महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-75

देवकार्यमुपाकृत्य पितृकार्यमथापि च ।
अनिर्वाप्य समश्नन्वै ततो जायति वायसः ॥७५॥

75. devakāryamupākṛtya pitṛkāryamathāpi ca ,
anirvāpya samaśnanvai tato jāyati vāyasaḥ.

75. devakāryam upākṛtya pitṛkāryam atha api ca
anirvāpya samaśnan vai tataḥ jāyati vāyasaḥ

75. yaḥ devakāryam pitṛkāryam ca api upākṛtya
anirvāpya samaśnan vai tataḥ vāyasaḥ jāyati

75. Having performed the rituals for the gods and also for the ancestors, if one then eats fully without having completely fulfilled (all obligations or extinguished the ritual fire), one is indeed born as a crow.

Words meanings summery:

• देवकार्यम् (devakāryam) - ritual performed for the gods (divine duty, rite for gods, religious observance for deities)

• उपाकृत्य (upākṛtya) - having performed (the rituals) (having performed, having accomplished, having made ready)

• पितृकार्यम् (pitṛkāryam) - ritual performed for the ancestors (ancestral duty, rite for ancestors)

• अथ (atha) - and also (then, next, and, moreover)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• च (ca) - and (and, moreover)

• अनिर्वाप्य (anirvāpya) - without having completely fulfilled (the ritual obligations or extinguished the ritual fire) (without extinguishing, without satisfying, without completing)

• समश्नन् (samaśnan) - eating fully/completely (eating, consuming, partaking)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, as a result (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• जायति (jāyati) - is born (as) (is born, becomes, arises)

• वायसः (vāyasaḥ) - a crow (crow)

Words meanings and morphology

देवकार्यम् (devakāryam) - ritual performed for the gods (divine duty, rite for gods, religious observance for deities)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devakārya

devakārya - rite for gods, divine duty, religious observance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+kārya)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• kārya – work, action, duty, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  gerundive
  root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ya
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

उपाकृत्य (upākṛtya) - having performed (the rituals) (having performed, having accomplished, having made ready)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

root kṛ (to do) + prefix upa- + suffix -ya

Prefix: upa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पितृकार्यम् (pitṛkāryam) - ritual performed for the ancestors (ancestral duty, rite for ancestors)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pitṛkārya

pitṛkārya - rite for ancestors, ancestral duty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+kārya)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• kārya – work, action, duty, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  gerundive
  root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ya
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अथ (atha) - and also (then, next, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अनिर्वाप्य (anirvāpya) - without having completely fulfilled (the ritual obligations or extinguished the ritual fire) (without extinguishing, without satisfying, without completing)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive (negative)

Formed from the root vāp (to sow, extinguish) with prefix nir- and negative prefix a-, ending in the absolutive suffix -ya. nirvāpya means 'having extinguished/satisfied', so anirvāpya means 'without having extinguished/satisfied'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+nirvāpya)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• nirvāpya – having extinguished, having satisfied
  indeclinable
  gerund/absolutive
  root vāp (to extinguish) + prefix nir- + suffix -ya
  Prefix: nir
  Root: vāp

समश्नन् (samaśnan) - eating fully/completely (eating, consuming, partaking)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samaśnat

samaśnat - eating, consuming

present active participle

root aś (to eat) + prefix sam- + śatṛ suffix. Masculine singular nominative.

Prefix: sam

Root: aś (class 9)

Note: This is a present active participle, functioning adjectivally (modifying the implied agent, 'one').

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, as a result (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad + suffix -tas

जायति (jāyati) - is born (as) (is born, becomes, arises)

(verb)

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

present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle voice (or passive)

From root jan (4th class, jāyate). jāyati is an alternative or dialectal/epic form for jāyate.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The subject is an implied saḥ (he/one).

वायसः (vāyasaḥ) - a crow (crow)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyasa

vāyasa - crow