महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-179, verse-14

छिन्नस्य यदि वृक्षस्य न मूलं प्रतिरोहति ।
बीजान्यस्य प्रवर्तन्ते मृतः क्व पुनरेष्यति ॥१४॥

14. chinnasya yadi vṛkṣasya na mūlaṁ pratirohati ,
bījānyasya pravartante mṛtaḥ kva punareṣyati.

14. chinnasya yadi vṛkṣasya na mūlam pratirohati
bījāni asya pravartante mṛtaḥ kva punaḥ eṣyati

14. yadi chinnasya vṛkṣasya mūlam na pratirohati
asya bījāni pravartante mṛtaḥ punaḥ kva eṣyati

14. If the root of a cut tree does not grow back, and its seeds are produced, where will a dead person go again?

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्नस्य (chinnasya) - of a tree that has been cut (of one cut, of one severed)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root (of a tree) (root, origin, base)

• प्रतिरोहति (pratirohati) - grows back, sprouts again

• बीजानि (bījāni) - seeds (of the tree) (seeds, origins)

• अस्य (asya) - its (referring to the tree) (of this, its (masculine/neuter))

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they propagate, they are produced (they proceed, they are produced, they begin)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - a dead individual (dead, a dead person)

• क्व (kva) - where (to what place) (where, to where)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• एष्यति (eṣyati) - will return, will come back (will go, will come, will obtain)

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्नस्य (chinnasya) - of a tree that has been cut (of one cut, of one severed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken, divided

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root chid (to cut)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'vṛkṣasya'

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conditional conjunction

वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree, plant

Note: Possessive, related to 'mūlam'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle

मूलम् (mūlam) - root (of a tree) (root, origin, base)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, base, foundation

Note: Subject of 'pratirohati'

प्रतिरोहति (pratirohati) - grows back, sprouts again

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prati-ruh

From prati (back, again) + root ruh (to grow, ascend)

Prefix: prati

Root: ruh (class 1)

बीजानि (bījāni) - seeds (of the tree) (seeds, origins)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, element

Note: Subject of 'pravartante'

अस्य (asya) - its (referring to the tree) (of this, its (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Possessive for 'bījāni', referring to 'vṛkṣasya'

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they propagate, they are produced (they proceed, they are produced, they begin)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-vṛt

From pra (forth, forward) + root vṛt (to turn, exist)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'bījāni'

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - a dead individual (dead, a dead person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, death

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of 'eṣyati'

क्व (kva) - where (to what place) (where, to where)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of repetition

एष्यति (eṣyati) - will return, will come back (will go, will come, will obtain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

Note: From root 'i' (to go)