महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-173, verse-48

अपि जातु तथा तत्स्यादहोरात्रशतैरपि ।
यदहं मानुषीं योनिं सृगालः प्राप्नुयां पुनः ॥४८॥

48. api jātu tathā tatsyādahorātraśatairapi ,
yadahaṁ mānuṣīṁ yoniṁ sṛgālaḥ prāpnuyāṁ punaḥ.

48. api jātu tathā tat syāt ahorātraśataiḥ api
yat aham mānuṣīm yonim sṛgālaḥ prāpnuyām punaḥ

48. api jātu tathā tat syāt api ahorātraśataiḥ
yat aham sṛgālaḥ punaḥ mānuṣīm yonim prāpnuyām

48. Will it ever happen, that even after hundreds of days and nights, I, a jackal, might again attain a human existence?

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - indicates a question or possibility (even, also, too, a question particle)

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time, possibly

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• तत् (tat) - referring to the possibility of attaining human birth (that, it)

• स्यात् (syāt) - it might be, it may happen

• अहोरात्रशतैः (ahorātraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of days and nights

• अपि (api) - emphasizing 'hundreds of days and nights' (even, also, too, a question particle)

• यत् (yat) - introducing a subordinate clause of statement (that, which, inasmuch as)

• अहम् (aham) - I, me

• मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - human, relating to humans

• योनिम् (yonim) - human birth or existence (birth, womb, origin, existence)

• सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) - a jackal

• प्राप्नुयाम् (prāpnuyām) - I may attain, I might obtain

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - indicates a question or possibility (even, also, too, a question particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative particle here.

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time, possibly

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - referring to the possibility of attaining human birth (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

स्यात् (syāt) - it might be, it may happen

(verb)

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

Optative

root 'as', 3rd person singular, active voice, Optative mood

Root: as (class 2)

अहोरात्रशतैः (ahorātraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of days and nights

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of ahorātraśata

ahorātraśata - a hundred days and nights

compound

Compound type : dvandva (ahas+rātra+śata)

• ahas – day
  noun (neuter)
• rātra – night
  noun (neuter)
  derived from rātri
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Indicating duration or means.

अपि (api) - emphasizing 'hundreds of days and nights' (even, also, too, a question particle)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - introducing a subordinate clause of statement (that, which, inasmuch as)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - that, which, inasmuch as

relative pronoun

Note: Introduces the 'aham...prāpnuyām' clause.

अहम् (aham) - I, me

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - human, relating to humans

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mānuṣī

mānuṣī - human, pertaining to man

feminine form of mānuṣa

Note: Modifies 'yonim'.

योनिम् (yonim) - human birth or existence (birth, womb, origin, existence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source, birth, existence, race

Note: Object of 'prāpnuyām'.

सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) - a jackal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛgāla

sṛgāla - a jackal

Note: Predicate nominative for 'aham'. 'I, (being) a jackal'.

प्राप्नुयाम् (prāpnuyām) - I may attain, I might obtain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of prāp

Optative

from pra + āp (to obtain); 1st person singular, active voice, Optative mood

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

(indeclinable)