महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-27, verse-13

सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी ।
नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥१३॥

13. sarvakarmāṇi manasā saṁnyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśī ,
navadvāre pure dehī naiva kurvanna kārayan.

13. sarvakarmāṇi manasā saṃnyasya āste sukhaṃ vaśī
navadvāre pure dehī na eva kurvan na kārayan

13. vaśī dehī navadvāre pure manasā sarvakarmāṇi saṃnyasya sukhaṃ āste na eva kurvan na kārayan ca.

13. The embodied one (dehī), who is self-controlled (vaśī), having mentally renounced all actions (karma), remains happily in the nine-gated city (the body), neither performing nor causing anything to be performed.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वकर्माणि (sarvakarmāṇi) - all actions, all deeds

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, mentally, with the mind

• संन्यस्य (saṁnyasya) - having renounced, having abandoned, having laid down

• आस्ते (āste) - remains, sits, dwells, exists

• सुखं (sukhaṁ) - happily, comfortably, easily, joyfully

• वशी (vaśī) - self-controlled, master (of senses), powerful

• नवद्वारे (navadvāre) - in the nine-gated (city)

• पुरे (pure) - In the 'city' of the body. (in the city, in the town)

• देही (dehī) - embodied being, soul, living being

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing

• न (na) - not, no

• कारयन् (kārayan) - causing to do, causing to perform

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वकर्माणि (sarvakarmāṇi) - all actions, all deeds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarvakarman

sarvakarman - all actions (karma), all duties

Compound of sarva and karman.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+karman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'saṃnyasya'.

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, mentally, with the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, disposition

From root man (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Indicates the means or instrument for renouncing.

संन्यस्य (saṁnyasya) - having renounced, having abandoned, having laid down

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root as (to throw) with prefixes sam and ni, and suffix ya.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Functions as an adverb modifying 'āste'.

आस्ते (āste) - remains, sits, dwells, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Present Middle Third Singular

Third person singular present middle indicative form of the root ās.

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: The subject is 'dehī'.

सुखं (sukhaṁ) - happily, comfortably, easily, joyfully

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative.

वशी (vaśī) - self-controlled, master (of senses), powerful

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaśin

vaśin - master, controller, independent, self-controlled

From vaśa (will, control) + suffix in.

Root: vaś (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'dehī'.

नवद्वारे (navadvāre) - in the nine-gated (city)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of navadvāra

navadvāra - having nine gates

Compound of navan (nine) and dvāra (gate).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (navan+dvāra)

• navan – nine
  numeral
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dvā

Note: Refers to the body metaphorically.

पुरे (pure) - In the 'city' of the body. (in the city, in the town)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

Root: pṛ (class 1)

Note: The body is described as a city with nine gates (two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, mouth, anus, urethra).

देही (dehī) - embodied being, soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, living being, the soul

From deha (body) + suffix in.

Note: The subject of 'āste'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates 'kurvan'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Used with 'na' to form 'naiva' (never, not even).

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root kṛ. Nominative singular masculine.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates 'kārayan'.

कारयन् (kārayan) - causing to do, causing to perform

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ (causative)

kṛ (causative) - to cause to do, to make perform, to instigate

Present Active Participle (Causative)

Present active participle of the causative form of root kṛ. Nominative singular masculine.

Root: kṛ (class 8)