महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-33, verse-7

बुद्ध्यायं गम्यते मार्गः शरीरेण न गम्यते ।
आद्यन्तवन्ति कर्माणि शरीरं कर्मबन्धनम् ॥७॥

7. buddhyāyaṁ gamyate mārgaḥ śarīreṇa na gamyate ,
ādyantavanti karmāṇi śarīraṁ karmabandhanam.

7. buddhyā ayam gamyate mārgaḥ śarīreṇa na gamyate
ādyantavanti karmāṇi śarīraṃ karmabandhanam

7. ayam mārgaḥ buddhyā gamyate,
śarīreṇa na gamyate.
karmāṇi ādyantavanti.
śarīraṃ karmabandhanam

7. This path is approached through understanding, not through the physical body. All actions (karma) have a beginning and an end; the body itself is a bond of action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• गम्यते (gamyate) - is gone, is reached, is approached

• मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, road, way

• शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by the body

• न (na) - not, no

• गम्यते (gamyate) - is gone, is reached, is approached

• आद्यन्तवन्ति (ādyantavanti) - having a beginning and an end, temporal

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, works

• शरीरं (śarīraṁ) - the body

• कर्मबन्धनम् (karmabandhanam) - the bondage of action, the tie of karma

Words meanings and morphology

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception, wisdom

from root `budh` (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to `mārgaḥ`.

गम्यते (gamyate) - is gone, is reached, is approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of gam

root `gam` (to go) in passive voice.

Root: gam (class 1)

मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, road, way

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, course, track

from root `mṛj` (to wipe, clean) or `mṛg` (to seek)

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Subject of passive verb `gamyate`.

शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by the body

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame

Root: śṛ

Note: Agent in passive construction (negated).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गम्यते (gamyate) - is gone, is reached, is approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of gam

root `gam` (to go) in passive voice.

Root: gam (class 1)

आद्यन्तवन्ति (ādyantavanti) - having a beginning and an end, temporal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ādyantavat

ādyantavat - having a beginning and an end, temporal, finite

`ādi` (beginning) + `anta` (end) + `vat` (possessive suffix)

Compound type : dvandva (ādi+anta+-vat)

• ādi – beginning, first, origin
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, conclusion
  noun (masculine)
• -vat – having, possessing, like
  suffix
  possessive suffix

Note: Agrees with `karmāṇi`.

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, works

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action (karma)

from root `kṛ` (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of implied verb 'are'.

शरीरं (śarīraṁ) - the body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame

Root: śṛ

Note: Subject of implied verb 'is'.

कर्मबन्धनम् (karmabandhanam) - the bondage of action, the tie of karma

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karmabandhana

karmabandhana - bondage of action (karma), the chain of deeds

`karman` (action) + `bandhana` (bondage)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (karman+bandhana)

• karman – action, deed, work, consequence of action (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  from root `kṛ` (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bandhana – binding, bondage, tie, chain
  noun (neuter)
  from root `bandh` (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)