महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-148, verse-25

यावतः प्राणिनो हन्यात्तज्जातीयान्स्वभावतः ।
प्रमीयमाणानुन्मोच्य भ्रूणहा विप्रमुच्यते ॥२५॥

25. yāvataḥ prāṇino hanyāttajjātīyānsvabhāvataḥ ,
pramīyamāṇānunmocya bhrūṇahā vipramucyate.

25. yāvataḥ prāṇinaḥ hanyāt tajjātīyān svabhāvataḥ
pramīyamāṇān unmocya bhrūṇahā vipramucyate

25. bhrūṇahā vipramucyate unmocya pramīyamāṇān
tajjātīyān prāṇinaḥ yāvataḥ svabhāvataḥ hanyāt

25. A person who has committed feticide (bhrūṇahan) is completely absolved (vipramucyate) by releasing (unmocya) living beings of the same species (tajjātīyān), equal in number to those one might naturally kill (yāvataḥ prāṇinaḥ hanyāt svabhāvataḥ), when those beings are on the verge of death (pramīyamāṇān).

Words meanings summery:

• यावतः (yāvataḥ) - as many as (as many as, as much as, how many)

• प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - living beings (living beings, creatures, animals)

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - might kill (should kill, might kill, may kill)

• तज्जातीयान् (tajjātīyān) - of the same species (of that species, belonging to that kind)

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - naturally (naturally, by nature, spontaneously)

• प्रमीयमाणान् (pramīyamāṇān) - those on the verge of death (those who are dying, those about to die)

• उन्मोच्य (unmocya) - by releasing (having released, by releasing, to release)

• भ्रूणहा (bhrūṇahā) - person who has committed feticide (bhrūṇahan) (fetus-killer, one who kills an embryo)

• विप्रमुच्यते (vipramucyate) - is completely absolved (is completely absolved, is liberated, is released)

Words meanings and morphology

यावतः (yāvataḥ) - as many as (as many as, as much as, how many)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yāvat

yāvat - as much, as many, as large as, as far as, as long as

Note: Acts as a correlative adjective modifying 'prāṇinaḥ'.

प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - living beings (living beings, creatures, animals)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living, alive; an animal, a living being, a creature

Derived from prāṇa (breath, life) + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: Direct object of 'hanyāt'.

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - might kill (should kill, might kill, may kill)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of han

Optative

3rd person singular Optative active of root han (class 2)

Root: han (class 2)

तज्जातीयान् (tajjātīyān) - of the same species (of that species, belonging to that kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tajjātīya

tajjātīya - of that kind, of that species, belonging to that class

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+jātīya)

• tad – that, this, he, she, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• jātīya – of the class of, belonging to the species of, like
  adjective (masculine)
  From jāti (genus, species)

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇinaḥ' and 'pramīyamāṇān'.

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - naturally (naturally, by nature, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

Suffixed from svabhāva (one's own nature) with -tas (adverbial suffix)

Note: Adverb modifying 'hanyāt'.

प्रमीयमाणान् (pramīyamāṇān) - those on the verge of death (those who are dying, those about to die)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pramīyamāṇa

pramīyamāṇa - being about to die, dying

Present Passive Participle

Present Passive Participle of root mī (to die) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: mī (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'prāṇinaḥ' (implied).

उन्मोच्य (unmocya) - by releasing (having released, by releasing, to release)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root muc (to release) with prefix ut- (which becomes un- before m)

Prefix: ut

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

भ्रूणहा (bhrūṇahā) - person who has committed feticide (bhrūṇahan) (fetus-killer, one who kills an embryo)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrūṇahan

bhrūṇahan - a slayer of an embryo or a child in the womb, feticide

Compound of bhrūṇa (fetus) and han (killer, from root han)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (bhrūṇa+han)

• bhrūṇa – embryo, fetus, unborn child
  noun (neuter)
• han – killer, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root han
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Form 'bhrūṇahā' is nominative singular of 'bhrūṇahan'.

विप्रमुच्यते (vipramucyate) - is completely absolved (is completely absolved, is liberated, is released)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vipramuc

Present

3rd person singular Present Passive Middle of root muc (to release) with prefixes vi- and pra-

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: The middle voice ending '-yate' indicates passive voice for 'muc' in this context.