महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-309, verse-73

अनुगम्य श्मशानान्तं निवर्तन्तीह बान्धवाः ।
अग्नौ प्रक्षिप्य पुरुषं ज्ञातयः सुहृदस्तथा ॥७३॥

73. anugamya śmaśānāntaṁ nivartantīha bāndhavāḥ ,
agnau prakṣipya puruṣaṁ jñātayaḥ suhṛdastathā.

73. anugamya śmaśānāntam nivartante iha bāndhavāḥ |
agnau prakṣipya puruṣam jñātayaḥ suhṛdaḥ tathā

73. bāndhavāḥ iha śmaśānāntam anugamya nivartante.
jñātayaḥ tathā suhṛdaḥ puruṣam agnau prakṣipya (nivartante).

73. Relatives, kinsmen, and friends accompany a person only to the edge of the cremation ground, and having cast the body into the fire, they return here (to their homes).

Words meanings summery:

• अनुगम्य (anugamya) - having accompanied (having followed, having accompanied)

• श्मशानान्तम् (śmaśānāntam) - the edge of the cremation ground (the boundary of the cremation ground, the edge of the cemetery)

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they return (they return, they turn back)

• इह (iha) - here (to their homes) (here, in this world, to this place)

• बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives (relatives, kinsmen, friends)

• अग्नौ (agnau) - into the fire (in the fire)

• प्रक्षिप्य (prakṣipya) - having cast (having thrown, having cast, having consigned)

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - the body (of the person) (a person, man, human being, the body)

• ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - kinsmen (kinsmen, relatives)

• सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends (friends, well-wishers)

• तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, so also)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुगम्य (anugamya) - having accompanied (having followed, having accompanied)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'gam' with prefix 'anu', using the '-ya' suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

श्मशानान्तम् (śmaśānāntam) - the edge of the cremation ground (the boundary of the cremation ground, the edge of the cemetery)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śmaśānānta

śmaśānānta - border of a cremation ground, limit of a cemetery

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śmaśāna+anta)

• śmaśāna – cremation ground, cemetery
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, boundary, limit, vicinity
  noun (masculine)

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they return (they return, they turn back)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of nivṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

इह (iha) - here (to their homes) (here, in this world, to this place)

(indeclinable)

बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives (relatives, kinsmen, friends)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman, belonging to a family

अग्नौ (agnau) - into the fire (in the fire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

प्रक्षिप्य (prakṣipya) - having cast (having thrown, having cast, having consigned)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'kṣip' with prefix 'pra', using the '-ya' suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: kṣip (class 6)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - the body (of the person) (a person, man, human being, the body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person, soul, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - kinsmen (kinsmen, relatives)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñāti

jñāti - kinsman, relative, blood relation

सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends (friends, well-wishers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher, kind-hearted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+hṛd)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - and (and, likewise, so also)

(indeclinable)