महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-17, verse-24

तत्रैव कुरुते काये यः स जीवः सनातनः ।
तेषां यद्यद्भवेद्युक्तं संनिपाते क्वचित्क्वचित् ।
तत्तन्मर्म विजानीहि शास्त्रदृष्टं हि तत्तथा ॥२४॥

24. tatraiva kurute kāye yaḥ sa jīvaḥ sanātanaḥ ,
teṣāṁ yadyadbhavedyuktaṁ saṁnipāte kvacitkvacit ,
tattanmarma vijānīhi śāstradṛṣṭaṁ hi tattathā.

24. tatra eva kurute kāye yaḥ saḥ jīvaḥ
sanātanaḥ teṣām yat yat bhavet yuktam
sannipāte kvacit kvacit tat tat
marma vijānīhi śāstradṛṣṭam hi tat tathā

24. yaḥ saḥ sanātanaḥ jīvaḥ tatra eva kāye kurute.
teṣām yat yat sannipāte kvacit kvacit yuktam bhavet,
tat tat marma vijānīhi,
hi tat śāstradṛṣṭam tathā.

24. That which performs actions within the body is indeed the eternal living entity (jīva). Whatever of these (channels/senses) may be connected at various junctures here and there, know that particular point to be a vital point (marma), for it is indeed declared as such in the scriptures.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there (within the body) (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• कुरुते (kurute) - performs actions (performs, does, makes)

• काये (kāye) - within the body (in the body)

• यः (yaḥ) - that which (who, which)

• सः (saḥ) - is indeed that (he, that)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the eternal living entity (jīva) (living entity, individual soul, life)

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, ancient)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these (channels/senses) (of them, of those)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be (may be, should be)

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - connected (joined, connected, united, appropriate)

• सन्निपाते (sannipāte) - at a juncture (at a confluence, at a junction, in a combination)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, here and there)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, here and there)

• तत् (tat) - that particular (that, that particular)

• तत् (tat) - that particular (that, that particular)

• मर्म (marma) - a vital point (marma) (vital point, vulnerable spot, secret)

• विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know (know, understand, discern)

• शास्त्रदृष्टम् (śāstradṛṣṭam) - seen in the scriptures (seen in scriptures, taught in treatises)

• हि (hi) - for (indeed, for, because)

• तत् (tat) - it (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - as such (thus, in that manner, so)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (within the body) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb from tad

Note: Refers to 'kāye'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

कुरुते (kurute) - performs actions (performs, does, makes)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Atmanepada.

काये (kāye) - within the body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, assemblage

Root: ci

Note: Locative case.

यः (yaḥ) - that which (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Relative pronoun

Note: Subject of 'kurute'.

सः (saḥ) - is indeed that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the eternal living entity (jīva) (living entity, individual soul, life)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living entity, individual soul, life

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative with 'yaḥ saḥ'.

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, perpetual, ancient)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient

Note: Qualifies 'jīvaḥ'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these (channels/senses) (of them, of those)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Possessive.

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, what

Relative pronoun

Note: Distributive: 'yat yat' = 'whatever'.

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, what

Relative pronoun

Note: Distributive: 'yat yat' = 'whatever'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be (may be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - connected (joined, connected, united, appropriate)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, united, appropriate

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Past passive participle used as an adjective.

सन्निपाते (sannipāte) - at a juncture (at a confluence, at a junction, in a combination)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sannipāta

sannipāta - confluence, junction, combination

From root pat (to fall) with upasargas sam- and ni-

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Locative case.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, here and there)

(indeclinable)

Indefinite pronominal adverb

Note: Qualifies 'sannipāte'.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - here and there (somewhere, in some place, here and there)

(indeclinable)

Indefinite pronominal adverb

Note: Qualifies 'sannipāte'.

तत् (tat) - that particular (that, that particular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Correlative to 'yat yat'.

तत् (tat) - that particular (that, that particular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Correlative to 'yat yat'.

मर्म (marma) - a vital point (marma) (vital point, vulnerable spot, secret)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of marman

marman - vital point, vulnerable spot, secret

Root: mṛ

Note: Object of 'vijānīhi' (as a predicate nominative with implied 'to be').

विजानीहि (vijānīhi) - know (know, understand, discern)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jñā

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Second person singular imperative.

शास्त्रदृष्टम् (śāstradṛṣṭam) - seen in the scriptures (seen in scriptures, taught in treatises)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāstradṛṣṭa

śāstradṛṣṭa - seen in scriptures, taught in treatises

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+dṛṣṭa)

• śāstra – scripture, treatise, instruction
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, observed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tat'.

हि (hi) - for (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

तत् (tat) - it (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun

तथा (tathā) - as such (thus, in that manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Adverb