महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-98

हृत्वा पैष्टमपूपं च कुम्भोलूकः प्रजायते ।
फलं वा मूलकं हृत्वा अपूपं वा पिपीलिकः ॥९८॥

98. hṛtvā paiṣṭamapūpaṁ ca kumbholūkaḥ prajāyate ,
phalaṁ vā mūlakaṁ hṛtvā apūpaṁ vā pipīlikaḥ.

98. hṛtvā paiṣṭam apūpam ca kumbholūkaḥ prajāyate
phalam vā mūlakam hṛtvā apūpam vā pipīlikaḥ

98. paiṣṭam apūpam hṛtvā ca kumbholūkaḥ prajāyate
phalam vā mūlakam vā apūpam hṛtvā pipīlikaḥ

98. One who steals a flour-based cake is reborn as a pot-owl. One who steals fruit, or a radish, or another cake, is reborn as an ant.

Words meanings summery:

• हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen (having stolen, having carried away, having taken)

• पैष्टम् (paiṣṭam) - flour-based (cake) (made of flour, floury, pulverized)

• अपूपम् (apūpam) - cake (cake, bread, pastry, pancake)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कुम्भोलूकः (kumbholūkaḥ) - a pot-owl (a pot-owl, an owl living in a pot or hole)

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

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• मूलकम् (mūlakam) - a radish (radish, root, origin)

• हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen (having stolen, having carried away, having taken)

• अपूपम् (apūpam) - cake (cake, bread, pastry, pancake)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• पिपीलिकः (pipīlikaḥ) - an ant

Words meanings and morphology

हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen (having stolen, having carried away, having taken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā from the root 'hṛ'.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पैष्टम् (paiṣṭam) - flour-based (cake) (made of flour, floury, pulverized)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paiṣṭa

paiṣṭa - made of flour, floury, pulverized, ground

Derived from 'piṣṭa' (ground flour).

Root: piṣ (class 7)

अपूपम् (apūpam) - cake (cake, bread, pastry, pancake)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apūpa

apūpa - cake, bread, pastry, pancake

Note: Object of stealing.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

कुम्भोलूकः (kumbholūkaḥ) - a pot-owl (a pot-owl, an owl living in a pot or hole)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbholūka

kumbholūka - a pot-owl (an owl living in a pot or hole)

Compound of 'kumbha' (pot) and 'ulūka' (owl).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kumbha+ulūka)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher, elephant's frontal globe
  noun (masculine)
• ulūka – owl
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative.

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

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

From root 'jan' (4th class, Ātmanepada) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, gain

Note: Object of stealing.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

मूलकम् (mūlakam) - a radish (radish, root, origin)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūlaka

mūlaka - a radish, a root, origin

Derived from 'mūla' (root).

Note: Object of stealing.

हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen (having stolen, having carried away, having taken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā from the root 'hṛ'.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अपूपम् (apūpam) - cake (cake, bread, pastry, pancake)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apūpa

apūpa - cake, bread, pastry, pancake

Note: Object of stealing.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

पिपीलिकः (pipīlikaḥ) - an ant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pipīlika

pipīlika - an ant

Note: Predicate nominative.