महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-322, verse-13

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
अतीन्द्रिया निराहारा अनिष्पन्दाः सुगन्धिनः ।
कथं ते पुरुषा जाताः का तेषां गतिरुत्तमा ॥१३॥

13. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
atīndriyā nirāhārā aniṣpandāḥ sugandhinaḥ ,
kathaṁ te puruṣā jātāḥ kā teṣāṁ gatiruttamā.

13. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca atīndriyāḥ nirāhārāḥ aniṣpandāḥ
sugandhinaḥ katham te puruṣāḥ jātāḥ kā teṣām gatiḥ uttamā

13. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca atīndriyāḥ nirāhārāḥ aniṣpandāḥ
sugandhinaḥ te puruṣāḥ katham jātāḥ teṣām uttamā gatiḥ kā (ca)

13. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "How were those persons (puruṣa) born who are imperceptible by the senses, without sustenance, motionless, and fragrant? What is their supreme destination?"

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अतीन्द्रियाः (atīndriyāḥ) - imperceptible by the senses, beyond the senses

• निराहाराः (nirāhārāḥ) - without sustenance, without food

• अनिष्पन्दाः (aniṣpandāḥ) - motionless, stirless

• सुगन्धिनः (sugandhinaḥ) - fragrant

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• ते (te) - those

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, beings

• जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, originated

• का (kā) - what?

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - destination, path, course

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, excellent, best

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Perfect tense (Parasmaipada)

3rd person singular, perfect active.

Root: vac (class 2)

अतीन्द्रियाः (atīndriyāḥ) - imperceptible by the senses, beyond the senses

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of atīndriya

atīndriya - beyond the senses, imperceptible to the senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati+indriya)

• ati – over, beyond, exceeding
  indeclinable
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with puruṣāḥ

निराहाराः (nirāhārāḥ) - without sustenance, without food

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirāhāra

nirāhāra - without food, abstaining from food

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+āhāra)

• nis – without, out, forth
  indeclinable
• āhāra – food, nourishment, sustenance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with puruṣāḥ

अनिष्पन्दाः (aniṣpandāḥ) - motionless, stirless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aniṣpanda

aniṣpanda - motionless, without quivering, steady

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+niṣpanda)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• niṣpanda – motion, quivering, vibration
  noun (masculine)
  From root √spand (to quiver, vibrate) with prefix ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Agrees with puruṣāḥ

सुगन्धिनः (sugandhinaḥ) - fragrant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sugandhin

sugandhin - fragrant, sweet-smelling

From su- + gandha, with the suffix -in

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+gandha)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'good' or 'well'
• gandha – smell, fragrance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with puruṣāḥ

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons, beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, human being, cosmic person, spirit

जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root √jan (to be born, produced)

Root: jan (class 4)

का (kā) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गतिः (gatiḥ) - destination, path, course

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, destination, state, condition

From root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, excellent, best

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, supreme, excellent

Note: Agrees with 'gatiḥ'.