महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-3

मृतं शरीरमुत्सृज्य काष्ठलोष्टसमं जनाः ।
प्रयान्त्यमुं लोकमितः को वै ताननुगच्छति ॥३॥

3. mṛtaṁ śarīramutsṛjya kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamaṁ janāḥ ,
prayāntyamuṁ lokamitaḥ ko vai tānanugacchati.

3. mṛtam śarīram utsṛjya kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamam janāḥ
prayānti amum lokam itaḥ kaḥ vai tān anugacchati

3. janāḥ itaḥ kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamam mṛtam śarīram utsṛjya
amum lokam prayānti kaḥ vai tān anugacchati

3. When people abandon their dead body, which is like a mere log or a clod of earth, they depart from this world to another. Who, then, truly follows them?

Words meanings summery:

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up

• काष्ठलोष्टसमम् (kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamam) - like a log or a clod of earth

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go forth, they depart

• अमुम् (amum) - that (yonder)

• लोकम् (lokam) - world, realm

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• तान् (tān) - them

• अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after

Words meanings and morphology

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, departed, passed away

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root mṛ (to die), meaning 'having died' or 'dead'.

Root: mṛ (class 4)

Note: Also nominative singular neuter. Qualifies śarīram.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, frame, physical form, person

Note: Also nominative singular neuter.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix ut- and root sṛj (to abandon, to create), plus the suffix -ya for absolutives with prefixes.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

काष्ठलोष्टसमम् (kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamam) - like a log or a clod of earth

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭhaloṣṭasama

kāṣṭhaloṣṭasama - similar to wood (log) and a clod of earth

Compound word, meaning 'like a log and a clod'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāṣṭha+loṣṭa+sama)

• kāṣṭha – wood, log, piece of wood
  noun (neuter)
• loṣṭa – clod of earth, lump of clay, brickbat
  noun (masculine)
• sama – like, similar, equal, same
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Also nominative singular neuter. Qualifies śarīram.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature, individual

Root: jan (class 4)

प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go forth, they depart

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prayā

Present Active Indicative

From prefix pra- and root yā (to go). Third person plural.

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

अमुम् (amum) - that (yonder)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, yonder, that one

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine accusative singular. Forms are irregular.

Note: Qualifies lokam.

लोकम् (lokam) - world, realm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, space, people, vision

Root: lok (class 10)

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas, indicating 'from'.

Root: i (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which (interrogative pronoun)

Interrogative pronoun, masculine nominative singular.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine accusative plural.

Note: Refers to 'janāḥ' (people).

अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anugam

Present Active Indicative

From prefix anu- and root gam (to go). Third person singular.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)