महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-277, verse-28

आत्मभावं तथा स्त्रीषु मुक्तमेव पुनः पुनः ।
यः पश्यति सदा युक्तो यथावन्मुक्त एव सः ॥२८॥

28. ātmabhāvaṁ tathā strīṣu muktameva punaḥ punaḥ ,
yaḥ paśyati sadā yukto yathāvanmukta eva saḥ.

28. ātmabhāvam tathā strīṣu muktam eva punaḥ punaḥ
yaḥ paśyati sadā yuktaḥ yathāvat muktaḥ eva saḥ

28. yaḥ sadā yuktaḥ punaḥ punaḥ strīṣu ātmabhāvam
muktam eva paśyati saḥ yathāvat muktaḥ eva

28. He who, ever absorbed in spiritual understanding (yoga), repeatedly perceives the intrinsic nature of the self (ātman) as liberated, even when among women, he is truly liberated.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मभावम् (ātmabhāvam) - the intrinsic nature of the self (ātman) (state of the self, nature of the self, self-existence)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, even (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - even when among women (in women, among women)

• मुक्तम् (muktam) - as liberated (liberated, released, freed)

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

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly (again, anew, repeatedly)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly (again, anew, repeatedly)

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, that (relative pronoun))

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

• सदा (sadā) - ever, constantly (always, ever, perpetually)

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - absorbed in spiritual understanding (yoga) (joined, connected, yoked, engaged, absorbed, endowed with, concentrated)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - truly, as it is (truly, rightly, properly, exactly as)

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, released, freed)

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

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring back to 'yaḥ') (he, that)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मभावम् (ātmabhāvam) - the intrinsic nature of the self (ātman) (state of the self, nature of the self, self-existence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmabhāva

ātmabhāva - state of the self, self-existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+bhāva)

• ātman – self, soul
  noun (masculine)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, existence
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, even (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: serves to connect or add emphasis

स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - even when among women (in women, among women)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman

मुक्तम् (muktam) - as liberated (liberated, released, freed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - liberated, released

Past Passive Participle

from root muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: agrees with 'ātmabhāvam'

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

(indeclinable)

Note: emphasis

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly (again, anew, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly (again, anew, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: conjugates as 'paśyati' in present tense

सदा (sadā) - ever, constantly (always, ever, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - absorbed in spiritual understanding (yoga) (joined, connected, yoked, engaged, absorbed, endowed with, concentrated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

from root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: refers to one who is in a state of yoga or inner absorption

यथावत् (yathāvat) - truly, as it is (truly, rightly, properly, exactly as)

(indeclinable)

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated (mokṣa) (liberated, released, freed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - liberated, released

Past Passive Participle

from root muc

Root: muc (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: emphasis

सः (saḥ) - he (referring back to 'yaḥ') (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that