महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-304, verse-26

एतेन केवलं याति त्यक्त्वा देहमसाक्षिकम् ।
कालेन महता राजञ्श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी ॥२६॥

26. etena kevalaṁ yāti tyaktvā dehamasākṣikam ,
kālena mahatā rājañśrutireṣā sanātanī.

26. etena kevalam yāti tyaktvā deham asākṣikam
kālena mahatā rājan śrutiḥ eṣā sanātanī

26. By this means alone, one attains liberation (mokṣa), having relinquished the body without attachment. O King, this is the eternal Vedic tradition (śruti), established over a vast span of time.

Words meanings summery:

• एतेन (etena) - by this, through this

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, alone, purely

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having relinquished

• देहम् (deham) - the body

• असाक्षिकम् (asākṣikam) - without attachment (without witness, without attachment, unobserved)

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, in course of time

• महता (mahatā) - by great, by long

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - sacred tradition, Veda

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• सनातनी (sanātanī) - eternal, ancient

Words meanings and morphology

एतेन (etena) - by this, through this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the means or path described.

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, alone, purely

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

from root 'yā' (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having relinquished

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with suffix 'ktvā'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

देहम् (deham) - the body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal form

Root: dih

असाक्षिकम् (asākṣikam) - without attachment (without witness, without attachment, unobserved)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asākṣika

asākṣika - without a witness, unobserved, unattended, unattached

'a' (not) + 'sākṣin' (witness) + 'ka' (suffix)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+sākṣika)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sākṣika – having a witness, observed
  adjective (masculine)
  from 'sākṣin' (witness) + suffix 'ka'

Note: Agrees with 'deham'.

कालेन (kālena) - by time, in course of time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, epoch

Root: kal

महता (mahatā) - by great, by long

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

present participle of 'mah' (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kālena'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - sacred tradition, Veda

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti

śruti - hearing, sacred tradition, Veda, revelation

from root 'śru' (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Agrees with 'śrutiḥ'.

सनातनी (sanātanī) - eternal, ancient

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, primeval

feminine form of 'sanātana'

Note: Agrees with 'śrutiḥ'.