महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-12

यथा चानिमिषाः स्थूला जालं छित्त्वा पुनर्जलम् ।
प्राप्नुवन्ति तथा योगास्तत्पदं वीतकल्मषाः ॥१२॥

12. yathā cānimiṣāḥ sthūlā jālaṁ chittvā punarjalam ,
prāpnuvanti tathā yogāstatpadaṁ vītakalmaṣāḥ.

12. yathā ca animiṣāḥ sthūlāḥ jālam chittvā punaḥ jalam
prāpnuvanti tathā yogāḥ tat padam vītakalmaṣāḥ

12. yathā ca sthūlāḥ animiṣāḥ jālam chittvā punaḥ jalam
tathā vītakalmaṣāḥ yogāḥ tat padam prāpnuvanti

12. Just as large, unblinking fish, having cut through a net, return to the water, similarly, practitioners of spiritual discipline (yoga) who are free from all impurities attain that supreme state.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, for instance)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अनिमिषाः (animiṣāḥ) - unblinking (referring to fish) (unblinking, watchful; fish, gods)

• स्थूलाः (sthūlāḥ) - large (fish) (large, bulky, fat, stout)

• जालम् (jālam) - net (net, snare, trap, web)

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut through (having cut, having severed)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back (again, further, moreover)

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they return (to), they attain (they attain, they reach, they obtain)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)

• योगाः (yogāḥ) - practitioners of spiritual discipline (yoga) (practitioners of yoga, yogis; spiritual disciplines)

• तत् (tat) - that (supreme) (that, that (supreme reality))

• पदम् (padam) - supreme state (state, abode, step, foot)

• वीतकल्मषाः (vītakalmaṣāḥ) - those who are freed from all impurities (those whose impurities are removed, pure)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, for instance)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अनिमिषाः (animiṣāḥ) - unblinking (referring to fish) (unblinking, watchful; fish, gods)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of animiṣa

animiṣa - unblinking, not winking, (by extension) fish, gods

From a- (not) + ni-miṣa (winking). Masculine nominative plural.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (a+nimiṣa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• nimiṣa – winking, blinking
  noun (masculine)
  From √miṣ (to wink) with prefix ni-.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 6)

Note: Adjective for `sthūlāḥ` (implied fish).

स्थूलाः (sthūlāḥ) - large (fish) (large, bulky, fat, stout)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthūla

sthūla - large, bulky, fat, stout, coarse

Masculine nominative plural.

Note: Acts as a noun here, referring to large fish.

जालम् (jālam) - net (net, snare, trap, web)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāla

jāla - net, snare, trap, web, network

Neuter accusative singular.

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut through (having cut, having severed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Neuter accusative singular.

प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they return (to), they attain (they attain, they reach, they obtain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prāp

Present Active

Present 3rd plural active of √āp with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so, thus)

(indeclinable)

योगाः (yogāḥ) - practitioners of spiritual discipline (yoga) (practitioners of yoga, yogis; spiritual disciplines)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yoga

yoga - spiritual discipline, union, conjunction, effort; a yogi

Masculine nominative plural. From √yuj (to join, to unite). Often refers to practitioners (yogis) in plural.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Subject of `prāpnuvanti`.

तत् (tat) - that (supreme) (that, that (supreme reality))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that (supreme reality), it

Neuter accusative singular of demonstrative pronoun `tad`

पदम् (padam) - supreme state (state, abode, step, foot)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, abode, state, position

Neuter accusative singular.

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of `prāpnuvanti`.

वीतकल्मषाः (vītakalmaṣāḥ) - those who are freed from all impurities (those whose impurities are removed, pure)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vītakalmaṣa

vītakalmaṣa - free from sin/impurity, pure

Masculine nominative plural. Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vīta+kalmaṣa)

• vīta – gone, disappeared, free from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of √i (to go) with prefix vi-, or derived from √vi (to go).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• kalmaṣa – impurity, sin, blemish
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective for `yogāḥ`.