महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-42, verse-10

अश्वमेधे श्रुतिश्चेयमश्वसंज्ञपनं प्रति ।
लोकान्तरगता नित्यं प्राणा नित्या हि वाजिनः ॥१०॥

10. aśvamedhe śrutiśceyamaśvasaṁjñapanaṁ prati ,
lokāntaragatā nityaṁ prāṇā nityā hi vājinaḥ.

10. aśvamedhe śrutiḥ ca iyam aśvasaṃjñapanam prati
lokāntaragatāḥ nityam prāṇāḥ nityāḥ hi vājinaḥ

10. aśvamedhe aśvasaṃjñapanam prati iyam śrutiḥ ca (asti) lokāntaragatāḥ prāṇāḥ nityam nityāḥ (bhavanti),
hi vājinaḥ (api) nityāḥ (santi)

10. And this Vedic text (śruti) in the Aśvamedha (Vedic ritual) concerns the consecration of the horse. The vital breaths (prāṇa) of these horses, having eternally gone to another realm, are indeed eternal, for horses (themselves) are eternal.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वमेधे (aśvamedhe) - in the Aśvamedha, in the horse Vedic ritual (yajña)

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - Vedic text, revelation, sacred tradition, (śruti)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• अश्वसंज्ञपनम् (aśvasaṁjñapanam) - consecration of the horse, sacrificial killing of the horse

• प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, concerning, in relation to

• लोकान्तरगताः (lokāntaragatāḥ) - gone to another world/realm

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

• प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - vital breaths, life forces, (prāṇa)

• नित्याः (nityāḥ) - eternal, constant, permanent

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• वाजिनह् (vājinah) - horses, swift ones

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वमेधे (aśvamedhe) - in the Aśvamedha, in the horse Vedic ritual (yajña)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - horse Vedic ritual (yajña)

Tatpuruṣa compound ('horse sacrifice')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – Vedic ritual, offering, oblation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: midh (class 1)

श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - Vedic text, revelation, sacred tradition, (śruti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti

śruti - hearing, Vedic text, revelation, sacred tradition, (śruti)

Derived from root √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अश्वसंज्ञपनम् (aśvasaṁjñapanam) - consecration of the horse, sacrificial killing of the horse

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśvasaṃjñapana

aśvasaṁjñapana - consecration/sacrificial killing of the horse

Tatpuruṣa compound; verbal noun from causative of sam-√jñā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+saṃjñapana)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• saṃjñapana – causing to know, consecration, sacrificial killing
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun (causative)
  Derived from root √jñā (to know) with prefix sam-, in causative form
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, concerning, in relation to

(indeclinable)

लोकान्तरगताः (lokāntaragatāḥ) - gone to another world/realm

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lokāntaragata

lokāntaragata - gone to another world/realm

Bahuvrihi compound with a past passive participle

Compound 'loka-antara-gata' meaning 'having gone to another world'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (loka+antara+gata)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, internal, interval
  adjective (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - vital breaths, life forces, (prāṇa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life force, (prāṇa)

Derived from pra-√an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

नित्याः (nityāḥ) - eternal, constant, permanent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nitya

nitya - eternal, constant, perpetual, always existing

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

वाजिनह् (vājinah) - horses, swift ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vājin

vājin - horse, swift, strong