महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-283, verse-17

तस्मिन्हतेऽथ स्वं भावं प्रत्यपद्यन्त मानवाः ।
प्रावर्तन्त च वेदा वै शास्त्राणि च यथा पुरा ॥१७॥

17. tasminhate'tha svaṁ bhāvaṁ pratyapadyanta mānavāḥ ,
prāvartanta ca vedā vai śāstrāṇi ca yathā purā.

17. tasmin hate atha svam bhāvam pratyapadyanta mānavāḥ
prāvartanta ca vedāḥ vai śāstrāṇi ca yathā purā

17. atha tasmin hate,
mānavāḥ svam bhāvam pratyapadyanta; ca vai vedāḥ ca śāstrāṇi yathā purā prāvartanta

17. When he was slain, then human beings returned to their proper nature (bhāva). And indeed, the Vedas and scriptures functioned as they did before.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when he (was killed) (in him, in that; when that)

• हते (hate) - (when he was) slain (killed, slain)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• स्वम् (svam) - their own (one's own, his own)

• भावम् (bhāvam) - proper nature (bhāva) (state, condition, nature, disposition)

• प्रत्यपद्यन्त (pratyapadyanta) - they returned to (they obtained, they attained, they returned to)

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings, men

• प्रावर्तन्त (prāvartanta) - they functioned (they began to act, they proceeded, they functioned)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (the Vedas (sacred texts))

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly (emphatic particle))

• शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - the scriptures (the scriptures, treatises, sciences)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, like, according to)

• पुरा (purā) - before (formerly, before, anciently)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when he (was killed) (in him, in that; when that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हते (hate) - (when he was) slain (killed, slain)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, slain, destroyed, smitten

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han 'to strike, kill'

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

स्वम् (svam) - their own (one's own, his own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

भावम् (bhāvam) - proper nature (bhāva) (state, condition, nature, disposition)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, state, condition, nature, disposition, sentiment

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रत्यपद्यन्त (pratyapadyanta) - they returned to (they obtained, they attained, they returned to)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pratipad

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, relating to Manu; a man, human being

प्रावर्तन्त (prāvartanta) - they functioned (they began to act, they proceeded, they functioned)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pravṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (the Vedas (sacred texts))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda (sacred knowledge or texts), knowledge

Root: vid (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - the scriptures (the scriptures, treatises, sciences)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śāstra

śāstra - sacred precept, rule, treatise, science, scripture

Root: śās (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, like, according to)

(indeclinable)

पुरा (purā) - before (formerly, before, anciently)

(indeclinable)