महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-181, verse-6

अथ वा सुखदुःखेषु नृणां ब्रह्मविदां वर ।
इह वा कृतमन्वेति परदेहेऽथ वा पुनः ॥६॥

6. atha vā sukhaduḥkheṣu nṛṇāṁ brahmavidāṁ vara ,
iha vā kṛtamanveti paradehe'tha vā punaḥ.

6. atha vā sukhaduḥkheṣu nṛṇām brahmavidām vara
iha vā kṛtam anveti paradehe atha vā punaḥ

6. Or, O best among those who know Brahman, does the action (karma) performed by human beings follow them, whether experiencing pleasures and pains in this world, or again in another body?

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• वा (vā) - or, either

• सुखदुःखेषु (sukhaduḥkheṣu) - in pleasures and pains, in happiness and sorrow

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

• ब्रह्मविदाम् (brahmavidām) - of those who know Brahman

• वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• वा (vā) - or, either

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - the action or deed performed (karma) (performed, done, action, deed)

• अन्वेति (anveti) - follows, goes after, accompanies

• परदेहे (paradehe) - in another body, in the next body

• अथ (atha) - or again (then, now, thereupon)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

सुखदुःखेषु (sukhaduḥkheṣu) - in pleasures and pains, in happiness and sorrow

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow, joy and suffering

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, comfort, ease
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being, male

ब्रह्मविदाम् (brahmavidām) - of those who know Brahman

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahmavid

brahmavid - one who knows Brahman, a knower of ultimate reality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+vid)

• brahman – Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute
  noun (neuter)
• vid – knower, one who understands
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a wish

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - the action or deed performed (karma) (performed, done, action, deed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, completed; a deed, an act, a fact

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अन्वेति (anveti) - follows, goes after, accompanies

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anu-i

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

परदेहे (paradehe) - in another body, in the next body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paradeha

paradeha - another body, a subsequent body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+deha)

• para – other, another, next, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• deha – body, physical frame, form
  noun (masculine)

अथ (atha) - or again (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)