महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-24

वध्यमाने शरीरे तु देहनाशो भवत्युत ।
जीवः संक्रमतेऽन्यत्र कर्मबन्धनिबन्धनः ॥२४॥

24. vadhyamāne śarīre tu dehanāśo bhavatyuta ,
jīvaḥ saṁkramate'nyatra karmabandhanibandhanaḥ.

24. vadhyamāne śarīre tu deha-nāśaḥ bhavati uta
jīvaḥ saṃkramate anyatra karma-bandha-nibandhanaḥ

24. When the body is being destroyed, the body's annihilation indeed occurs. However, the individual soul (jīva) transmigrates to another place, bound by the fetters of its actions (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• वध्यमाने (vadhyamāne) - when being destroyed, being killed

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• देह-नाशः (deha-nāśaḥ) - destruction of the body

• भवति (bhavati) - occurs, happens, is

• उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

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

• संक्रमते (saṁkramate) - transmigrates, moves across, passes over

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, to another place

• कर्म-बन्ध-निबन्धनः (karma-bandha-nibandhanaḥ) - bound by the fetters of actions (karma)

Words meanings and morphology

वध्यमाने (vadhyamāne) - when being destroyed, being killed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slain, being destroyed

Present passive participle

From root vadh (to strike, kill) + yamāna suffix (passive present participle)

Root: vadh (class 1)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

देह-नाशः (deha-nāśaḥ) - destruction of the body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha-nāśa

deha-nāśa - destruction of the body, bodily ruin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+nāśa)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  From root naś (to perish) + a suffix
  Root: naś (class 4)

भवति (bhavati) - occurs, happens, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present active

root bhū, 1st conjugation, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

(indeclinable)

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)

संक्रमते (saṁkramate) - transmigrates, moves across, passes over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of saṃkram

Present middle

root kram, 1st conjugation, middle voice

Prefix: sam

Root: kram (class 1)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, to another place

(indeclinable)

From anya (other) + tral suffix (locative/ablative sense)

कर्म-बन्ध-निबन्धनः (karma-bandha-nibandhanaḥ) - bound by the fetters of actions (karma)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karma-bandha-nibandhana

karma-bandha-nibandhana - bound by the fetters of actions, constrained by the ties of karma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (karma-bandha+nibandhana)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bandha – bond, fetter, tie, imprisonment
  noun (masculine)
  From root bandh (to bind) + a suffix
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• nibandhana – binding, fastening; cause of bondage; restraint, fetter
  noun (neuter)
  From ni-bandh (to bind, tie down) + ana suffix
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bandh (class 9)