महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-50

देहो वा जीवतोऽभ्येति जीवो वाभ्येति देहतः ।
पथि संगतमेवेदं दारैरन्यैश्च बन्धुभिः ॥५०॥

50. deho vā jīvato'bhyeti jīvo vābhyeti dehataḥ ,
pathi saṁgatamevedaṁ dārairanyaiśca bandhubhiḥ.

50. dehaḥ vā jīvataḥ abhyeti jīvaḥ vā abhyeti dehataḥ
pathi saṅgatam eva idam dāraiḥ anyaiḥ ca bandhubhiḥ

50. dehaḥ vā jīvataḥ abhyeti,
vā jīvaḥ dehataḥ abhyeti.
idam dāraiḥ ca anyaiḥ bandhubhiḥ saṅgatam pthī eva.

50. Either the body approaches the living being, or the living being departs from the body. This association with wives and other relatives is merely a transient meeting on the path.

Words meanings summery:

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• वा (vā) - or

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of the living (being/soul)

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes to, unites with

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - soul, living being

• वा (vā) - or

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - departs from the body (approaches, departs (contextually))

• देहतः (dehataḥ) - from the body

• पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the way

• सङ्गतम् (saṅgatam) - meeting, association, coming together

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the association)

• दारैः (dāraiḥ) - with wives

• अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - with others

• च (ca) - and

• बन्धुभिः (bandhubhiḥ) - with relatives

Words meanings and morphology

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame, person

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of the living (being/soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvin

jīvin - living, alive; a living being, soul

Derived from root jīv (to live) with the suffix -in.

Root: jīv (class 1)

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes to, unites with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of abhi-i

Compound verb from root i (to go) with upasarga abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing; a living being, soul, life, principle of life

Derived from root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - departs from the body (approaches, departs (contextually))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of abhi-i

Compound verb from root i (to go) with upasarga abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

देहतः (dehataḥ) - from the body

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative in meaning, formed with the suffix -tas.

पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the way

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way, course

सङ्गतम् (saṅgatam) - meeting, association, coming together

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṅgata

saṅgata - met, joined, associated; a meeting, union, conjunction

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix sam, by suffix -ta. Used here as a substantivized participle.

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the association)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

दारैः (dāraiḥ) - with wives

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (often used in plural as a collective noun), husband's brother

अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - with others

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बन्धुभिः (bandhubhiḥ) - with relatives

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bandhu

bandhu - relative, kinsman, friend, connection