महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-28

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
आख्यातमेतद्भवता गर्भः संजायते यथा ।
यथा जातस्तु पुरुषः प्रपद्यति तदुच्यताम् ॥२८॥

28. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
ākhyātametadbhavatā garbhaḥ saṁjāyate yathā ,
yathā jātastu puruṣaḥ prapadyati taducyatām.

28. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca ākhyātam etat bhavatā garbhaḥ saṃjāyate
yathā yathā jātaḥ tu puruṣaḥ prapadyati tat ucyatām

28. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca bhavatā etat yathā garbhaḥ saṃjāyate
ākhyātam yathā jātaḥ puruṣaḥ tu prapadyati tat ucyatām

28. Yudhiṣṭhira said: You have explained how a fetus is born. Now, please describe how a person, once born, proceeds or what he experiences.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - told, narrated, explained

• एतत् (etat) - this

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

• गर्भः (garbhaḥ) - fetus, embryo

• संजायते (saṁjāyate) - is born, originates, comes into existence

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, arisen

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (man, person, male, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

• प्रपद्यति (prapadyati) - attains, reaches, goes to, proceeds

• तत् (tat) - that

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - please tell us (let it be said, it should be told)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (a righteous king, eldest of the Pāṇḍavas)

compound: yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm, steady)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - told, narrated, explained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - told, narrated, explained

Past Passive Participle

From root khyā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful)

Root: bhū (class 1)

गर्भः (garbhaḥ) - fetus, embryo

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - fetus, embryo, womb

संजायते (saṁjāyate) - is born, originates, comes into existence

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of saṃ-jan

Prefix: sam

Root: jan (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

From root jan.

Root: jan (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (man, person, male, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

प्रपद्यति (prapadyati) - attains, reaches, goes to, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pra-pad

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - please tell us (let it be said, it should be told)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)