महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-309, verse-21

संपतन्देहजालानि कदाचिदिह मानुषे ।
ब्राह्मण्यं लभते जन्तुस्तत्पुत्र परिपालय ॥२१॥

21. saṁpatandehajālāni kadācidiha mānuṣe ,
brāhmaṇyaṁ labhate jantustatputra paripālaya.

21. sampatan dehajālāni kadācit iha mānuṣe
brāhmaṇyam labhate jantuḥ tat putra paripālaya

21. putra,
sampatan dehajālāni,
jantuḥ kadācit iha mānuṣe brāhmaṇyam labhate.
tat paripālaya

21. A being (jantu), after repeatedly passing through various forms of existence, sometimes obtains the state of a Brahmin in this human world. Therefore, O son, protect (or preserve) that (state).

Words meanings summery:

• सम्पतन् (sampatan) - falling into, passing through (referring to cycles of birth) (falling into, falling upon, meeting with)

• देहजालानि (dehajālāni) - countless bodies, various forms of existence (cycles of birth) (nets of bodies, multitude of bodies)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes (sometimes, at some time, ever)

• इह (iha) - in this world, in this existence (here, in this world, in this case)

• मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in this human existence/birth (in a human being, in the human world/state)

• ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - the state or status of a Brahmin (the state of being a Brahmin, Brahmanhood, sacredness)

• लभते (labhate) - obtains ( obtains, gets, receives)

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a being, living entity (a creature, being, living being)

• तत् (tat) - therefore (connecting the previous statement to the imperative) (that, therefore)

• पुत्र (putra) - O son (vocative) (son)

• परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, preserve (the state of being a Brahmin) (protect, preserve, cherish)

Words meanings and morphology

सम्पतन् (sampatan) - falling into, passing through (referring to cycles of birth) (falling into, falling upon, meeting with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sampatat

sampatat - falling, flying, alighting

Present Active Participle

From `sam-√pat` (to fall together, fall upon, come into contact with) with `śatṛ` (present active participle affix).

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

देहजालानि (dehajālāni) - countless bodies, various forms of existence (cycles of birth) (nets of bodies, multitude of bodies)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dehajāla

dehajāla - a multitude of bodies, net of bodies

`deha` (body) + `jāla` (net, multitude).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+jāla)

• deha – body, form, existence
  noun (masculine)
  From `√dih` (to smear, form).
  Root: dih (class 1)
• jāla – net, snare, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `sampatan` (falling into/through).

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes (sometimes, at some time, ever)

(indeclinable)

From `kadā` (when) + `cit` (particle of indefiniteness).

इह (iha) - in this world, in this existence (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb.

मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in this human existence/birth (in a human being, in the human world/state)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, pertaining to humans, a human being

From `manu` (man) + `ṣa` (suffix).

ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - the state or status of a Brahmin (the state of being a Brahmin, Brahmanhood, sacredness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brāhmaṇya

brāhmaṇya - Brahmanhood, the state or dignity of a Brahmin, sacredness

From `brāhmaṇa` (Brahmin) + `ya` (abstract noun suffix).

Note: Object of `labhate`.

लभते (labhate) - obtains ( obtains, gets, receives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Present middle indicative

`labh` (root) + `a` (thematic vowel) + `te` (3rd person singular middle ending).

Root: labh (class 1)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a being, living entity (a creature, being, living being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person, man

From `√jan` (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

तत् (tat) - therefore (connecting the previous statement to the imperative) (that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Often used as a particle meaning 'therefore' in indeclinable usage.

पुत्र (putra) - O son (vocative) (son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, preserve (the state of being a Brahmin) (protect, preserve, cherish)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paripāl

Imperative active

From `pari-√pāl` (to protect, govern) in causative/denominative (`pālayati`) stem, 2nd person singular imperative.

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)