महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-120, verse-9

व्यास उवाच ।
भो भो विप्रर्षभ श्रीमन्मा व्यथिष्ठाः कथंचन ।
शुभकृच्छुभयोनीषु पापकृत्पापयोनिषु ।
उपपद्यति धर्मज्ञ यथाधर्मं यथागमम् ॥९॥

9. vyāsa uvāca ,
bho bho viprarṣabha śrīmanmā vyathiṣṭhāḥ kathaṁcana ,
śubhakṛcchubhayonīṣu pāpakṛtpāpayoniṣu ,
upapadyati dharmajña yathādharmaṁ yathāgamam.

9. vyāsaḥ uvāca bho bho viprarṣabha śrīman
mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ kathaṃcana śubhakṛt
śubhayonīṣu pāpakṛt pāpayoniṣu upapadyati
dharmajña yathādharmam yathāgamam

9. vyāsaḥ uvāca bho bho viprarṣabha śrīman
dharmajña kathaṃcana mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ
śubhakṛt śubhayonīṣu upapadyati
pāpakṛt pāpayoniṣu yathādharmam yathāgamam

9. Vyāsa said: "O best of brahmins (viprarṣabha), O glorious one (śrīman)! Do not be distressed at all. O knower of natural law (dharmajña)! One who performs good deeds is born in good wombs, and one who performs evil deeds is born in evil wombs, precisely according to natural law (dharma) and tradition."

Words meanings summery:

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - The sage Vyāsa (Vyāsa (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• भो (bho) - O! (exclamation, repeated for emphasis) (O! alas! (vocative particle))

• भो (bho) - O! (exclamation, repeated for emphasis) (O! alas! (vocative particle))

• विप्रर्षभ (viprarṣabha) - O best of brahmins (referring to the current form of the worm) (best of brahmins, chief of sages)

• श्रीमन् (śrīman) - O glorious one (addressing the brahmin) (glorious, prosperous, beautiful)

• मा (mā) - do not (not, do not (prohibitive))

• व्यथिष्ठाः (vyathiṣṭhāḥ) - do not be distressed (be distressed, be troubled, tremble)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all (by any means, at all, somehow)

• शुभकृत् (śubhakṛt) - one who performs good deeds (one who does good, auspicious doer)

• शुभयोनीषु (śubhayonīṣu) - in good wombs (implying rebirth into favorable circumstances) (in good births/wombs)

• पापकृत् (pāpakṛt) - one who performs evil deeds (one who does evil, sinful doer)

• पापयोनिषु (pāpayoniṣu) - in evil wombs (implying rebirth into unfavorable circumstances) (in evil births/wombs)

• उपपद्यति (upapadyati) - is born, comes into being (is born, arises, happens)

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (addressing the brahmin) (knower of (dharma), righteous)

• यथाधर्मम् (yathādharmam) - precisely according to natural law (dharma) (according to (dharma), according to law)

• यथागमम् (yathāgamam) - according to tradition and scripture (according to tradition, according to scripture)

Words meanings and morphology

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - The sage Vyāsa (Vyāsa (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (proper name of a celebrated sage, compiler of Vedas and Purāṇas); arrangement, division

from vi- + √as (to throw, scatter)

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भो (bho) - O! (exclamation, repeated for emphasis) (O! alas! (vocative particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis.

भो (bho) - O! (exclamation, repeated for emphasis) (O! alas! (vocative particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis.

विप्रर्षभ (viprarṣabha) - O best of brahmins (referring to the current form of the worm) (best of brahmins, chief of sages)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprarṣabha

viprarṣabha - chief of brahmins, best among sages

compound of vipra and ṛṣabha

Compound type : tatpurusha (vipra+ṛṣabha)

• vipra – brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressing the brahmin.

श्रीमन् (śrīman) - O glorious one (addressing the brahmin) (glorious, prosperous, beautiful)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śrīmat

śrīmat - glorious, splendid, beautiful, prosperous, fortunate

from śrī (glory, prosperity) + -mat (possessive suffix)

मा (mā) - do not (not, do not (prohibitive))

(indeclinable)

व्यथिष्ठाः (vyathiṣṭhāḥ) - do not be distressed (be distressed, be troubled, tremble)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (luṅ (injunctive)) of vyath

Aorist Injunctive, 2nd person singular, Middle voice

root √vyath, Aorist formation. Used with `mā` for prohibition.

Root: vyath (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all (by any means, at all, somehow)

(indeclinable)

from katham (how) + cana (particle)

शुभकृत् (śubhakṛt) - one who performs good deeds (one who does good, auspicious doer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śubhakṛt

śubhakṛt - one who does good, auspicious doer, producer of good

compound of śubha and kṛt (agent noun from √kṛ)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śubha+kṛt)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious
  adjective (neuter)
• kṛt – making, doing, performing (agent noun suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the agent of good actions.

शुभयोनीषु (śubhayonīṣu) - in good wombs (implying rebirth into favorable circumstances) (in good births/wombs)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of śubhayoni

śubhayoni - having a good origin/birth, in a good family/womb

compound of śubha and yoni

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śubha+yoni)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious
  adjective (neuter)
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth, species
  noun (feminine)

पापकृत् (pāpakṛt) - one who performs evil deeds (one who does evil, sinful doer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpakṛt

pāpakṛt - one who does evil, sinful doer, perpetrator of sin

compound of pāpa and kṛt (agent noun from √kṛ)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāpa+kṛt)

• pāpa – evil, bad, wicked, sin, vice
  adjective (neuter)
• kṛt – making, doing, performing (agent noun suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the agent of evil actions.

पापयोनिषु (pāpayoniṣu) - in evil wombs (implying rebirth into unfavorable circumstances) (in evil births/wombs)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of pāpayoni

pāpayoni - having a bad origin/birth, in an evil family/womb

compound of pāpa and yoni

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pāpa+yoni)

• pāpa – evil, bad, wicked, sin, vice
  adjective (neuter)
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth, species
  noun (feminine)

उपपद्यति (upapadyati) - is born, comes into being (is born, arises, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upa-pad

present tense, 3rd person singular

from upa- + √pad (to go, fall, obtain), 4th class (padyati)

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (addressing the brahmin) (knower of (dharma), righteous)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of (dharma), righteous, versed in religious law

compound of dharma and jña (from √jñā, to know)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+jña)

• dharma – law, duty, righteousness, virtue, intrinsic nature, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, acquainted with (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from √jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

यथाधर्मम् (yathādharmam) - precisely according to natural law (dharma) (according to (dharma), according to law)

(indeclinable)

compound of yathā and dharma, used adverbially

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+dharma)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• dharma – law, duty, righteousness, virtue, intrinsic nature, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यथागमम् (yathāgamam) - according to tradition and scripture (according to tradition, according to scripture)

(indeclinable)

compound of yathā and āgama, used adverbially

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+āgama)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• āgama – approach, arrival, tradition, scripture, doctrine
  noun (masculine)
  from ā- + √gam (to go)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)