महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-270, verse-4

विमुक्ताः सप्तदशभिर्हेतुभूतैश्च पञ्चभिः ।
इन्द्रियार्थैर्गुणैश्चैव अष्टाभिः प्रपितामह ॥४॥

4. vimuktāḥ saptadaśabhirhetubhūtaiśca pañcabhiḥ ,
indriyārthairguṇaiścaiva aṣṭābhiḥ prapitāmaha.

4. vimuktāḥ saptadaśabhiḥ hetubhūtaiḥ ca pañcabhiḥ
indriyārthaiḥ guṇaiḥ ca eva aṣṭābhiḥ prapitāmaha

4. prapitāmaha vimuktāḥ saptadaśabhiḥ ca pañcabhiḥ
hetubhūtaiḥ indriyārthaiḥ ca eva aṣṭābhiḥ guṇaiḥ

4. O great-grandfather, they are liberated from the seventeen constituents (of the subtle body), from the five causal elements which are the objects of the senses, and indeed, from the eight fundamental principles (prakṛti).

Words meanings summery:

• विमुक्ताः (vimuktāḥ) - those who are liberated (liberated, released, freed)

• सप्तदशभिः (saptadaśabhiḥ) - by the seventeen constituents (of the subtle body) (by seventeen, with seventeen)

• हेतुभूतैः (hetubhūtaiḥ) - by the causal elements (referring to tanmātras) (by being causes, by being fundamental elements, by causal entities)

• च (ca) - and

• पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by the five (causal elements/sense-objects) (by five, with five)

• इन्द्रियार्थैः (indriyārthaiḥ) - by the objects of the senses (i.e., the tanmātras) (by sense objects, by objects of the senses)

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the eight fundamental principles (guṇa) (referring to the eightfold prakṛti) (by qualities, by constituents, by attributes)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - by the eight (fundamental principles) (by eight, with eight)

• प्रपितामह (prapitāmaha) - O Bhishma, my great-grandfather (O great-grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

विमुक्ताः (vimuktāḥ) - those who are liberated (liberated, released, freed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimukta

vimukta - liberated, freed, released, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `vi-muc` (to release, free) + `kta` (past participle suffix).

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to individuals who have attained liberation.

सप्तदशभिः (saptadaśabhiḥ) - by the seventeen constituents (of the subtle body) (by seventeen, with seventeen)

(numeral)

Note: Implies 'by the seventeen (constituents)'.

हेतुभूतैः (hetubhūtaiḥ) - by the causal elements (referring to tanmātras) (by being causes, by being fundamental elements, by causal entities)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hetubhūta

hetubhūta - being a cause, having become a cause, fundamental element

Past Passive Participle

`hetu` (cause) + `bhūta` (become/being).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hetu+bhūta)

• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, being, existing, element, creature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `pañcabhiḥ` and `indriyārthaiḥ`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by the five (causal elements/sense-objects) (by five, with five)

(numeral)

Note: Implies 'by the five (entities)'.

इन्द्रियार्थैः (indriyārthaiḥ) - by the objects of the senses (i.e., the tanmātras) (by sense objects, by objects of the senses)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of indriyārtha

indriyārtha - object of sense, sense-object

Compound of `indriya` (sense organ) and `artha` (object).

Compound type : tatpurusha (indriya+artha)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
• artha – object, purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `pañcabhiḥ` and `hetubhūtaiḥ`.

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the eight fundamental principles (guṇa) (referring to the eightfold prakṛti) (by qualities, by constituents, by attributes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent, strand, cord

Note: Agrees with `aṣṭābhiḥ`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - by the eight (fundamental principles) (by eight, with eight)

(numeral)

Note: Implies 'by the eight (entities)'.

प्रपितामह (prapitāmaha) - O Bhishma, my great-grandfather (O great-grandfather)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great-grandfather

`pra-pitāmaha` (pitāmaha: grandfather, pra: great)