महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-24, verse-22

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥२२॥

22. vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya; navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi ,
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇā;nyanyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī.

22. vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naraḥ aparāṇi
| tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī

22. yathā naraḥ jīrṇāni vāsāṃsi vihāya aparāṇi navāni gṛhṇāti,
tathā dehī jīrṇāni śarīrāṇi vihāya anyāni navāni saṃyāti.

22. Just as a man, casting off worn-out garments, takes on other new ones, so the embodied self (ātman), casting off worn-out bodies, obtains other new ones.

Words meanings summery:

• वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - garments, clothes

• जीर्णानि (jīrṇāni) - worn-out (garments/bodies) (worn out, old, decayed)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in what manner

• विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having cast off

• नवानि (navāni) - new (garments/bodies) (new ones, fresh)

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes, grasps, receives

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being

• अपराणि (aparāṇi) - other (new garments) (other, different)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having cast off

• जीर्णानि (jīrṇāni) - worn-out (garments/bodies) (worn out, old, decayed)

• अन्यानि (anyāni) - other (new bodies) (other, different)

• संयाति (saṁyāti) - goes to, obtains, enters

• नवानि (navāni) - new (garments/bodies) (new ones, fresh)

• देही (dehī) - the embodied self (ātman) (the embodied soul (ātman), one who has a body)

Words meanings and morphology

वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - garments, clothes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vāsas

vāsas - garment, cloth, clothing

Root: vas (class 2)

जीर्णानि (jīrṇāni) - worn-out (garments/bodies) (worn out, old, decayed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - worn out, old, decayed, digested

Past Passive Participle

From root jṝ (to wear out, decay, 9th class)

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'vāsāṃsi' and 'śarīrāṇi'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to 'tathā'

विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having cast off

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with prefix

Formed from prefix vi + root hā (3rd class) + -ya (lyap) suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

नवानि (navāni) - new (garments/bodies) (new ones, fresh)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nava

nava - new, fresh, young, nine

गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes, grasps, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Root in 9th class, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular present active

Root: grah (class 9)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, male

अपराणि (aparāṇi) - other (new garments) (other, different)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of apara

apara - other, subsequent, inferior, different

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to 'yathā'

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, frame, corporeal nature

Root: śṝ

विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having cast off

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with prefix

Formed from prefix vi + root hā (3rd class) + -ya (lyap) suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

जीर्णानि (jīrṇāni) - worn-out (garments/bodies) (worn out, old, decayed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - worn out, old, decayed, digested

Past Passive Participle

From root jṝ (to wear out, decay, 9th class)

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'vāsāṃsi' and 'śarīrāṇi'.

अन्यानि (anyāni) - other (new bodies) (other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Indefinite pronominal adjective, neuter accusative plural

संयाति (saṁyāti) - goes to, obtains, enters

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

From prefix sam + root yā (2nd class), Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular present active

Prefix: sam

Root: yā (class 2)

नवानि (navāni) - new (garments/bodies) (new ones, fresh)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nava

nava - new, fresh, young, nine

देही (dehī) - the embodied self (ātman) (the embodied soul (ātman), one who has a body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, intelligent principle, soul, the individual self

Possessive adjective formed from deha (body) + -in suffix