महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-178, verse-8

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कथं स्वर्गे गतिः सर्प कर्मणां च फलं ध्रुवम् ।
अशरीरस्य दृश्येत विषयांश्च ब्रवीहि मे ॥८॥

8. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kathaṁ svarge gatiḥ sarpa karmaṇāṁ ca phalaṁ dhruvam ,
aśarīrasya dṛśyeta viṣayāṁśca bravīhi me.

8. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca katham svarge gatiḥ sarpa karmaṇām ca
phalam dhruvam aśarīrasya dṛśyeta viṣayān ca brūhi me

8. Yudhishthira said: 'O serpent, how can the attainment (gati) of heaven and the sure results (phalam) of actions (karma) be perceived by one who is disembodied? And tell me about these topics.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, in the celestial abode

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, state, destiny, attainment

• सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds

• च (ca) - and, also

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certain, fixed, sure

• अशरीरस्य (aśarīrasya) - of one who is bodiless, of a disembodied being

• दृश्येत (dṛśyeta) - may be seen, may be perceived

• विषयान् (viṣayān) - topics, subjects, objects

• च (ca) - and, also

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (proper name, 'steady in battle')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, in the celestial abode

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode, paradise

गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, state, destiny, attainment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, moving, motion, path, course, destiny, state, attainment

सर्प (sarpa) - O serpent

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions, of deeds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, consequence of action (karma), duty

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, advantage

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certain, fixed, sure

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, constant, firm, certain, sure, eternal

Note: Agrees with 'phalam'

अशरीरस्य (aśarīrasya) - of one who is bodiless, of a disembodied being

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aśarīra

aśarīra - bodiless, without a body, disembodied

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+śarīra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• śarīra – body, corporeal form
  noun (neuter)

दृश्येत (dṛśyeta) - may be seen, may be perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विषयान् (viṣayān) - topics, subjects, objects

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object, sphere, domain, subject matter, topic, sense object

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me, myself