महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-275, verse-18

एताञ्शोकभयोत्सेकान्मोहनान्सुखदुःखयोः ।
पश्यामि साक्षिवल्लोके देहस्यास्य विचेष्टनात् ॥१८॥

18. etāñśokabhayotsekānmohanānsukhaduḥkhayoḥ ,
paśyāmi sākṣivalloke dehasyāsya viceṣṭanāt.

18. etān śokabhayotsekān mohanān sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
paśyāmi sākṣivat loke dehasya asya viceṣṭanāt

18. aham loke etān mohanān śokabhayotsekān sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
asya dehasya viceṣṭanāt sākṣivat paśyāmi

18. In this world, I observe, as a mere witness, these deluding surges of sorrow and fear, which arise from pleasure and pain, all stemming from the activities of this body.

Words meanings summery:

• एतान् (etān) - these

• शोकभयोत्सेकान् (śokabhayotsekān) - surges of sorrow and fear

• मोहनान् (mohanān) - deluding, causing delusion

• सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - of pleasure and pain, in pleasure and pain

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• साक्षिवत् (sākṣivat) - like a witness

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• विचेष्टनात् (viceṣṭanāt) - from the activities, from the agitations

Words meanings and morphology

एतान् (etān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, that

शोकभयोत्सेकान् (śokabhayotsekān) - surges of sorrow and fear

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śokabhayotseka

śokabhayotseka - surge of sorrow and fear

Compound type : tatpurusha (śokabhaya + utseka) from dvandva (śoka + bhaya) (śoka+bhaya+utseka)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• utseka – surge, overflow, increase
  noun (masculine)

मोहनान् (mohanān) - deluding, causing delusion

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mohana

mohana - deluding, infatuating, bewildering; delusion

agent noun/adjective from root muh

Derived from the root muh (to be bewildered, to swoon).

Root: muh (class 4)

सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - of pleasure and pain, in pleasure and pain

(noun)

neuter, dual of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - pleasure and pain

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering, unease
  noun (neuter)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of paśya

Present stem of the root dṛś, class 1.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

साक्षिवत् (sākṣivat) - like a witness

(indeclinable)

Formed from the noun sākṣin ('witness') with the taddhita suffix -vat ('like', 'as').

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, space

देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'dehasya'.

विचेष्टनात् (viceṣṭanāt) - from the activities, from the agitations

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of viceṣṭana

viceṣṭana - activity, movement, agitation, exertion

action noun (lyuṭ) from vi-ceṣṭ

Derived from the root ceṣṭ (to move, to be active) with the prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)