महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-60

भूत्वा मीनोऽष्ट वर्षाणि मृगो जायति भारत ।
मृगस्तु चतुरो मासांस्ततश्छागः प्रजायते ॥६०॥

60. bhūtvā mīno'ṣṭa varṣāṇi mṛgo jāyati bhārata ,
mṛgastu caturo māsāṁstataśchāgaḥ prajāyate.

60. bhūtvā mīnaḥ aṣṭa varṣāṇi mṛgaḥ jāyati bhārata
| mṛgaḥ tu caturaḥ māsān tataḥ chāgaḥ prajāyate

60. Having existed as a fish for eight years, he is then reborn as a deer, O Bhārata. After being a deer for four months, he is subsequently reborn as a goat.

Words meanings summery:

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having existed (as a fish) (having been, having become)

• मीनः (mīnaḥ) - a fish (fish)

• अष्ट (aṣṭa) - eight

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (duration) (years, rains, rainy seasons)

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer (deer, wild animal, beast)

• जायति (jāyati) - is reborn, becomes (is born, becomes, appears)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative address, e.g., to Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer (deer, wild animal, beast)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• मासान् (māsān) - months (duration) (months)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, subsequently (then, thereafter, thence)

• छागः (chāgaḥ) - a goat (as a lower birth) (goat)

• प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is reborn, comes into being (is born, comes forth, is produced)

Words meanings and morphology

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having existed (as a fish) (having been, having become)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root √bhū (class 1) with suffix -tvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मीनः (mīnaḥ) - a fish (fish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mīna

mīna - fish

अष्ट (aṣṭa) - eight

(numeral)

Note: Usually treated as indeclinable or forms like aṣṭau (nom/acc) or aṣṭabhiḥ (inst). Here functions as an adjective.

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (duration) (years, rains, rainy seasons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rainy season, rain

From √vṛṣ (to rain).

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Accusative of duration.

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer (deer, wild animal, beast)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game, beast

From √mṛj (to hunt, chase), or √mṛg (to wander).

Root: mṛj (class 2)

जायति (jāyati) - is reborn, becomes (is born, becomes, appears)

(verb)

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

present active

Present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular of √jan (class 4)

Root: jan (class 4)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative address, e.g., to Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, belonging to Bharata; India

Patronymic from Bharata.

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer (deer, wild animal, beast)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game, beast

From √mṛj (to hunt, chase), or √mṛg (to wander).

Root: mṛj (class 2)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'māsān'.

मासान् (māsān) - months (duration) (months)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of māsa

māsa - month, moon

From √mā (to measure).

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Accusative of duration.

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, subsequently (then, thereafter, thence)

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronoun tad (that).

छागः (chāgaḥ) - a goat (as a lower birth) (goat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chāga

chāga - goat

प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is reborn, comes into being (is born, comes forth, is produced)

(verb)

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

present middle

Present tense, middle voice (ātmanepada), 3rd person singular of √jan with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)