महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-19, verse-46

स तदुत्सृज्य देहं स्वं धारयन्ब्रह्म केवलम् ।
आत्मानमालोकयति मनसा प्रहसन्निव ॥४६॥

46. sa tadutsṛjya dehaṁ svaṁ dhārayanbrahma kevalam ,
ātmānamālokayati manasā prahasanniva.

46. saḥ tat utsṛjya deham svam dhārayan brahma
kevalam ātmānam ālokayati manasā prahasan iva

46. That (jīva), having abandoned his own body and sustaining only (brahman), perceives the (ātman) with his mind, as if smiling.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that individual soul (jīva) (he, that)

• तत् (tat) - that body (that)

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

• देहम् (deham) - body

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own

• धारयन् (dhārayan) - sustaining (brahman) (sustaining, holding, meditating upon)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - ultimate reality, universal spirit

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, exclusively, pure

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the supreme Self

• आलोकयति (ālokayati) - perceives, sees

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

• इव (iva) - as if, like

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that individual soul (jīva) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the jīva from the previous verse.

तत् (tat) - that body (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'deham'.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ut-sṛj (to abandon)

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, property

Note: Agrees with 'deham'.

धारयन् (dhārayan) - sustaining (brahman) (sustaining, holding, meditating upon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārayat

dhārayat - sustaining, holding, bearing, meditating

Present Active Participle

From root dhṛ (to hold, support) in the causative

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - ultimate reality, universal spirit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - ultimate reality, universal spirit, sacred word

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, exclusively, pure

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - only, exclusive, whole, pure, absolute

Note: Agrees with 'brahma'.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the supreme Self

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, supreme Self, essence

आलोकयति (ālokayati) - perceives, sees

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

From pra-has (to laugh, smile)

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)