महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-18, verse-23

शरीरग्रहणं चास्य केन पूर्वं प्रकल्पितम् ।
इत्येवं संशयो लोके तच्च वक्ष्याम्यतः परम् ॥२३॥

23. śarīragrahaṇaṁ cāsya kena pūrvaṁ prakalpitam ,
ityevaṁ saṁśayo loke tacca vakṣyāmyataḥ param.

23. śarīragrahaṇam ca asya kena pūrvam prakalpitam
iti evam saṃśayaḥ loke tat ca vakṣyāmi ataḥ param

23. asya śarīragrahaṇam ca pūrvam kena prakalpitam
iti evam saṃśayaḥ loke tat ca ataḥ param vakṣyāmi

23. And by whom was the assumption of a body (śarīragrahaṇam) by the individual (ātman) previously ordained? Such a doubt exists among people, and I will explain that hereafter.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरग्रहणम् (śarīragrahaṇam) - taking a body, assuming a body

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - of the living being or soul (of this, of him, of it)

• केन (kena) - by whom, by which

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, formerly, before

• प्रकल्पितम् (prakalpitam) - designed, ordained, arranged, conceived

• इति (iti) - marker of quoted thought (thus, in this way, so)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, question

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• तत् (tat) - that (doubt) (that, this)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will explain, I will tell

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, thereafter

• परम् (param) - afterwards, later, further

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरग्रहणम् (śarīragrahaṇam) - taking a body, assuming a body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīragrahaṇa

śarīragrahaṇa - the act of taking or assuming a body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+grahaṇa)

• śarīra – body, physical frame
  noun (neuter)
• grahaṇa – taking, seizing, assuming, acquiring
  noun (neuter)
  Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of the living being or soul (of this, of him, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

केन (kena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, formerly, before

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative

प्रकल्पितम् (prakalpitam) - designed, ordained, arranged, conceived

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prakalpita

prakalpita - designed, ordained, arranged, conceived

Past Passive Participle

from pra-kalp (causative of kḷp)

Prefix: pra

Root: kḷp (class 10)

इति (iti) - marker of quoted thought (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, question

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, question

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

तत् (tat) - that (doubt) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will explain, I will tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, thereafter

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - afterwards, later, further

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative