महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-8

तदेवं षोडशकलं देहमव्यक्तसंज्ञकम् ।
ममायमिति मन्वानस्तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥८॥

8. tadevaṁ ṣoḍaśakalaṁ dehamavyaktasaṁjñakam ,
mamāyamiti manvānastatraiva parivartate.

8. tat evam ṣoḍaśakalam deham avyaktasaṃjñakam
mama ayam iti manvānaḥ tatra eva parivartate

8. (puruṣaḥ) mama ayam iti manvānaḥ tat evam ṣoḍaśakalam
avyaktasaṃjñakam deham tatra eva parivartate

8. That sixteen-part body, known as the 'unmanifest'—by considering 'this is mine' (in relation to it), one (the individual soul) continues to revolve within that very (cycle of transmigration, saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (body) (that)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• षोडशकलम् (ṣoḍaśakalam) - consisting of sixteen parts

• देहम् (deham) - body

• अव्यक्तसंज्ञकम् (avyaktasaṁjñakam) - named 'unmanifest', having the name 'unmanifest'

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine nominative singular)

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

• मन्वानः (manvānaḥ) - thinking, believing, considering

• तत्र (tatra) - in that (cycle of existence, saṃsāra) (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• परिवर्तते (parivartate) - revolves (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (revolves, wanders, exists, undergoes transmigration)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (body) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

षोडशकलम् (ṣoḍaśakalam) - consisting of sixteen parts

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ṣoḍaśakala

ṣoḍaśakala - having sixteen parts/limbs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ṣoḍaśan+kala)

• ṣoḍaśan – sixteen
  numeral
• kala – part, portion, limb, digit (of moon)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kal

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of deha

deha - body

Root: dih

अव्यक्तसंज्ञकम् (avyaktasaṁjñakam) - named 'unmanifest', having the name 'unmanifest'

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avyaktasaṃjñaka

avyaktasaṁjñaka - named unmanifest, having the designation 'unmanifest'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (avyakta+saṃjñaka)

• avyakta – unmanifest, unevolved
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From a-vi-añj
  Prefixes: a+vi
  Root: añj (class 7)
• saṃjñaka – named, called, designated
  adjective (neuter)
  From saṃjñā + kan (suffix)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

(indeclinable)

मन्वानः (manvānaḥ) - thinking, believing, considering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of man

man - to think, believe, consider

Present Middle Participle

Masculine nominative singular form of manvāna

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Functions as the subject here.

तत्र (tatra) - in that (cycle of existence, saṃsāra) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

From tad + traL (locative suffix)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

परिवर्तते (parivartate) - revolves (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (revolves, wanders, exists, undergoes transmigration)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of parivṛt

Present Middle

3rd person singular, present indicative, Ātmanepada

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)