महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-19, verse-21

इषीकां वा यथा मुञ्जात्कश्चिन्निर्हृत्य दर्शयेत् ।
योगी निष्कृष्टमात्मानं तथा संपश्यते तनौ ॥२१॥

21. iṣīkāṁ vā yathā muñjātkaścinnirhṛtya darśayet ,
yogī niṣkṛṣṭamātmānaṁ tathā saṁpaśyate tanau.

21. iṣīkām vā yathā muñjāt kaścit nirhṛtya darśayet
yogī niṣkṛṣṭam ātmanam tathā saṃpaśyate tanau

21. yathā kaścit muñjāt iṣīkām vā nirhṛtya darśayet,
tathā yogī tanau niṣkṛṣṭam ātmanam saṃpaśyate.

21. Just as someone might extract a reed from muñja grass and display it, so too does a practitioner of yoga (yogī) perceive the true self (ātman) as distinct and separated from the body.

Words meanings summery:

• इषीकाम् (iṣīkām) - a reed, a stalk, a fibre

• वा (vā) - or, indeed, just as, like

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• मुञ्जात् (muñjāt) - from muñja grass

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone

• निर्हृत्य (nirhṛtya) - having pulled out, having extracted

• दर्शयेत् (darśayet) - should show, might display, would demonstrate

• योगी (yogī) - a yogi, a practitioner of yoga

• निष्कृष्टम् (niṣkṛṣṭam) - extracted, separated, drawn out

• आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - the self, the soul, the (ātman)

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

• संपश्यते (saṁpaśyate) - perceives, sees completely, discerns

• तनौ (tanau) - in the body

Words meanings and morphology

इषीकाम् (iṣīkām) - a reed, a stalk, a fibre

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of iṣīkā

iṣīkā - a reed, a stalk, a fibre (of muñja grass)

वा (vā) - or, indeed, just as, like

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

मुञ्जात् (muñjāt) - from muñja grass

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of muñja

muñja - muñja grass (Saccharum sara), used for making rope and mats

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain (formed from kim + cid)

निर्हृत्य (nirhṛtya) - having pulled out, having extracted

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root hṛ with prefix nir-, forming an indeclinable past participle (absolutive).

Prefix: nir

Root: hṛ (class 1)

दर्शयेत् (darśayet) - should show, might display, would demonstrate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of darśayet

causative

Causative of the root dṛś, conjugated in the optative mood.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

योगी (yogī) - a yogi, a practitioner of yoga

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yogin

yogin - a practitioner of yoga, an ascetic, a holy man, one endowed with supernatural powers

From 'yoga' + suffix '-in'.

निष्कृष्टम् (niṣkṛṣṭam) - extracted, separated, drawn out

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niṣkṛṣṭa

niṣkṛṣṭa - extracted, separated, drawn out, purified, refined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛṣ with prefix nis-, forming a past passive participle.

Prefix: nis

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ātmanam'.

आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - the self, the soul, the (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - the self, soul, individual soul, essence, breath

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

(indeclinable)

संपश्यते (saṁpaśyate) - perceives, sees completely, discerns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃpaśyate

From root dṛś with prefix sam-, in the present tense, middle voice.

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तनौ (tanau) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, limb, person, form