महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-181, verse-17

ब्रह्म चैतत्पुरा सृष्टं ये न जानन्त्यतद्विदः ।
तेषां बहुविधास्त्वन्यास्तत्र तत्र हि जातयः ॥१७॥

17. brahma caitatpurā sṛṣṭaṁ ye na jānantyatadvidaḥ ,
teṣāṁ bahuvidhāstvanyāstatra tatra hi jātayaḥ.

17. brahma ca etat purā sṛṣṭam ye na jānanti atadvidaḥ
teṣām bahuvidhāḥ tu anyāḥ tatra tatra hi jātayaḥ

17. ca etat brahma purā sṛṣṭam ye atadvidaḥ na jānanti
teṣām tu tatra tatra hi bahuvidhāḥ anyāḥ jātayaḥ

17. And this sacred knowledge (brahman), revealed long ago—those who do not know it are indeed not its true knowers. For them, there are certainly many varied births and species found in different places.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred knowledge or the Veda (Brahman (the Absolute), sacred knowledge, Veda)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, long ago, in ancient times

• सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam) - revealed, manifested (created, produced, revealed)

• ये (ye) - who (plural)

• न (na) - not

• जानन्ति (jānanti) - they know, they understand

• अतद्विदः (atadvidaḥ) - those who do not truly know Brahman (not knowers of that, those who do not know that)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, of them

• बहुविधाः (bahuvidhāḥ) - of many kinds, varied, diverse

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - in various places (used iteratively) (there, in that place)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• जातयः (jātayaḥ) - births, species, kinds

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred knowledge or the Veda (Brahman (the Absolute), sacred knowledge, Veda)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the Absolute), sacred word, Veda, prayer

Root: bṛh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, that

पुरा (purā) - formerly, long ago, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam) - revealed, manifested (created, produced, revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, produced, emitted, released, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √sṛj (to create, emit).

Root: sṛj (class 6)

ये (ye) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जानन्ति (jānanti) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of jñā

Present Indicative

Root √jñā, class 9 (with reduplication).

Root: jñā (class 9)

अतद्विदः (atadvidaḥ) - those who do not truly know Brahman (not knowers of that, those who do not know that)

(compound adjective)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tad+vid)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• vid – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बहुविधाः (bahuvidhāḥ) - of many kinds, varied, diverse

(compound adjective)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much, numerous
  adjective (masculine)
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - in various places (used iteratively) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

जातयः (jātayaḥ) - births, species, kinds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāti

jāti - birth, origin, species, kind, lineage, caste

Root: jan (class 4)