महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-17, verse-3

आत्मानं वा कथं युक्त्वा तच्छरीरं विमुञ्चति ।
शरीरतश्च निर्मुक्तः कथमन्यत्प्रपद्यते ॥३॥

3. ātmānaṁ vā kathaṁ yuktvā taccharīraṁ vimuñcati ,
śarīrataśca nirmuktaḥ kathamanyatprapadyate.

3. ātmānam vā kathaṃ yuktvā tat śarīraṃ vimuñcati
| śarīrataḥ ca nirmuktaḥ katham anyat prapadyate

3. ātmānaṃ kathaṃ vā yuktvā tat śarīraṃ vimuñcati
ca śarīrataḥ nirmuktaḥ katham anyat prapadyate

3. Or how, by focusing the self (ātman), does one relinquish that body? And how, when freed from the body, does one obtain another?

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit

• वा (vā) - or

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• युक्त्वा (yuktvā) - having joined, having connected, having yoked, having focused

• तत् (tat) - that

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• विमुञ्चति (vimuñcati) - releases, abandons, lets go

• शरीरतः (śarīrataḥ) - from the body

• च (ca) - and, also

• निर्मुक्तः (nirmuktaḥ) - freed, released, liberated

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another body (another, other)

• प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - obtains, reaches, comes to

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

युक्त्वा (yuktvā) - having joined, having connected, having yoked, having focused

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root yuj- (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Absolutive or Gerund

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with śarīram

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

विमुञ्चति (vimuñcati) - releases, abandons, lets go

(verb)

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

root muc- (to free) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

शरीरतः (śarīrataḥ) - from the body

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

Ablative suffix -tas

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निर्मुक्तः (nirmuktaḥ) - freed, released, liberated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirmuc

nirmuc - to be freed, to be released, to be liberated

past passive participle

From root muc- (to free) with prefix nir-

Prefix: nir

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Past passive participle acting as adjective.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - another body (another, other)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Implied 'śarīraṃ' (body)

प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - obtains, reaches, comes to

(verb)

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

root pad- (to go) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)