महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-286, verse-15

त्वगन्तं देहमित्याहुर्विद्वांसोऽध्यात्मचिन्तकाः ।
गुणैरपि परिक्षीणं शरीरं मर्त्यतां गतम् ॥१५॥

15. tvagantaṁ dehamityāhurvidvāṁso'dhyātmacintakāḥ ,
guṇairapi parikṣīṇaṁ śarīraṁ martyatāṁ gatam.

15. tvagantam deham iti āhuḥ vidvāṃsaḥ adhyātmacintakāḥ
guṇaiḥ api parikṣīṇam śarīram martyatām gatam

15. vidvāṃsaḥ adhyātmacintakāḥ āhuḥ deham tvagantam iti.
śarīram guṇaiḥ api parikṣīṇam martyatām gatam.

15. The wise, those who deeply contemplate the supreme self (ātman), declare this body to be merely skin-deep. Even when exhausted by its constituent qualities (guṇas), the body reaches mortality.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वगन्तम् (tvagantam) - enclosed by skin (skin-enclosed, ending in skin)

• देहम् (deham) - this body (body)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this way)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

• विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - the wise (scholars) (the wise, knowledgeable ones)

• अध्यात्मचिन्तकाः (adhyātmacintakāḥ) - those who deeply contemplate the supreme self (ātman) (contemplators of the supreme self (ātman), spiritual thinkers)

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by its constituent qualities (guṇas) (by the qualities, by the constituents)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• परिक्षीणम् (parikṣīṇam) - exhausted (worn out, exhausted, diminished)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - the body (body, physical form)

• मर्त्यताम् (martyatām) - mortality (mortality, state of being mortal)

• गतम् (gatam) - reaches, attained (gone, attained, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

त्वगन्तम् (tvagantam) - enclosed by skin (skin-enclosed, ending in skin)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tvaganta

tvaganta - skin-ending, contained within skin

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tvac+anta)

• tvac – skin, hide, bark
  noun (feminine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: am (class 1)

देहम् (deham) - this body (body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

From root dih (to smear, grow)

Root: dih (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect Tense

Root ah, 3rd person plural, perfect active

Root: ah (class 2)

विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - the wise (scholars) (the wise, knowledgeable ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidvāṃs

vidvāṁs - wise, learned, knowing

Perfect Active Participle

From root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

अध्यात्मचिन्तकाः (adhyātmacintakāḥ) - those who deeply contemplate the supreme self (ātman) (contemplators of the supreme self (ātman), spiritual thinkers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyātmacintaka

adhyātmacintaka - contemplator of the supreme self (ātman), spiritual thinker

Compound noun

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (adhyātman+cintaka)

• adhyātman – supreme self, individual soul (ātman)
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: adhi
• cintaka – thinker, ponderer
  noun (masculine)
  From root cint (to think) with suffix -aka
  Root: cint (class 10)

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by its constituent qualities (guṇas) (by the qualities, by the constituents)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, property, attribute, strand (of a rope)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

परिक्षीणम् (parikṣīṇam) - exhausted (worn out, exhausted, diminished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parikṣīṇa

parikṣīṇa - worn out, decayed, diminished

Past Passive Participle

From root kṣi (to waste away) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: kṣi (class 5)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - the body (body, physical form)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame, material form

From root śṝ (to tear, decay)

Root: śṝ (class 9)

मर्त्यताम् (martyatām) - mortality (mortality, state of being mortal)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of martyatā

martyatā - mortality, human condition, state of being subject to death

Derived from martya (mortal) with suffix -tā

गतम् (gatam) - reaches, attained (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, attained, passed

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)