला (śilā) - stone (here used in comparison, implied plurality with 'prāptāḥ') (stone, rock)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• न (na) - not, no

• वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - the speaker

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

• यान्ति (yānti) - they return (in context with punaḥ) (they go, they move)

• स (sa) - he, that

• कैवल्याश्रमे (kaivalyāśrame) - in the hermitage of absolute liberation

• वसेत् (vaset) - he should reside, he should live

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मीन् (yasmīn) - in which, in whom

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - voice, speech, word, language

प्रविशन्ति (praviśanti) - they enter

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of viś

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

कूपे (kūpe) - in a well

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kūpa

kūpa - well, pit

प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - fallen, reached, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, gained, fallen into

Past Passive Participle

from pra-āp (to obtain)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'vācaḥ' or an implied plural for 'śilā'.

शिला (śilā) - stone (here used in comparison, implied plurality with 'prāptāḥ') (stone, rock)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - stone, rock

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - the speaker

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, orator, reciter

agent noun

from root vac (to speak) with suffix tṛc

Root: vac (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

(indeclinable)

यान्ति (yānti) - they return (in context with punaḥ) (they go, they move)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Sandhi form of saḥ.

कैवल्याश्रमे (kaivalyāśrame) - in the hermitage of absolute liberation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kaivalyāśrama

kaivalyāśrama - hermitage of absolute liberation (kaivalya)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaivalya+āśrama)

• kaivalya – aloneness, isolation, absolute independence, absolute liberation
  noun (neuter)
  abstract noun from kevala (alone)
• āśrama – hermitage, monastery, sacred retreat, stage of life
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śram (class 4)

वसेत् (vaset) - he should reside, he should live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)