महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-262, verse-2

शरीरमेतत्कुरुते यद्वेदे कुरुते तनुम् ।
कृतशुद्धशरीरो हि पात्रं भवति ब्राह्मणः ॥२॥

2. śarīrametatkurute yadvede kurute tanum ,
kṛtaśuddhaśarīro hi pātraṁ bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ.

2. śarīram etat kurute yat vede kurute tanum |
kṛtaśuddhaśarīraḥ hi pātram bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ

2. etat śarīram yat vede tanum kurute,
(tat) kurute kṛtaśuddhaśarīraḥ brāhmaṇaḥ hi pātram bhavati.

2. This body (śarīra) performs actions according to what the Veda prescribes for the physical form (tanu). Indeed, a Brahmin who has a purified body becomes a worthy recipient.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - this physical body (body, physical form)

• एतत् (etat) - this (body) (this)

• कुरुते (kurute) - performs (actions) (performs, does, makes)

• यत् (yat) - what (the Veda prescribes) (which, what, that)

• वेदे (vede) - as prescribed in the Veda (in the Veda, in sacred knowledge)

• कुरुते (kurute) - prescribes, ordains (for the body/form) (performs, does, makes)

• तनुम् (tanum) - the physical form (as an object of action) (body, form, person)

• कृतशुद्धशरीरः (kṛtaśuddhaśarīraḥ) - a Brahmin who has undergone purification rituals for their body (one whose body is purified)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, because)

• पात्रम् (pātram) - a worthy recipient (for Vedic knowledge or ritual) (vessel, recipient, worthy person)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is)

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin (Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class)

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरम् (śarīram) - this physical body (body, physical form)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

Note: The initial 'm' indicates sandhi with 'etat'.

एतत् (etat) - this (body) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Agrees with śarīram.

कुरुते (kurute) - performs (actions) (performs, does, makes)

(verb)

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

present middle

root kṛ, present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Occurs twice in the sentence.

यत् (yat) - what (the Veda prescribes) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Used as a relative pronoun referring to what is done.

वेदे (vede) - as prescribed in the Veda (in the Veda, in sacred knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, scripture

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to the sacred texts.

कुरुते (kurute) - prescribes, ordains (for the body/form) (performs, does, makes)

(verb)

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

present middle

root kṛ, present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Second occurrence, implies 'makes (the tanu to be)'.

तनुम् (tanum) - the physical form (as an object of action) (body, form, person)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, person

Note: Refers to the body, similar to śarīra but often with a nuance of form or person.

कृतशुद्धशरीरः (kṛtaśuddhaśarīraḥ) - a Brahmin who has undergone purification rituals for their body (one whose body is purified)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtaśuddhaśarīra

kṛtaśuddhaśarīra - one whose body is purified

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+śuddha+śarīra)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• śuddha – pure, clean, purified
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root śudh
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• śarīra – body, physical form
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying brāhmaṇaḥ.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

पात्रम् (pātram) - a worthy recipient (for Vedic knowledge or ritual) (vessel, recipient, worthy person)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pātra

pātra - vessel, recipient, worthy person, capable

Root: pā (class 1)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

present active

root bhū, present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin (Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, priest, relating to brahman

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: The subject of the sentence.