महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-286, verse-18

न जायते तु नृपते कंचित्कालमयं पुनः ।
परिभ्रमति भूतात्मा द्यामिवाम्बुधरो महान् ॥१८॥

18. na jāyate tu nṛpate kaṁcitkālamayaṁ punaḥ ,
paribhramati bhūtātmā dyāmivāmbudharo mahān.

18. na jāyate tu nṛpate kaṃcit kālam ayam punaḥ
paribhramati bhūtātmā dyām iva ambudharaḥ mahān

18. nṛpate ayam bhūtātmā kaṃcit kālam punaḥ na
jāyate mahān ambudharaḥ dyām iva paribhramati

18. O King, for some time this individual soul (ātman) is not born again; instead, it wanders like a great cloud in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

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

• नृपते (nṛpate) - O King

• कंचित् (kaṁcit) - some, any, a certain

• कालम् (kālam) - for some time (time, period)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• परिभ्रमति (paribhramati) - wanders around, roams, revolves

• भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - the individual soul (ātman) (the individual soul, the elemental self)

• द्याम् (dyām) - sky, heaven

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बुधरः (ambudharaḥ) - cloud (bearer of water)

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (laṭ) of jan

Present Middle Indicative

root jan (4th class) + ya (passive/ātmanepada sign) + te (3rd person singular ātmanepada ending)

Root: jan (class 4)

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

(indeclinable)

नृपते (nṛpate) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

कंचित् (kaṁcit) - some, any, a certain

(indeclinable)

formed from kim (interrogative pronoun) + cit (indefinite particle)

Note: Acts adverbially here modifying 'kālam'.

कालम् (kālam) - for some time (time, period)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Accusative case is used to denote duration of time.

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to `bhūtātmā`.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

परिभ्रमति (paribhramati) - wanders around, roams, revolves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paribhram

Present Active Indicative

prefix pari + root bhram (1st class) + a (thematic vowel) + ti (3rd person singular parasmaipada ending)

Prefix: pari

Root: bhram (class 1)

भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - the individual soul (ātman) (the individual soul, the elemental self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtātman

bhūtātman - the elemental soul, the individual soul, the embodied spirit

Compound of bhūta (being, element) and ātman (soul, self)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+ātman)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

द्याम् (dyām) - sky, heaven

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

Note: Here in the sense of 'into the sky' or 'in the sky'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अम्बुधरः (ambudharaḥ) - cloud (bearer of water)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambudhara

ambudhara - cloud (literally 'water-bearer')

Compound of ambu (water) and dhara (bearer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+dhara)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, maintaining; a bearer
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to bear, hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, excellent

Note: Qualifies `ambudharaḥ`.