महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-134, verse-8

औद्भिज्जा जन्तवः केचिद्युक्तवाचो यथा तथा ।
अनिष्टतः संभवन्ति तथायज्ञः प्रतायते ॥८॥

8. audbhijjā jantavaḥ kecidyuktavāco yathā tathā ,
aniṣṭataḥ saṁbhavanti tathāyajñaḥ pratāyate.

8. audbhijjāḥ jantavaḥ kecit yukta-vācaḥ yathā tathā
aniṣṭataḥ saṃbhavanti tathā ayajñaḥ pratāyate

8. kecit jantavaḥ audbhijjāḥ (saṃbhavanti).
kecit yukta-vācaḥ [ca] yathā tathā aniṣṭataḥ saṃbhavanti.
tathā ayajñaḥ pratāyate.

8. Some creatures are plant-born (audbhijjāḥ jantavaḥ), while others, such as those with articulate speech (yukta-vācaḥ), arise in various ways (yathā tathā) from undesirable sources (aniṣṭataḥ). Similarly, the absence of ritual sacrifice (ayajña) spreads.

Words meanings summery:

• औद्भिज्जाः (audbhijjāḥ) - plant-born (creatures) (plant-born, sprung from the earth/vegetation)

• जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - creatures (creatures, living beings, animals)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (creatures) (some, certain)

• युक्त-वाचः (yukta-vācaḥ) - having articulate speech (having appropriate speech, articulate)

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, just as, according to)

• तथा (tathā) - in various ways (paired with `yathā`) (so, thus, in that manner)

• अनिष्टतः (aniṣṭataḥ) - from undesirable sources (from the undesirable, from evil)

• संभवन्ति (saṁbhavanti) - they arise (they arise, are born, are possible)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so also)

• अयज्ञः (ayajñaḥ) - the absence of ritual sacrifice (ayajña) (non-sacrifice, absence of sacrifice, improper sacrifice)

• प्रतायते (pratāyate) - spreads (spreads, extends, is performed, is stretched out)

Words meanings and morphology

औद्भिज्जाः (audbhijjāḥ) - plant-born (creatures) (plant-born, sprung from the earth/vegetation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of audbhijja

audbhijja - sprung from the earth, plant-born, vegetable

From `ud-bhid` (to break forth, sprout up).

Root: bhid (class 7)

जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - creatures (creatures, living beings, animals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, animal, man

From root `jan` (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject.

केचित् (kecit) - some (creatures) (some, certain)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, a certain, something

Indefinite pronoun/adjective.

Note: Used distributively or to specify a category.

युक्त-वाचः (yukta-vācaḥ) - having articulate speech (having appropriate speech, articulate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta-vāc

yukta-vāc - having appropriate speech, articulate, possessed of speech

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yukta+vāc)

• yukta – joined, endowed with, appropriate, fit
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `yuj` (to join, connect).
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to another category of `jantavaḥ`.

यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

तथा (tathā) - in various ways (paired with `yathā`) (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

अनिष्टतः (aniṣṭataḥ) - from undesirable sources (from the undesirable, from evil)

(indeclinable)

From `a-` (not) + `iṣṭa` (wished, desirable). The `-taḥ` suffix indicates ablative.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+iṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• iṣṭa – wished, desired, liked, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `iṣ` (to wish, desire).
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Indicates source or origin.

संभवन्ति (saṁbhavanti) - they arise (they arise, are born, are possible)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sam-bhū

Present, 3rd person plural

From root `bhū` (cl. 1 P. `bhavati`). With prefix `sam-`.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the origin of `jantavaḥ`.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, so also)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

अयज्ञः (ayajñaḥ) - the absence of ritual sacrifice (ayajña) (non-sacrifice, absence of sacrifice, improper sacrifice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ayajña

ayajña - non-sacrifice, absence of sacrifice, not a sacrifice, impious act

Negation of `yajña` by prefix `a-`.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yajña)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• yajña – sacrifice, ritual, worship
  noun (masculine)
  From root `yaj` (to sacrifice, worship).
  Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Subject of `pratāyate`.

प्रतायते (pratāyate) - spreads (spreads, extends, is performed, is stretched out)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-tan

Present, 3rd person singular, middle voice

From root `tan` (cl. 8 Ā. `tanute`). With prefix `pra-`.

Prefix: pra

Root: tan (class 8)