महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-19

मृतं शरीररहितं सूक्ष्ममव्यक्ततां गतम् ।
अचक्षुर्विषयं प्राप्तं कथं धर्मोऽनुगच्छति ॥१९॥

19. mṛtaṁ śarīrarahitaṁ sūkṣmamavyaktatāṁ gatam ,
acakṣurviṣayaṁ prāptaṁ kathaṁ dharmo'nugacchati.

19. mṛtam śarīrarahitam sūkṣmam avyaktatām gatam
acakṣurviṣayam prāptam katham dharmaḥ anugacchati

19. dharmaḥ katham mṛtam śarīrarahitam sūkṣmam
avyaktatām gatam acakṣurviṣayam prāptam anugacchati

19. How does (natural law) dharma follow a deceased being that has become bodiless, subtle, attained an unmanifest state, and reached a realm beyond the perception of the eyes?

Words meanings summery:

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - deceased (being) (deceased, dead, lifeless)

• शरीररहितम् (śarīrarahitam) - bodiless (being) (bodiless, devoid of a body, without a body)

• सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle (being) (subtle, fine, minute, delicate)

• अव्यक्तताम् (avyaktatām) - an unmanifest state (unmanifest state, unmanifest condition, imperceptibility)

• गतम् (gatam) - having attained (a state) (gone, attained, reached)

• अचक्षुर्विषयम् (acakṣurviṣayam) - a realm beyond the perception of the eyes (beyond the range of sight, imperceptible to the eyes, not an object of the eyes)

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - having reached (a realm) (obtained, reached, attained, acquired)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - (natural law) dharma ((natural law) dharma, righteousness, duty, cosmic order)

• अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after, accompanies

Words meanings and morphology

मृतम् (mṛtam) - deceased (being) (deceased, dead, lifeless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, lifeless, gone to rest

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter, but here likely nominative as the subject or predicate of an implied 'being'.

शरीररहितम् (śarīrarahitam) - bodiless (being) (bodiless, devoid of a body, without a body)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīrarahita

śarīrarahita - bodiless, without a body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+rahita)

• śarīra – body, corporeal form
  noun (neuter)
• rahita – abandoned, deprived of, free from, without
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √rah (to abandon)
  Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'mṛtam'.

सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle (being) (subtle, fine, minute, delicate)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, fine, minute, delicate, atomic

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'mṛtam'.

अव्यक्तताम् (avyaktatām) - an unmanifest state (unmanifest state, unmanifest condition, imperceptibility)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avyaktatā

avyaktatā - unmanifest state, imperceptible nature, state of being unmanifest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avyakta+tā)

• avyakta – unmanifest, unrevealed, imperceptible
  adjective (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract feminine nouns (e.g., 'ness', 'ity')
  suffix (feminine)

गतम् (gatam) - having attained (a state) (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'mṛtam'.

अचक्षुर्विषयम् (acakṣurviṣayam) - a realm beyond the perception of the eyes (beyond the range of sight, imperceptible to the eyes, not an object of the eyes)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of acakṣurviṣaya

acakṣurviṣaya - not an object of the eye, imperceptible to the eyes

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cakṣus+viṣaya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• cakṣus – eye, sight, vision
  noun (neuter)
• viṣaya – object, sphere, domain, range, sense-object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Here used as an adjective or object of 'prāptam'.

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - having reached (a realm) (obtained, reached, attained, acquired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, attained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √āp (to obtain) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'mṛtam'.

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - (natural law) dharma ((natural law) dharma, righteousness, duty, cosmic order)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - (natural law), duty, righteousness, virtue, cosmic order, intrinsic nature

Derived from the root √dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after, accompanies

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of anugam

Root √gam with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)