महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-87

खरो जीवति वर्षे द्वे ततः शस्त्रेण वध्यते ।
स मृतो मृगयोनौ तु नित्योद्विग्नोऽभिजायते ॥८७॥

87. kharo jīvati varṣe dve tataḥ śastreṇa vadhyate ,
sa mṛto mṛgayonau tu nityodvigno'bhijāyate.

87. kharaḥ jīvati varṣe dve tataḥ śastreṇa vadhyate
saḥ mṛtaḥ mṛgayonau tu nitya-udvignaḥ abhijāyate

87. kharaḥ dve varṣe jīvati tataḥ śastreṇa vadhyate
saḥ mṛtaḥ tu mṛgayonau nitya-udvignaḥ abhijāyate

87. A donkey lives for two years, then it is killed by a weapon. Having died, it is reborn as a wild animal (mṛgayoni), constantly distressed.

Words meanings summery:

• खरः (kharaḥ) - a donkey (a donkey, a mule)

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives (lives, exists)

• वर्षे (varṣe) - for two years (in a year, for a year, two years)

• द्वे (dve) - two

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, afterwards)

• शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by a weapon (by a weapon, by an instrument)

• वध्यते (vadhyate) - is killed (is killed, is struck, is smitten)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the donkey) (he, that)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - having died (dead, deceased)

• मृगयोनौ (mṛgayonau) - in the birth (species) of a wild animal (in the womb/species of a wild animal/deer)

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

• नित्य-उद्विग्नः (nitya-udvignaḥ) - constantly distressed (perpetually agitated, constantly distressed)

• अभिजायते (abhijāyate) - is born (reborn) (is born, originates, appears)

Words meanings and morphology

खरः (kharaḥ) - a donkey (a donkey, a mule)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khara

khara - donkey, mule

जीवति (jīvati) - lives (lives, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √jīv

present active indicative 3rd singular

present stem jīva-, P. class 1

Root: √jīv (class 1)

वर्षे (varṣe) - for two years (in a year, for a year, two years)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon

Note: Dual form used here to express duration, hence accusative case.

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'varṣe'.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

Note: Avyaya.

शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by a weapon (by a weapon, by an instrument)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument, treatise

वध्यते (vadhyate) - is killed (is killed, is struck, is smitten)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √han

present passive indicative 3rd singular

passive stem vadhyā-, derived from √han (to strike, kill) with 'vadh' as a substitute in passive forms

Root: √han (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (the donkey) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - having died (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √mṛ (to die)

Root: √mṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

मृगयोनौ (mṛgayonau) - in the birth (species) of a wild animal (in the womb/species of a wild animal/deer)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛgayoni

mṛgayoni - womb of a wild animal, species of deer/wild animal, animal birth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+yoni)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal, game
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – womb, source, origin, species, birth
  noun (feminine)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Avyaya.

नित्य-उद्विग्नः (nitya-udvignaḥ) - constantly distressed (perpetually agitated, constantly distressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nityodvigna

nityodvigna - constantly agitated, perpetually anxious

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nitya+udvigna)

• nitya – constant, perpetual, eternal
  adjective
• udvigna – agitated, distressed, anxious
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √vij (to tremble) with prefix ud-
  Prefix: ud
  Root: √vij (class 6)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (the being).

अभिजायते (abhijāyate) - is born (reborn) (is born, originates, appears)

(verb)

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

present middle indicative 3rd singular

present stem jāya-, Ā. class 4, with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: √jan (class 4)