महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-102

वर्णान्हृत्वा तु पुरुषो मृतो जायति बर्हिणः ।
हृत्वा रक्तानि वस्त्राणि जायते जीवजीवकः ॥१०२॥

102. varṇānhṛtvā tu puruṣo mṛto jāyati barhiṇaḥ ,
hṛtvā raktāni vastrāṇi jāyate jīvajīvakaḥ.

102. varṇān hṛtvā tu puruṣaḥ mṛtaḥ jāyati barhiṇaḥ
hṛtvā raktāni vastrāṇi jāyate jīvajīvakaḥ

102. puruṣaḥ varṇān hṛtvā tu mṛtaḥ barhiṇaḥ jāyati
raktāni vastrāṇi hṛtvā jīvajīvakaḥ jāyate

102. Indeed, a person (puruṣa) who steals dyes is reborn as a peacock (barhiṇa) after death. Having stolen red garments, one is born as a jīvajīvaka bird.

Words meanings summery:

• वर्णान् (varṇān) - colors, dyes

• हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen, having taken

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - after death (dead, deceased)

• जायति (jāyati) - is born

• बर्हिणः (barhiṇaḥ) - peacock

• हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen, having taken

• रक्तानि (raktāni) - red, colored

• वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - clothes, garments

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being

• जीवजीवकः (jīvajīvakaḥ) - a kind of bird (often identified as Greek partridge or pheasant)

Words meanings and morphology

वर्णान् (varṇān) - colors, dyes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - color, dye, tint; class, caste; letter, sound

हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen, having taken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root `hṛ` with suffix `tvā`

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being; the supreme cosmic person

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - after death (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

past passive participle

Derived from root `mṛ` (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

जायति (jāyati) - is born

(verb)

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

present active

Root `jan`, 4th class `divādi`, `parasmaipada` (active voice). Less common variant of `jāyate`.

Root: jan (class 4)

बर्हिणः (barhiṇaḥ) - peacock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of barhiṇa

barhiṇa - peacock

Derived from `barhi` (tail-feather of a peacock)

हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen, having taken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root `hṛ` with suffix `tvā`

Root: hṛ (class 1)

रक्तानि (raktāni) - red, colored

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of rakta

rakta - red, colored, dyed, impassioned

past passive participle

Derived from root `rañj` (to color, dye)

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `vastrāṇi`.

वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - clothes, garments

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vastra

vastra - cloth, garment, dress

जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being

(verb)

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

present middle

Root `jan`, 4th class `divādi`, `ātmanepada` (middle voice)

Root: jan (class 4)

जीवजीवकः (jīvajīvakaḥ) - a kind of bird (often identified as Greek partridge or pheasant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvajīvaka

jīvajīvaka - a kind of pheasant or partridge, Greek partridge (Chacura)

Repetitive formation suggesting continuous life/sound

Compound type : reduplicative (jīva+jīva)

• jīva – living, alive, life
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: A type of bird, often recognized for its distinct call.