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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-22

अधस्तिर्यग्गतिं चैव स्वर्गे चैव परां गतिम् ।
प्राप्नोति स्वकृतैरात्मा प्राज्ञस्येहेतरस्य च ॥२२॥
22. adhastiryaggatiṁ caiva svarge caiva parāṁ gatim ,
prāpnoti svakṛtairātmā prājñasyehetarasya ca.
22. adhas tiryak gatim ca eva svarge ca eva parām gatim
prāpnoti svakṛtaiḥ ātmā prājñasya iha itarasya ca
22. इह आत्मा स्वकृतैः अधस् तिर्यक् गतिम् च एव,
स्वर्गे परां गतिम् च एव प्राप्नोति; प्राज्ञस्य इतरस्य च
22. Here in this world, the self (ātman), through its own actions (karma), attains a downward or animal existence, and also the supreme state in heaven; this applies to both the wise and the ignorant.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अधस् (adhas) - downward existence (implying lower births) (below, downwards, in hellish realms)
  • तिर्यक् (tiryak) - animal (existence) (horizontally, crosswise, animal (as in animal birth))
  • गतिम् (gatim) - existence, state of being (state, existence, path, movement)
  • (ca) - and
  • एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
  • स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, to heaven
  • (ca) - and
  • एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
  • पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate
  • गतिम् (gatim) - state of being, destination (state, existence, path, movement)
  • प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains
  • स्वकृतैः (svakṛtaiḥ) - by one's own actions (karma) (by one's own actions/deeds)
  • आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit
  • प्राज्ञस्य (prājñasya) - of the wise one, of the intelligent
  • इह (iha) - here, in this world
  • इतरस्य (itarasya) - of the other (i.e., the ignorant) (of the other, of the ignorant)
  • (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

अधस् (adhas) - downward existence (implying lower births) (below, downwards, in hellish realms)
(indeclinable)
तिर्यक् (tiryak) - animal (existence) (horizontally, crosswise, animal (as in animal birth))
(adjective)
of tiryac
tiryac - going crosswise, horizontal, animal, beast
Note: Used here adjectivally with 'gatim' to mean animal existence.
गतिम् (gatim) - existence, state of being (state, existence, path, movement)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of gati
gati - going, movement, path, state, condition, destination, existence
Root: gam (class 1)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
(indeclinable)
स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, to heaven
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of svarga
svarga - heaven, paradise, celestial world
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
(indeclinable)
पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of para
para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other
गतिम् (gatim) - state of being, destination (state, existence, path, movement)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of gati
gati - going, movement, path, state, condition, destination, existence
Root: gam (class 1)
प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prāpnoti
Prefix: pra
Root: āp (class 5)
स्वकृतैः (svakṛtaiḥ) - by one's own actions (karma) (by one's own actions/deeds)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of svakṛta
svakṛta - one's own deed, one's own action, self-made
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+kṛta)
  • sva – own, one's own
    pronoun
  • kṛta – done, made, action, deed
    participle (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
आत्मा (ātmā) - the self, soul, spirit
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - the self, soul, spirit, essence, life
प्राज्ञस्य (prājñasya) - of the wise one, of the intelligent
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of prājña
prājña - wise, intelligent, learned person
इह (iha) - here, in this world
(indeclinable)
इतरस्य (itarasya) - of the other (i.e., the ignorant) (of the other, of the ignorant)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of itara
itara - other, another, different, common, ordinary, low, ignorant
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)