महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-181, verse-9

जङ्गमानामसंख्येयाः स्थावराणां च जातयः ।
तेषां विविधवर्णानां कुतो वर्णविनिश्चयः ॥९॥

9. jaṅgamānāmasaṁkhyeyāḥ sthāvarāṇāṁ ca jātayaḥ ,
teṣāṁ vividhavarṇānāṁ kuto varṇaviniścayaḥ.

9. jaṅgamānām asaṃkhyeyāḥ sthāvarāṇām ca jātayaḥ
teṣām vividhavarṇānām kutaḥ varṇaviniścayaḥ

9. jaṅgamānām ca sthāvarāṇām asaṃkhyeyāḥ jātayaḥ
teṣām vividhavarṇānām kutaḥ varṇaviniścayaḥ

9. There are innumerable species of moving beings and also of stationary beings. How, then, can a determination of their kind be made, considering their diverse forms and colors?

Words meanings summery:

• जङ्गमानाम् (jaṅgamānām) - of moving beings, of mobile creatures

• असंख्येयाः (asaṁkhyeyāḥ) - innumerable, countless

• स्थावराणाम् (sthāvarāṇām) - of stationary beings (e.g., plants)

• च (ca) - and

• जातयः (jātayaḥ) - species, kinds, births

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• विविधवर्णानाम् (vividhavarṇānām) - of various colors, of diverse forms/kinds

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how, why

• वर्णविनिश्चयः (varṇaviniścayaḥ) - determination of kind/color/social class

Words meanings and morphology

जङ्गमानाम् (jaṅgamānām) - of moving beings, of mobile creatures

(adjective/noun)

असंख्येयाः (asaṁkhyeyāḥ) - innumerable, countless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of asaṃkhyeya

asaṁkhyeya - innumerable, countless, incalculable

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃkhyeya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃkhyeya – countable, numerable, calculable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root khyā with prefix sam, suffix -eya
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'jātayaḥ'

स्थावराणाम् (sthāvarāṇām) - of stationary beings (e.g., plants)

(adjective/noun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जातयः (jātayaḥ) - species, kinds, births

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāti

jāti - birth, origin, species, genus, kind

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the species of moving and stationary beings

विविधवर्णानाम् (vividhavarṇānām) - of various colors, of diverse forms/kinds

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vividhavarṇa

vividhavarṇa - of various colors, multiform, diverse in appearance/kind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vividha+varṇa)

• vividha – various, manifold, diverse
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇa – color, form, outward appearance, kind
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'teṣām'

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how, why

(indeclinable)

वर्णविनिश्चयः (varṇaviniścayaḥ) - determination of kind/color/social class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṇaviniścaya

varṇaviniścaya - determination of kind, color, or social class

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṇa+viniścaya)

• varṇa – color, form, kind, social class
  noun (masculine)
• viniścaya – determination, ascertainment, decision
  noun (masculine)
  From root ci with prefixes vi and ni
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: ci (class 5)