महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-23

यथा श्रुतिरियं ब्रह्मञ्जीवः किल सनातनः ।
शरीरमध्रुवं लोके सर्वेषां प्राणिनामिह ॥२३॥

23. yathā śrutiriyaṁ brahmañjīvaḥ kila sanātanaḥ ,
śarīramadhruvaṁ loke sarveṣāṁ prāṇināmiha.

23. yathā śrutiḥ iyam brahman jīvaḥ kila sanātanaḥ
śarīram adhruvam loke sarveṣām prāṇinām iha

23. O Brahmin, just as the scripture (śruti) states, the individual soul (jīva) is indeed eternal (sanātana). However, the body is transient in this world for all living beings.

23. הו בְּרַהְמִין, כך אומר השְׁרוּטִי (חזיונות מזמורי החכמה), הג׳ִיוַה (הנשמה האינדיבידואלית) היא קדומה ונצחית, ואילו הגוף בעולם אינו קבוע אצל כל היצורים.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - scripture, revealed text, sacred tradition

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), living being

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (particle)

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• अध्रुवम् (adhruvam) - transient, impermanent, unstable

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - scripture, revealed text, sacred tradition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti

śruti - hearing, listening; sacred text, scripture (Vedas), revealed knowledge

From root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin (priest, member of the priestly class), the Absolute reality (brahman)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; individual soul (jīva), living being, life principle

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, ancient, primeval

From sanā (always) + tana suffix

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

अध्रुवम् (adhruvam) - transient, impermanent, unstable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhruva

adhruva - not firm, unstable, transient, impermanent

Negative compound (na + dhruva)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dhruva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• dhruva – firm, fixed, constant, permanent
  adjective

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living, existing; living being, creature, animal

Agent noun

From prāṇa (breath, life) + in suffix

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

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