महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-277, verse-30

प्रस्थं वाहसहस्रेषु यात्रार्थं चैव कोटिषु ।
प्रासादे मञ्चकस्थानं यः पश्यति स मुच्यते ॥३०॥

30. prasthaṁ vāhasahasreṣu yātrārthaṁ caiva koṭiṣu ,
prāsāde mañcakasthānaṁ yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate.

30. prastham vāhasahasreṣu yātrārtham ca eva koṭiṣu
prāsāde mañcakasthānam yaḥ paśyati saḥ mucyate

30. yaḥ vāhasahasreṣu prastham ca koṭiṣu eva yātrārtham
prāsāde mañcakasthānam paśyati saḥ mucyate

30. He who perceives a small measure (prastha) as no different from thousands of loads, or a single purpose for a journey as no different from millions, and a bed in a palace as merely a place to sleep, he attains liberation (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रस्थम् (prastham) - a small measure (of grain or goods) (a specific dry measure (about 2kg), a level surface, a mountain plateau)

• वाहसहस्रेषु (vāhasahasreṣu) - within thousands of burdens/loads (in thousands of carriers, in thousands of loads)

• यात्रार्थम् (yātrārtham) - a single purpose for a journey (for the purpose of a journey, for a pilgrimage, for sustenance)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• कोटिषु (koṭiṣu) - among millions (of things, e.g., purposes or pilgrims) (in ten millions, among millions, in groups/classes)

• प्रासादे (prāsāde) - in a palace (in a palace, in a large building)

• मञ्चकस्थानम् (mañcakasthānam) - merely a bed/sleeping place (a place for a bed, a sleeping place)

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

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

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

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - attains liberation (mokṣa) (is liberated, is released, is freed)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रस्थम् (prastham) - a small measure (of grain or goods) (a specific dry measure (about 2kg), a level surface, a mountain plateau)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prastha

prastha - a measure (approx. 2kg), a level surface

वाहसहस्रेषु (vāhasahasreṣu) - within thousands of burdens/loads (in thousands of carriers, in thousands of loads)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vāhasahasra

vāhasahasra - a thousand loads/carriers

Compound type : dvigu (vāha+sahasra)

• vāha – carrier, load, draft animal
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: `vāha` can be a cart-load or a beast of burden

यात्रार्थम् (yātrārtham) - a single purpose for a journey (for the purpose of a journey, for a pilgrimage, for sustenance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yātrārtha

yātrārtha - purpose of a journey/sustenance

Compound type : tatpurusha (yātrā+artha)

• yātrā – journey, procession, sustenance
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: functions as an adverbial accusative

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: emphasis

कोटिषु (koṭiṣu) - among millions (of things, e.g., purposes or pilgrims) (in ten millions, among millions, in groups/classes)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of koṭi

koṭi - ten million, a crore, a class, a group

Note: can refer to number of individuals or general vastness

प्रासादे (prāsāde) - in a palace (in a palace, in a large building)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prāsāda

prāsāda - palace, large edifice

मञ्चकस्थानम् (mañcakasthānam) - merely a bed/sleeping place (a place for a bed, a sleeping place)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mañcakasthāna

mañcakasthāna - a bed-place

Compound type : tatpurusha (mañcaka+sthāna)

• mañcaka – bed, couch
  noun (masculine)
• sthāna – place, position
  noun (neuter)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

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

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

मुच्यते (mucyate) - attains liberation (mokṣa) (is liberated, is released, is freed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: the passive form indicates that liberation occurs to him