महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-8, verse-8

न रूपं दृश्यते तस्य संस्थानं वा कथंचन ।
निर्देष्टुं प्राणिभिः कैश्चित्प्राकृतैर्मांसलोचनैः ॥८॥

8. na rūpaṁ dṛśyate tasya saṁsthānaṁ vā kathaṁcana ,
nirdeṣṭuṁ prāṇibhiḥ kaiścitprākṛtairmāṁsalocanaiḥ.

8. na rūpam dṛśyate tasya saṃsthānam vā kathaṃcana
nirdeṣṭum prāṇibhiḥ kaiścit prākṛtaiḥ māṃsalocanaiḥ

8. tasya rūpam vā saṃsthānam kathaṃcana na dṛśyate,
kaiścit prākṛtaiḥ māṃsalocanaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ nirdeṣṭum na (śakyam)

8. His form or structure is not seen by any means, nor can he be described by any ordinary beings (prāṇin) with fleshly eyes.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, neither

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

• तस्य (tasya) - referring to Śiva (his, its)

• संस्थानम् (saṁsthānam) - structure, stable form, location, state

• वा (vā) - or, either

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, somehow

• निर्देष्टुम् (nirdeṣṭum) - to describe, to point out, to specify

• प्राणिभिः (prāṇibhiḥ) - by living beings, by creatures

• कैश्चित् (kaiścit) - by some, by any (indefinite)

• प्राकृतैः (prākṛtaiḥ) - by ordinary, by natural, by common

• मांसलोचनैः (māṁsalocanaiḥ) - by those with fleshy eyes, with physical eyes

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, neither

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, image

Note: In a passive construction, this is the subject.

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

(verb)

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

Present tense, passive voice

Formed with ya-affix for passive voice from √dṛś (class 1)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - referring to Śiva (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

संस्थानम् (saṁsthānam) - structure, stable form, location, state

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsthāna

saṁsthāna - form, shape, figure, structure, constitution, location, state

From sam-√sthā (to stand together, to exist)

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: In a passive construction, this is the subject.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, somehow

(indeclinable)

From katham (how) + cana (emphatic/indefinite suffix)

निर्देष्टुम् (nirdeṣṭum) - to describe, to point out, to specify

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of nir-diś

infinitive

From nir-√diś (to point, indicate) + -tum (infinitive suffix)

Prefix: nis

Root: diś (class 6)

प्राणिभिः (prāṇibhiḥ) - by living beings, by creatures

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living, alive; a living being, creature, animal

From prāṇa (life-breath) + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: Agent in passive construction or with infinitive used impersonally.

कैश्चित् (kaiścit) - by some, by any (indefinite)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kimcit

kimcit - someone, something, any, certain

From kim (who/what) + cit (indefinite particle)

प्राकृतैः (prākṛtaiḥ) - by ordinary, by natural, by common

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prākṛta

prākṛta - original, natural, ordinary, common, vulgar

From prakṛti (nature) + -a (suffix)

मांसलोचनैः (māṁsalocanaiḥ) - by those with fleshy eyes, with physical eyes

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of māṃsalocana

māṁsalocana - having fleshy eyes, i.e., ordinary human eyes

Bahuvrīhi compound: māṃsa (flesh) + locana (eye)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (māṃsa+locana)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  From √loc (to see)
  Root: loc (class 10)