महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-330, verse-9

न हि जातो न जायेऽहं न जनिष्ये कदाचन ।
क्षेत्रज्ञः सर्वभूतानां तस्मादहमजः स्मृतः ॥९॥

9. na hi jāto na jāye'haṁ na janiṣye kadācana ,
kṣetrajñaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ tasmādahamajaḥ smṛtaḥ.

9. na hi jātaḥ na jāye aham na janiṣye kadācana
kṣetrajñaḥ sarvabhūtānām tasmāt aham ajaḥ smṛtaḥ

9. Indeed, I was not born, nor am I being born, nor will I ever be born. I am the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) within all beings; therefore, I am considered unborn.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born (masculine singular nominative) (born, produced, become)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• जाये (jāye) - I am born, I am produced

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• जनिष्ये (janiṣye) - I will be born

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (with negation)

• क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the consciousness or self that knows the material field (knower of the field, the soul, spirit)

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn (referring to the speaker) (unborn, perpetual, a goat)

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, considered, declared

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born (masculine singular nominative) (born, produced, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jan' (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

जाये (jāye) - I am born, I am produced

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present Middle

1st person singular, present, middle voice, indicative mood

Root: jan (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

जनिष्ये (janiṣye) - I will be born

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of jan

Future Middle

1st person singular, future, middle voice, indicative mood

Root: jan (class 4)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time, never (with negation)

(indeclinable)

Formed from `kadā` + `cana`

क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the consciousness or self that knows the material field (knower of the field, the soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña

kṣetrajña - knower of the field, the soul, spirit

Compound 'kṣetra' (field) + 'jña' (knower)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)

• kṣetra – field, body, sacred place
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi
• jña – knower, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'jñā' (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound 'sarva' (all) + 'bhūta' (being)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

`tasmāt` is the ablative singular form of `tad`

Note: Ablative singular of `tad`, used here adverbially.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn (referring to the speaker) (unborn, perpetual, a goat)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, perpetual, a goat

From 'a' (not) + 'ja' (born)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ja)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, considered, declared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, called, considered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'smṛ' (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)