महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-245, verse-1

व्यास उवाच ।
शरीराद्विप्रमुक्तं हि सूक्ष्मभूतं शरीरिणम् ।
कर्मभिः परिपश्यन्ति शास्त्रोक्तैः शास्त्रचेतसः ॥१॥

1. vyāsa uvāca ,
śarīrādvipramuktaṁ hi sūkṣmabhūtaṁ śarīriṇam ,
karmabhiḥ paripaśyanti śāstroktaiḥ śāstracetasaḥ.

1. vyāsaḥ uvāca śarīrāt vipramuktam hi sūkṣmabhūtam
śarīriṇam karmabhiḥ paripasyanti śāstroktāiḥ śāstracetasaḥ

1. Vyasa said: Indeed, those whose minds are devoted to the scriptures (śāstra) perceive the subtle body of the embodied being, which is released from the (gross) body, through the actions (karma) as declared in the scriptures.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शरीरात् (śarīrāt) - from the gross physical body (from the body)

• विप्रमुक्तम् (vipramuktam) - released, liberated, freed

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• सूक्ष्मभूतम् (sūkṣmabhūtam) - the subtle body (which transmigrates) (subtle element, subtle body)

• शरीरिणम् (śarīriṇam) - embodied being, soul

• कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

• परिपस्यन्ति (paripasyanti) - they perceive, they see fully

• शास्त्रोक्ताइः (śāstroktāiḥ) - by what is declared in the scriptures, by scripturally stated (actions)

• शास्त्रचेतसः (śāstracetasaḥ) - those whose minds are on the scriptures, scripturally minded

Words meanings and morphology

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (name of a revered sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahabharata)

From vi + ā + √as (to throw, compile)

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active indicative

Perfect form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

शरीरात् (śarīrāt) - from the gross physical body (from the body)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame

Note: Denotes separation.

विप्रमुक्तम् (vipramuktam) - released, liberated, freed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipramukta

vipramukta - released, liberated, freed

Past Passive Participle

From vi + pra + √muc (to release) + kta suffix

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Qualifies sūkṣmabhūtam.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Particle

सूक्ष्मभूतम् (sūkṣmabhūtam) - the subtle body (which transmigrates) (subtle element, subtle body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūkṣmabhūta

sūkṣmabhūta - subtle element, subtle body, subtle existence

sūkṣma (subtle) + bhūta (element, being)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sūkṣma+bhūta)

• sūkṣma – subtle, minute, fine
  adjective (masculine)
  From √sūc (to indicate, pierce) + sman suffix, or from √su + ukṣa
  Root: sūc (class 10)
• bhūta – element, being, creature, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bhū (to be, exist) + kta suffix
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of paripasyanti.

शरीरिणम् (śarīriṇam) - embodied being, soul

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, an embodied being, soul

From śarīra (body) + in possessive suffix

Note: Object of paripasyanti, in apposition to sūkṣmabhūtam.

कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (resulting from action) (karma)

From √kṛ (to do, make) + man suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Denotes means.

परिपस्यन्ति (paripasyanti) - they perceive, they see fully

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From pari + √dṛś (class 1, takes paśya stem in present)

Prefix: pari

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शास्त्रोक्ताइः (śāstroktāiḥ) - by what is declared in the scriptures, by scripturally stated (actions)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śāstroktā

śāstroktā - declared in the scriptures, scripturally stated

From śāstra (scripture) + ukta (said, declared)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śāstra+ukta)

• śāstra – sacred precept, rule, treatise, scripture (śāstra)
  noun (neuter)
  From √śās (to teach, instruct) + tra suffix
  Root: śās (class 2)
• ukta – said, spoken, declared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vac (to speak) + kta suffix
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies karmabhiḥ.

शास्त्रचेतसः (śāstracetasaḥ) - those whose minds are on the scriptures, scripturally minded

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāstracetas

śāstracetas - having a mind on the scriptures, whose consciousness is directed to scriptures (śāstra)

śāstra (scripture) + cetas (mind, consciousness)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śāstra+cetas)

• śāstra – sacred precept, rule, treatise, scripture (śāstra)
  noun (neuter)
  From √śās (to teach, instruct) + tra suffix
  Root: śās (class 2)
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  From √cit (to perceive, know) + as suffix
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of paripasyanti.