महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-318, verse-49

कथं त्वहमसंक्लिष्टो गच्छेयं परमां गतिम् ।
नावर्तेयं यथा भूयो योनिसंसारसागरे ॥४९॥

49. kathaṁ tvahamasaṁkliṣṭo gaccheyaṁ paramāṁ gatim ,
nāvarteyaṁ yathā bhūyo yonisaṁsārasāgare.

49. katham tu aham asaṃkliṣṭaḥ gaccheyam parām gatim
na āvarteyam yathā bhūyaḥ yonisaṃsārasāgare

49. katham tu aham asaṃkliṣṭaḥ parām gatim gaccheyam
yathā bhūyaḥ yonisaṃsārasāgare na āvarteyam

49. How, then, might I, remaining free from affliction, attain the supreme state? How can I ensure that I do not return again to the ocean of rebirth and transmigration (saṃsāra)?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, on the other hand

• अहम् (aham) - I

• असंक्लिष्टः (asaṁkliṣṭaḥ) - untroubled, unstained, unafflicted

• गच्छेयम् (gaccheyam) - may I go, may I attain

• पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• गतिम् (gatim) - course, path, destination, state

• न (na) - not, no

• आवर्तेयम् (āvarteyam) - may I return, may I revolve

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

• योनिसंसारसागरे (yonisaṁsārasāgare) - in the ocean of birth and transmigration (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of interrogative pronoun kim

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person singular pronoun.

असंक्लिष्टः (asaṁkliṣṭaḥ) - untroubled, unstained, unafflicted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṃkliṣṭa

asaṁkliṣṭa - untroubled, unstained, pure, unmolested, unpolluted

Negative prefix a- + past passive participle of sam-kliś ('to be troubled, afflicted').

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃkliṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saṃkliṣṭa – troubled, afflicted, stained
  adjective
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle from sam-kliś.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kliś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with aham.

गच्छेयम् (gaccheyam) - may I go, may I attain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of gam

optative mood

1st person singular, optative mood, parasmaipada.

Root: gam (class 1)

पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parā

parā - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent (feminine form of para)

Feminine form of para.

गतिम् (gatim) - course, path, destination, state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, course, destination, state, liberation

From root gam ('to go')

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb āvarteyam.

आवर्तेयम् (āvarteyam) - may I return, may I revolve

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of āvṛt

optative mood

1st person singular, optative mood, parasmaipada. Root vṛt with ā prefix.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

(indeclinable)

Comparative adverb.

Note: Modifies āvarteyam.

योनिसंसारसागरे (yonisaṁsārasāgare) - in the ocean of birth and transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yonisaṃsārasāgara

yonisaṁsārasāgara - ocean of birth and transmigration, ocean of earthly existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (yoni+saṃsāra+sāgara)

• yoni – womb, origin, birth, source
  noun (feminine)
• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-sṛ ('to move together, flow around')
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: Location for not returning.