महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-54

कच्छपो दश वर्षाणि त्रीणि वर्षाणि शल्यकः ।
व्यालो भूत्वा तु षण्मासांस्ततो जायति मानुषः ॥५४॥

54. kacchapo daśa varṣāṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi śalyakaḥ ,
vyālo bhūtvā tu ṣaṇmāsāṁstato jāyati mānuṣaḥ.

54. kacchapaḥ daśa varṣāṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi śalyakaḥ
vyālaḥ bhūtvā tu ṣaṇmāsān tataḥ jāyati mānuṣaḥ

54. kacchapaḥ daśa varṣāṇi (jīvati) śalyakaḥ trīṇi varṣāṇi
(jīvati) tu vyālaḥ ṣaṇmāsān bhūtvā tataḥ mānuṣaḥ jāyati

54. A tortoise lives for ten years, and a porcupine for three years. After having been a serpent for six months, that being is then born as a human.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्छपः (kacchapaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• शल्यकः (śalyakaḥ) - porcupine

• व्यालः (vyālaḥ) - serpent, wild animal

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• षण्मासान् (ṣaṇmāsān) - six months

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• जायति (jāyati) - is born

• मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human being, man

Words meanings and morphology

कच्छपः (kacchapaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kacchapa

kacchapa - tortoise, turtle

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon

Note: Accusative plural used to express duration of time.

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(numeral)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon

Note: Accusative plural used to express duration of time.

शल्यकः (śalyakaḥ) - porcupine

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalyaka

śalyaka - porcupine

व्यालः (vyālaḥ) - serpent, wild animal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāla

vyāla - snake, serpent, wild animal, tiger

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'bhū'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

षण्मासान् (ṣaṇmāsān) - six months

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṣaṇmāsa

ṣaṇmāsa - period of six months

Compound type : dvigu (ṣaṣ+māsa)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• māsa – month
  noun (masculine)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas from 'tad' (that).

जायति (jāyati) - is born

(verb)

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

present thematic verb (poetic/archaic variation)

Active voice form, sometimes attested as 'jāyati' alongside more common middle 'jāyate'.

Root: jan (class 1)

मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human being, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human being, man