महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-181, verse-8

ऐहलौकिकमेवैतदुताहो पारलौकिकम् ।
क्व च कर्माणि तिष्ठन्ति जन्तोः प्रेतस्य भार्गव ॥८॥

8. aihalaukikamevaitadutāho pāralaukikam ,
kva ca karmāṇi tiṣṭhanti jantoḥ pretasya bhārgava.

8. aihalaukikam eva etat uta āho pāralaukikam kva
ca karmāṇi tiṣṭhanti jantoḥ pretasya bhārgava

8. Is this indeed related to this world, or is it related to the next world? And where do the actions (karma) of a departed living being remain, O Bhargava?

Words meanings summery:

• ऐहलौकिकम् (aihalaukikam) - pertaining to this world, worldly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the consequence of actions) (this, this fact)

• उत (uta) - or, whether, moreover

• आहो (āho) - used with 'uta' to mean 'or whether' (or, indeed, what's more)

• पारलौकिकम् (pāralaukikam) - pertaining to the next world, other-worldly

• क्व (kva) - where

• च (ca) - and, also

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, karmas

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - remain, stand, endure, exist

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of the living being, of the creature

• प्रेतस्य (pretasya) - of the departed, of the dead one

• भार्गव (bhārgava) - O Bhargava (descendant of Bhṛgu)

Words meanings and morphology

ऐहलौकिकम् (aihalaukikam) - pertaining to this world, worldly

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aihalaukika

aihalaukika - belonging to this world, worldly, mundane

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the consequence of actions) (this, this fact)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, this thing

उत (uta) - or, whether, moreover

(indeclinable)

आहो (āho) - used with 'uta' to mean 'or whether' (or, indeed, what's more)

(indeclinable)

पारलौकिकम् (pāralaukikam) - pertaining to the next world, other-worldly

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāralaukika

pāralaukika - belonging to the other world, celestial, future, spiritual

क्व (kva) - where

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, karmas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual; the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - remain, stand, endure, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of the living being, of the creature

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, human being

प्रेतस्य (pretasya) - of the departed, of the dead one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of preta

preta - departed, dead, deceased; a ghost, a spirit of the dead

Past Passive Participle

From pra-i (to depart)

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

भार्गव (bhārgava) - O Bhargava (descendant of Bhṛgu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu; a proper name for various sages (e.g., Śukra, Cyavana)