महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-32, verse-23

विहितानीह कौन्तेय प्रायश्चित्तानि कर्मिणाम् ।
शरीरवांस्तानि कुर्यादशरीरः पराभवेत् ॥२३॥

23. vihitānīha kaunteya prāyaścittāni karmiṇām ,
śarīravāṁstāni kuryādaśarīraḥ parābhavet.

23. vihitāni iha kaunteya prāyaścittāni karmiṇām
śarīravān tānī kuryāt aśarīraḥ parābhavet

23. kaunteya iha karmiṇām prāyaścittāni vihitāni
śarīravān tāni kuryāt aśarīraḥ tu parābhavet

23. O Kaunteya, expiations are prescribed here for those who perform actions. One who has a body should perform them, for a disembodied being would perish.

Words meanings summery:

• विहितानि (vihitāni) - prescribed, ordained, established

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kuntī, O Kaunteya

• प्रायश्चित्तानि (prāyaścittāni) - expiations, atonements, penances

• कर्मिणाम् (karmiṇām) - of those who perform actions, of doers of karma

• शरीरवान् (śarīravān) - possessing a body, one who has a body, embodied

• तानि (tāni) - them, those

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, should perform

• अशरीरः (aśarīraḥ) - disembodied, one who has no body

• पराभवेत् (parābhavet) - would perish, would be defeated, would fall away

Words meanings and morphology

विहितानि (vihitāni) - prescribed, ordained, established

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vihita

vihita - prescribed, ordained, established

Past Passive Participle

vi + hita (pp. of dhā)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kuntī, O Kaunteya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kuntī

patronymic from kuntī

प्रायश्चित्तानि (prāyaścittāni) - expiations, atonements, penances

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of prāyaścitta

prāyaścitta - expiation, atonement, penance

कर्मिणाम् (karmiṇām) - of those who perform actions, of doers of karma

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of karmin

karmin - active, performing actions, doer of karma

from karman

शरीरवान् (śarīravān) - possessing a body, one who has a body, embodied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīravat

śarīravat - embodied, having a body

śarīra + vat

तानि (tāni) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, should perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अशरीरः (aśarīraḥ) - disembodied, one who has no body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśarīra

aśarīra - disembodied, bodiless

a + śarīra

पराभवेत् (parābhavet) - would perish, would be defeated, would fall away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of parābhū

parā + bhū

Prefix: parā

Root: bhū (class 1)

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